Arizona Administrative Code › Title 17 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OVERSIZE AND OVERWEIGHT SPECIAL PERMITS › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R17-6-101 - General Provision; Definitions; Time of Day

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. General Provision. The Department shall
				issue and regulate oversize and overweight special permits as provided under
				this Chapter. The Department implements these Sections under authority of
				A.R.S. §§
									28-366,
				28-1103,
				28-1104,
				and
				28-7045,
				in collaboration with the Overdimensional Permit Council as prescribed under
				A.R.S. §
									28-1150.
B. Definitions. In addition to the
				definitions prescribed under A.R.S. §§
									28-101 and
				28-601,
				the following terms apply to this Chapter, unless otherwise specified:
"AASHTO" means the American Association of State Highway
				  Transportation Officials.
"ADOT" means the Arizona Department of Transportation.
"Applicant" means a person or entity seeking to obtain a
				  special permit or envelope permit from the Department under A.R.S. Title 28,
				  Chapter 3, Article 18 or 19, and this Chapter.
"Appurtenance" means any not readily removable
				  manufacturer-installed or dealer-installed fixture attached to a vehicle or
				  load that increases a peripheral dimension of the vehicle or load.
"Arizona Central Commercial Permits Office" means the
				  statewide ADOT ECD office identified on the Department's website as a location
				  available for oversize and overweight special permit and envelope permit
				  information, application, and issuance.
"Cargo carrying unit" has the same meaning as prescribed
				  under A.R.S. §
										28-1103.
"Certified law enforcement officer" means a person who is an
				  active duty Arizona peace officer standards and training board certified peace
				  officer.
"Class C Unit" means the statewide ADOT office for class C
				  oversize and overweight special permit applications and information:
206 S. 17th Avenue, Mail Drop 004R
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Voice: (602) 712-8176 or (602) 712-8280
Fax: (602) 712-3380
Internet:
www.azdot.gov
"Combination of vehicles" has the same meaning as prescribed
				  under A.R.S. §
										28-101,
				  which does not include a mobile home.
"Continuous travel" means the ability to operate or transport
				  an oversize, overweight, or oversize and overweight special permitted vehicle
				  that meets all of the size and weight parameters provided by the Department
				  under
				  R17-6-205(B),
				  R17-6-401(A),
				  and
				  R17-6-412,
				  Table 4, at any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
"Department's website" means
www.azdot.gov
.
"ECD" means the Enforcement and Compliance Division of the
				  Arizona Department of Transportation.
"Emergency vehicle" and "Emergency response vehicle" mean
				  the same as prescribed under
				  23 U.S.C. §
											127, which includes a vehicle designed to be
				  used under emergency conditions to:
Transport personnel and equipment; and
Support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other
				  hazardous situations.
"Envelope" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. §
										28-1141,
				  and encompasses the outermost dimensions of a vehicle or vehicle and load
				  combination as prescribed under A.R.S. §
										28-1144,
				  without exceeding the maximum permitted weight computations for overweight axle
				  group weight distribution as provided under
				  R17-6-411.
"Envelope permit" has the same meaning as prescribed under
				  A.R.S. §
										28-1141,
				  and as further prescribed under A.R.S. § 281144, which when issued by the
				  Department for a vehicle or vehicle and load combination:
Restricts all loads to non-reducible only,
Allows unlimited trips within the permit's period of
				  validity,
Allows the permitted carrier unlimited load changes,
Requires each transported load to meet all envelope
				  dimensional criteria,
Restricts operation to certain routes, and
Makes the permit inapplicable for use in transporting a
				  modular or mobile home.
"Escort" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. §
										28-601,
				  "escort vehicle."
"Established place of business" means a permanent site or
				  location where an oversize or overweight special permit or envelope permit
				  holder conducts business.
"Highway" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. §
										28-101,
				  "street" or "highway."
"Highway feature" means a roadway, structure, traffic control
				  device, right-of-way, or any item connected with highway travel.
