Chapter 10.52 - COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITS

Any freight vehicle more than eight and one-half feet in width, with load, or any freight vehicle so loaded that any part of its load extends more than twenty (20) feet to the front or rear of said vehicle;

Any vehicle carrying building material that has not been loaded, or is not to be unloaded, at some point within the central traffic district;

Any freight vehicle with a trailer;

Any vehicle carrying crude or fuel oil.

Provided that the Chief of Police may by written permit authorize the operation of any such vehicle for the purpose of making necessary emergency deliveries to or from points within the central traffic district.

(Prior traffic code § 184)

10.52.020 - Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets.

Whenever the Council of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which by any commercial vehicle is prohibited, the Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets so designated.

Those streets and parts of streets so marked are declared to be streets the use of which by any commercial vehicle is prohibited. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.

(Prior traffic code § 188)

10.52.030 - Heavy loads on streets in restricted districts.

When the streets in question are appropriately signposted no vehicle of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Section 50-1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the state of California) shall be operated or moved upon or over any of the streets hereinafter in Section 10.52.040 designated without a permit as provided in this section, when the total weight of vehicle and load exceeds four and one-half tons.

This section shall not apply to, and shall not prohibit any commercial vehicle as defined by the California Vehicle Code having a loaded weight in excess of the limit herein prescribed, from using any of such streets by direct route from a street the use of which is not restricted as to such vehicles for the purpose of delivering or loading for transportation goods, wares or merchandise without such permit.

The Superintendent of Streets may, by written permit, authorize the operation of a vehicle or vehicles upon any of the streets hereinafter in Section 10.52.040 set forth, when the total weight of such vehicle or vehicles exceeds the maximum weight prescribed in this section, if, in the judgement of the Superintendent of Streets, streets upon which such vehicle is to be operated can safely withstand the additional weight for a limited operation. Such permit shall be granted upon such conditions and upon depositing such bond as the Superintendent of Streets, may, in his or her discretion, require.

(Prior traffic code § 189)

10.52.040 - Restricted districts.

The streets referred to in Section 10.52.030 are described as follows: Lakeshore Avenue from 12th Street to Embarcadero: Harrison Boulevard from 20th Street to 24th Street and Bay Place; Lakeside Drive from Oak Street to Harrison Boulevard; Edes Avenue from Eastshore Freeway to 105th Avenue; and Elmar Avenue from 98th Avenue to 99th Avenue.

(Prior traffic code § 190)

10.52.050 - Vehicles exceeding four and one-half tons prohibited use of certain streets between eleven p.m. and six a.m.

When such streets are appropriately signposted, the use of the hereinafter described portions of the hereinafter named streets or highways by any motor vehicle (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Section 50-1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the state of California) when the total weight of the vehicle and load exceeds four and one-half tons, except for the purpose of loading and unloading thereon, is prohibited, between the hours of eleven p.m. and six a.m.

The streets and portions thereof referred to in the preceding paragraph are: 14th Street from 12th Street to Webster Street, and 13th Street from 14th Street to Webster Street.

(Prior traffic code § 191)

10.52.060 - Vehicles exceeding four and one-half tons prohibited use on certain streets.

When such streets are appropriately sign posted, the use of the hereinafter described portion of the hereinafter named streets by any motor vehicle (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Section 50-1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the state of California), when the total weight of the vehicle and load exceeds four and one-half tons, except for the purpose of loading and unloading thereon, is prohibited.

The streets are portions thereof referred to in the preceding paragraph are:

