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Home My WebLink About1393 ORDINANCE NO. 149~ AN ORDINANCE regulating the use of vehicles on public streets of the City of Bremerton; adopting the rules of the Washington State Commission on Equipment; requiring compliance therewith, and prescribing penalties for the violation there- of. THE CITY C0~ISSION OF THE CITY 0F BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The term "public streets," as used in this ordinance is hereby defined as the public streets, alleys, avenues, boulevards and public thoroughfares of the City of Bremerton. Ail other words and phrases herein contained shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by Chapter 188 of the 1937 Laws of Washington. Section 2. Every trailer or semi-trailer of a gross weight, including load, of two thousand (2,000) pounds or more, vahen operated upon the public streets shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle and so designed as to be applied by the driver of the towing vehicle for its cab. Section ~. The service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be capable of bringing such vehicle or combination of vehicles to a complete stop at a rate of deceleration equivalent to a stop within thirty-five (~5) feet from a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour when upon dry asphalt or concrete pavement the surface of which is free from loose material and the grade of w~hich does not exceed one Il) per cent; Provided, that under such conditions the service brake upon any motor vehicle equipped with service brakes upon one axle only, when the use of such vehicle is permitted under the provisions of the laws of the State of Washington, shall be capable of bringing such motor vehicle to a complete stop at a rate of deceleration equivalent to a stop within forty- five (~8) feet. Section A. Ail braking distances and rates of deceleration specified in this section shall apply to all vehicles mentioned, whether such vehicles are not loaded or are loaded to the maximum capacity permitted under the laws of the State of Washington. Ail brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as e~.ually as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicles. It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle with the brakes out of adjustment to the extent that the unequal application between opposite sides of the vehicle will cause the vehicle to swerve, pull to the side, or otherwise affect the operator's control. Section 5. The means of applying the brakes o~her than the service or foot brake shall be capable of holding any motor vehicle or combination~of vehicles stationary upon any plus or minus grade upon which the same is to be operated and in any event upon a plus or minus grade of at least five (~) per cent. Section ~. It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle on the public streets, unless the same shall be completely equipped with pneumatic rubber tires; provided · that this section shall not apply to animal drawn vehicles, or to highway or road building equipment operated by the sta~e, or by any county, city or other political subdivision, or under the direction or supervision of the state, or of any county, city, or other political subdivision, or to vehicles operating on the state highway through the City of Bremerton, pursuant to valid special permit issued by the State Highway Department. Section 7. It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle upon the public streets with a gross weight upon any one (1) axle thereof in excess of eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds. Section 8. It shall be unlawful to operate any one Il) axle semi-trailer upon the public streets with a gross weisht including load upon such one (1) axle in excess of eighteen thousand (18,000~ pounds. Section 9. It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle upon the public streets supported upon two (2) axles with a gross weight including load in excess of twenty-eight thousand (28,000) pounds. Section 10. It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle upon the public high- ways of this state supported upon three (3) axles or more with a gross weight including load in excess of thirty-four thousand (3A,000) pounds. Section 11. The maximum axle and gross weights specified in sections 7, 8, 9 and 10, above, shall be subject to the braking requirements set up for the service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles set forth in sections 2, ~ and A of this ordinance. Section 12. Subject to the maximum gross weights specified in sections ?, 8, 9 and ID, above, it shall be unlawTul to operate any vehicle upon the public streets of this state with a gross weight, including load, upon any tire concentrated upon the surface of the highway in excess of five hundred (500) pounds per inch width of such tire. For the purpose of this section, the width of tires in case of pneumatic tires shall be the cross-section diameter measured from the inside of the walls at Ordinance No. 1A93 (cont.) the widest point when inflated to the recommended inflation point and without load thereon. Section 15. Subject to the maximum axle and gross weights specified in sections 7, 8, 9 and 10, above, it shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight, including load, in excess of that determined by the following formula: Total gross weight, including load, in pounds equals ?50 (L plus 40) in which L represents the overall distance in feet between the first axle and the last axle of such vehicle or combination of vehicles. Section 14. Subject to the maximum axle and gross weights specified in sections 7, 8, 9 and 10, above, it shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles where the distance between the first axle and the last axle of any group of axles of such vehicle or combination of vehicles is eighteen (18) feet or less with a gross weight including load upon such group of axles in excess of that determined by the following formula: Total gross weight, including load, in pounds equals 650 (L plus 40), in which L represents the distance in feet between the first axle and the last axle of the group of axles under consideration: Provided, however, That this formula shall not apply to any vehicle or combination of vehicles legally in operation at the time of the effective date of this ordinance. Section 15. Ail the rules and regulations promulgated by the Washington State Commission on Equipment for motor vehicles are hereby declared to be in full force and effect in the City of Bremerton, and it shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle in the City of Bremerton contrary to such rules and regulations. Section 16. It shall be unlawful to operate any trailer or semi-trailer on the public streets unless the same be secured to the towing vehicle by a coupling device in good order and condition, and also by safety chains fastened securely to such trailer or semi-trailer and to the towing vehicle. Section 17. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon first conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) or more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);.upon second conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and in addition thereto the court may suspend the certificate of license registration of the vehicle, or combination of vehicles last involved, for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days; upon a third or subsequent conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($~0.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and the court shall, in addition thereto, suspend the certificate of license registration of the vehicle, or combination of vehicles last involved, for not less than thirty (30) days: Provided, '~nenever the certificate of license registration is suspended under the provisions of this section, the Judge shall secure such certificate and immediately forward the same to ~he ~irector of Licenses with information concerning the suspension thereof. PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the clerk in authentication of such passage, this 14th day of May, 1941. Attest:. "' ~City Clerk Jth~ ~ of Ihe cik~ of Bremerton, WashinFon oa a~e date.