"Houseboat" means any large non-reducible watercraft,
				  including a yacht, which when hauled on a vehicle issued an envelope or special
				  permit by the Department as provided under A.R.S. §
										28-1144(B),
				  and this Chapter, will not exceed any allowable size or weight indicated on the
				  permit.
"IFTA license" means an interstate user license issued by an
				  applicant's base jurisdiction for fuel tax purposes under the International
				  Fuel Tax Agreement as provided under A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 16, Article 2,
				  for operation of a use class motor vehicle that is not a recreational vehicle,
				  but is a motor vehicle or vehicle combination designed, used, or maintained
				  primarily for the transportation of persons or property, and:
Has two axles and a gross vehicle weight rating or declared
				  gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more;
Has three or more axles regardless of weight; or
Has a gross combined weight rating or declared gross
				  combined weight of 26,001 pounds or more.
"Interstate Highway System" means any segment of the Dwight
				  D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways located within the
				  boundaries of this state, officially designated by the state transportation
				  board, and approved by the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant
				  to 23 United States Code.
"Law enforcement escort" means a uniformed certified law
				  enforcement officer in a fully marked patrol vehicle that accompanies an
				  oversize or overweight special permitted vehicle.
"LCV" means longer combination vehicle, which has the same
				  meaning as prescribed under
				  23
				  CFR 658.5.
"Legal weight" means within the maximum gross weight
				  limitations prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-1100 and
				  R17-6-102,
				  Table 1.
"Mobile home" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S.
				  §
										28-2001,
				  which may include a mobile home, a manufactured home, or a factory-built
				  building as more specifically prescribed under A.R.S. §
										41-4001,
				  if used in the same context as a mobile home prescribed under A.R.S. §
										28-2001.
"Motor home" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S.
				  §
										28-4301.
"Mountain Standard Time" means the standard time in Arizona
				  as prescribed under 49 CFR 71 and A.R.S. §
										1-242.
"National Network" has the same meaning as prescribed under
				  A.R.S. §
										28-1092,
				  designated under A.R.S. §
										28-1093(C),
				  and detailed under:
23 CFR 658, appendix A, for movement of a vehicle,
				  combination of vehicles, or vehicle and load combination exceeding an overall
				  length or width limitation provided under
				  R17-6-102,
				  Table 1; or
23 CFR 658, appendix C, and A.R.S. §
										28-1095(F),
				  for movement of longer combination vehicles exceeding a size or weight
				  limitation provided under
				  R17-6-102,
				  Table 1.
"Natural forest products" include raw or unfinished logs,
				  timber, pulpwood, biomass, wood chips, etc.
"Non-articulated" means any segment of a vehicle or
				  combination of vehicles constructed or configured without hinged mechanisms,
				  bendable joints, or other flexible points of pivot, swivel, or turning, which
				  may hinder or prevent vertical or horizontal movement during transport or while
				  attempting to negotiate turns.
"Non-reducible " or "non-reducible load or vehicle" has the
				  same meaning as prescribed under
				  23
				  CFR 658.5, "nondivisible load or vehicle,"
				  which applies to any load or vehicle exceeding an applicable length or weight
				  limit that if separated into smaller loads or vehicles would:
Compromise the intended use of the vehicle, i.e., make it
				  unable to perform the function for which it was intended;
Destroy the value of the load or vehicle, i.e., make it
				  unusable for its intended purpose; or
Require more than eight workhours to dismantle using
				  appropriate equipment, with the applicant having the burden of proof as to the
				  number of workhours required to dismantle the load.
"Oversize" means a size of vehicle, combination of vehicles,
				  or vehicle and load combination that exceeds a maximum legal size limitation
				  provided under A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 3, Article 18 or 19.
" Over-the-road bus" has the same meaning as prescribed under
				  A.R.S. §
										28-1099.
"Overweight" means a weight of vehicle, combination of
				  vehicles, or vehicle and load combination that exceeds a maximum legal weight
				  limitation provided under A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 3, Article 18 or 19.
