Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 39 - Transportation, Department of › Rule 39.03.01 - RULES GOVERNING DEFINITIONS REGARDING SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 39.03.01.010 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Accessories
. Additional
			 parts of the single item load that have been removed to reduce width, length or
			 height. (3-31-22)
02.
Administrative Cost
. The government's cost of processing, issuing
			 and enforcing a permit. (3-31-22)
03.
Analysis
. A mathematical
			 study of a vehicle or combination of vehicles and the stress they cause over
			 bridges or specific sections of highways conducted by a professional engineer.
			 (3-31-22)
04.
Annual
.
			 Twelve (12) consecutive months. (3-31-22)
05.
Automobile Transporter
. See
			 Section 49-102, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
06.
Base
			 Width
. The measurement below the eaves of a manufactured home, modular
			 building, or office trailer. (3-31-22)
07.
Boat Transporter
. See
			 Section 49-103, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
08.
Cargo
			 Unit
. A full truck, a semi-trailer, a full trailer, or a semi-trailer
			 converted to a full trailer by means of a dolly or a converter gear mounting a
			 fifth wheel. A dromedary tractor equipped with conventional fifth wheel, not
			 stinger steered, is excluded from the definition of a cargo unit.
			 (3-31-22)
09.
Convoy
.
			 A group of two (2) or more motor vehicles traveling together for protection or
			 convenience. (3-31-22)
10.
Department
. Idaho Transportation Department. (3-31-22)
11.
Designated Agent
. An
			 employee or relative of the farmer. (3-31-22)
12.
Disabled Vehicle
. A vehicle
			 unable to complete transportation under its own power. (3-31-22)
13.
Dromedary Tractor
. See
			 Section 49-105, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
14.
Economic
			 Hardship
. The loss of a substantial amount of money caused by economic
			 changes. (3-31-22)
15.
Emergency Movement
. A vehicle or vehicle combination hauling a
			 load traveling to the site of an emergency for the purpose of aiding in
			 eliminating the emergency. (3-31-22)
16.
Escort Vehicle
. See Pilot
			 Vehicle. (3-31-22)
17.
Excess
			 Weight
. Vehicle combinations hauling reducible loads operating on any
			 highway with total gross loads exceeding eighty thousand (80,000) pounds but
			 not to exceed twenty thousand (20,000) per single axle, thirty-four thousand
			 (34,000) per tandem, not to exceed the weight limit for any group of two (2) or
			 more consecutive axles established by Section
			 49-1001, Idaho Code, and for the
			 front steer axle not to exceed the manufacturer's load rating per tire or the
			 load rating of the axle or twenty thousand (20,000) pounds per axle; whichever
			 is less. The maximum allowable load for all other vehicle tires shall not
			 exceed six hundred (600) pounds per inch width of tire for vehicles
			 manufactured after July 1, 1987, or not to exceed eight hundred (800) pounds
			 per inch width of tire for vehicles manufactured prior to that date as
			 established by Section
			 49-1002, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
18.
Extra-Length
. Any vehicle combination in excess of the legal
			 limits, but not more than one hundred fifteen (115') feet as established in
			 Section 49-1010, Idaho Code, that normally
			 haul reducible loads. (3-31-22)
19.
Extra-Ordinary Hazard
. Any situation where the traveling public's
			 safety or the capacity of the highway system is endangered. (3-31-22)
20.
Farm Tractor
. See Section
			 49-107, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
21.
Gross Vehicle
			 Weight
. See Section
			 49-108, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
22.
Heavily
			 Loaded
. Exceeding legal weight or hauling a load that obstructs the
			 driver's view. (3-31-22)
23.
Heavy Duty Wrecker Truck
. A motor vehicle designed and used
			 primarily for towing disabled vehicles. (3-31-22)
24.
Height
. The total vertical
			 dimension of a vehicle above the ground surface including any load and
			 load-holding device thereon. (3-31-22)
25.
Implement of Husbandry
. See
			 Section 49-110, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
26.
Incidentally
			 Operated
. See Section
			 49 -110, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
27.
Legal
.
			 In compliance with the Idaho Code on size and weight. (3-31-22)
28.
Length
. The total
			 longitudinal dimension of a single vehicle, a trailer, or a semi-trailer.
			 Length of a trailer or semi-trailer is measured from the front of the
			 cargo-carrying unit to its rear, exclusive of all overhang and any
			 appurtenances listed in IDAPA 39.03.03, "Rules Governing Special Permits -
			 General Conditions and Requirements." (3-31-22)
29.
Light Truck
. See Section
			 49-121, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
30.
Longer
			 Combination Vehicle (LCV)
. Any combination of a truck-tractor and two
			 (2) or more trailers or semi-trailers that operate on the National System of
			 Interstate and Defense Highways with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) greater than
			 thirty-six thousand two hundred eighty-eight (36,288) kilograms (eighty
			 thousand (80,000) pounds). (3-31-22)
31.
Manufactured Home
. A
			 structure, constructed according to HUD/FHA mobile home construction and safety
			 standards, transportable in one (1) or more sections, that, in the traveling
			 mode, is eight (8') body feet or more in width or is forty (40') body feet or
			 more in length, or when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more
			 square feet, and that is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used
			 as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the
			 required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and
			 electrical systems contained therein, except that such term includes any
			 structure that meets all the requirements of this subsection except the size
			 requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a
			 certification required by the secretary of housing and urban development and
			 complies with the standards established under
			 42 U.S.C.
			 5401 et seq. Similarly constructed vehicles
			 used permanently or temporarily for offices, advertising, sales, display or
			 promotion of merchandise or services are included in this definition.
			 (3-31-22)
32.
Mobile
			 Home
. A structure similar to a manufactured home, but built to a state
			 mobile home code that existed prior to the Federal Manufactured Housing and
			 Safety Standards Act (HUD Code) dated June 15, 1975. (3-31-22)
33.
Modular Buildings
. A
			 facility designed as a building or building section that is constructed to
			 standards contained in the Uniform Building Code (UBC), adopted by Section
			 39-4109, Idaho Code.
			 (3-31-22)
34.
Non-Reducible
. Any load or vehicle exceeding applicable length or
			 weight limits that, if separated into smaller loads or vehicles, would:
			 (3-31-22)
a. Compromise the intended use of
			 the vehicle, i.e., make it unable to perform the function for which it was
			 intended; (3-31-22)
b. Destroy the
			 value of the load or vehicle, i.e., make it unusable for its intended purpose;
			 or (3-31-22)
c. Require more than
			 eight (8) work hours to dismantle using appropriate equipment. The applicant
			 for a nondivisible load permit has the burden of proof of establishing the
			 number of work hours required to dismantle the load.
			 (3-31-22)