"Permittee" means a person or entity to whom the Department
				  issues an oversize or overweight special permit or envelope permit under this
				  Chapter, and who is responsible for meeting the obligations, responsibilities,
				  and specifications indicated on the permit.
"Person" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S. §
										28-5201.
"Power unit" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S.
				  §
										28-1141.
"Public weighmaster" has the same meaning as prescribed under
				  A.R.S. §
										3-3401.
"Special permit" means a document issued by the Department
				  under A.R.S. §
										28-1103,
				  which authorizes a permittee or driver to operate or transport an oversize,
				  overweight, or oversize and overweight vehicle, combination of vehicles, or
				  vehicle and load combination on the State Highway System, subject to the terms
				  and conditions of the permit issued.
"Special permitted vehicle" means the vehicle, combination of
				  vehicles, or vehicle and load combination described to the Department by a
				  special permit applicant on application for a special permit, as required under
				  A.R.S. §
										28-1104,
				  the description of which is then recorded on the Department's computer systems
				  for analysis, approval, and subsequent documentation on any special permit
				  issued by the Department.
"Specified load" means the dimensions and weights a special
				  permit applicant declares to the Department, as provided under A.R.S. §
										28-1104,
				  regarding any item or series of items to be transported throughout an entire
				  permit period.
"State Highway System" means all state routes and state
				  highways owned, operated, and maintained by the Department as designated by the
				  state transportation board under A.R.S. §
										28-304(B)(2),
				  including all U.S. routes and Interstate highways located within the boundaries
				  of this state.
"Sunrise" and "sunset" have the same meaning and daily
				  calculation as prescribed by the United States Naval Observatory (USNO),
				  which:
The Department uses to determine normal permit transport
				  start and stop times as provided under
				  R17-6-401;
				  and
An interested person may access online at aa.usno.navy.mil,
				  or in hardcopy format from the Arizona Central Commercial Permits Office or any
				  Arizona Port of Entry location listed on the Department's website.
"Tandem axle" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S.
				  §
										28-1100(B).
"TI" means traffic interchange, which is a junction of
				  roadways arranged to allow for the free flow of traffic uninterrupted by
				  crossing traffic routed over or under the main roadway.
"Towaway trailer transporter combination" means a
				  combination of vehicles consisting of a trailer transporter towing unit and two
				  trailers or semitrailers as inventory of the trailer or semitrailer
				  manufacturer, distributor, or dealer, and the total weight of the combination
				  plus any property carried does not exceed 26,000 pounds.
"Trailer transporter towing unit" means a power unit that is
				  not used to carry property when in a towaway trailer transporter
				  combination.
"Tridem axle" means a group of three axles connected by a
				  common suspension system, or any three consecutive axles whose extreme centers
				  may be included between parallel transverse vertical planes spaced nine to
				  fourteen feet apart, extend across the width of the vehicle, and are
				  individually attached to, or articulated from, a common attachment to the
				  vehicle, or are designed to automatically equalize the load between the three
				  axles.
"USDOT number" means the motor carrier identification number,
				  assigned to a company by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor
				  Carrier Safety Administration, preceded by the letters USDOT.
"Use class motor vehicle" has the same meaning as prescribed
				  under A.R.S. §
										28-5601.
"UX" means a temporary highway or route segment designated by
				  the Department as:
A segment of highway no longer part of the mainline U.S.
				  system of highways, but still owned and maintained by the Department; or
A portion of a U.S. Route affected by mining operations and
				  subject to realignment by the mining company as the mine expands
				  operations.
"Watercraft" has the same meaning as prescribed under A.R.S.
				  §
										5-301 that is
				  properly registered with the Arizona Game and Fish Department or the U.S. Coast
				  Guard.
C. Time of Day. In
				this Chapter, a time of day prescribed is Mountain Standard Time as defined
				under subsection (B) except where a route on the State Highway System traverses
				a tribal nation that adopts Daylight Saving Time under
				49 CFR
				71.2.