Street	From	To
21st Avenue	Foothill Boulevard	East 27th Street
39th Avenue	MacArthur Boulevard	Mountain Boulevard
50th Avenue	East 12th Street	East 14th Street
50th Avenue	International Boulevard	East 12th Street
51st Avenue	San Leandro Street	East 14th Street
52nd Avenue	San Leandro Street	East 14th Street
53rd Avenue	East 12th Street	East 14th Street
54th Avenue	San Leandro Street	East 14th Street
73rd Avenue	MacArthur Boulevard	Hillmont Drive
100th Avenue	East 14th Street	E Street
102nd Avenue	East 14th Street	E Street
103rd Avenue	East 14th Street	E Street
104th Avenue	East 14th Street	E Street
3rd Street	Peralta Street	Mandela Parkway
5th Street	Peralta Street	Mandela Parkway
8th Street	Nelson Mandela Parkway	Wood Street
9th Street	Pine Street	Willow Street
9th Street	Peralta Street	Mandela Parkway
10th Street	Center Street	Mandela Parkway
10th Street	Peralta Street	Pine Street
11th Street	Pine Street	Peralta Street
11th Street	Center Street	Mandela Parkway
12th Street	Wood Street	Mandela Parkway
13th Street	Wood Street	Center Street
14th Street	Brush Street	Union Street
14th Street	Union Street	Mandela Parkway
15th Street	Willow Street	Peralta Street
16th Street	Willow Street	Peralta Street
18th Street	Market Street	Mandela Parkway
24th Street	Peralta Street	Adeline Street
26th Street	Peralta Street	Adeline Street
28th Street	Poplar Street	Adeline Street
28th Street	Telegraph Avenue	Webster Street
29th Street	Broadway	Harrison Street
29th Street	Telegraph Avenue	Broadway
30th Street	Peralta Street	Adeline Street
30th Street	San Pablo Avenue	Telegraph Avenue
30th Street	Telegraph Avenue	Broadway
32nd Street	Mandela Parkway	Peralta Street
32nd Street	Peralta Street	Adeline Street
34th Street	Telegraph Avenue	Webster Street
45th Street	Linden Street	Market Street
45th Street	Market Street	Linden Street
53rd Street	Emeryville City Limit	Lowell Street
53rd Street	Market Street	Martin Luther King Jr. Way
54th Street	Emeryville City Limit	San Pablo Avenue
57th Street	Gaskill Street	Lowell Street
57th Street	San Pablo Avenue	Gaskill Street
57th Street	Lowell Street	Adeline Street
57th Street	Shattuck Avenue	Telegraph Avenue
60th Street	Telegraph Avenue	Canning Street
63rd Street	Shattuck Avenue	Racine Street
63rd Street	Vallejo Street	San Pablo Avenue
65th Street	Berkeley City Limit	Shattuck Avenue
East 10th Street	50th Avenue	54th Avenue
East 12th Street	50th Avenue	54th Avenue
Adeline Street	7th Street	West Grand Avenue
Aileen Street	Shattuck Avenue	Telegraph Avenue
Andover Street	34th Street	Northerly terminus at MacArthur Freeway
Apricot Street	San Leandro City Limits	107th Avenue
Argyle Avenue	Dublin Avenue	Kearney Avenue
Bond Street	46th Avenue	Havenscourt Boulevard
Campbell Street	7th Street	16th Street
Campbell Street	Mandela Parkway	28th Street
Carso Street	Tompkins Avenue	Aliso Avenue
Center Street	3rd Street	12th Street
Center Street	7th Street	Peralta Street
Central Avenue	Summit Street	Webster Street
Chabot Road	Claremont Avenue	College Avenue
Chase Street	Pine Street	Willow Street
Chester Street	3rd Street	12th Street
Denslowe Street	Caswell Avenue	Darien Avenue
Dublin Avenue	Mountain Boulevard	Argyle Avenue
E Street	98th Avenue	105th Avenue
E Street	92nd Avenue	94th Avenue
Edwards Avenue	Sunkist Drive	Eastbound I-580 Offramp
Elm Street	Hawthorne Avenue	Northerly terminus at MacArthur Freeway
Empire Road	Cairo Road	98th Avenue
Fitzgerald Street	Peralta Street	Haven Street
Goss Street	Pine Street	Willow Street
Hannah Street	Peralta Street	34th Street
Havenscourt Boulevard	East 14th Street	Bancroft Avenue
Hawthorne Street	Telegraph Avenue	Broadway
Helen Street	Peralta Street	34th Street
Henry Street	3rd Street	7th Street
High Street	MacArthur Boulevard	Tompkins Avenue
Hillmont Drive	Sunnymere Avenue	73rd Avenue
Kearney Avenue	Mountain Boulevard	Argyle Avenue
Lee Street	Grand Avenue	Van Buren Avenue
Lewis Street	3rd Street	Peralta Street
Lincoln Avenue (Southbound)	Monterey Boulevard	MacArthur Boulevard
Louise Street	Peralta Street	34th Street
Lyndhurst Street	98th Avenue	Stoneford Avenue
Maddux Drive	Edes Avenue	Stoneford Avenue
Manila Avenue	MacArthur Boulevard	38th Avenue
McClude Street	29th Street	30th Street
McElroy Street	Chase Street	9th Street
Napier Avenue	Piedmont Avenue	Richmond Boulevard
Oak Grove Avenue	College Avenue	Forest Street
Peralta Street	3rd Street	16th Street
Peralta Street	Mandela Parkway	28th Street
Pine Street	Goss Street	10th Street
Poplar Street	West Grand Avenue	Peralta Street
Ramona Avenue	Piedmont Avenue	Moraga Avenue
Salem Street	Alcatraz Avenue	Northerly terminus of Salem Street
San Leandro Tunnel	Moorpark Street	Stone Street
Shorey Street	Wood Street	Pine Street
Summit Street	28th Street	Central Avenue
Sunkist Drive	Hillmont Drive	Edwards Avenue
Sunnymere Avenue	Seminary Avenue	Edwards Avenue
Tompkins Avenue	High Street	Carson Street
Union Street	West Grand Avenue	Peralta Street
Webster Street	27th Street	34th Street
Willow Street	7th Street	13th Street
Wood Street	7th Street	12th Street

(Ord. No. 13070, § 1, 6-21-2011; Ord. 12206 § 1, 2000; Ord. 12173 § 1, 1999; Ord. 12125 § 1, 1999; Ord. 12109 § 1, 1999; Ord. 12068 § 1, 1998; Ord. 12053 §§ 1, 2, 1998; Ord. 12018 § 1, 1997; Ord. 11791 § 1, 1995; prior traffic code § 192)

10.52.065 - Vehicles exceeding twenty-two feet long prohibited on certain streets.

When such streets are appropriately signposted, the use of the described portion of the streets named in subsection B of this section by any motor vehicle (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Section 50-1/4 of the Public Utilities Act of the State of California), when the total length of the vehicle exceeds twenty-two (22) feet, except for the purpose of loading and unloading thereon, is prohibited.

The streets or portions thereof referred in subsection A of this section are:

Street	From	To
Brookside Avenue	Ocean View Drive	Eustice Avenue
Castle Drive	Skyline Boulevard	Mountaingate Way
Mountaingate Way	Ascot Drive	Castle Drive

(Ord. 12765, 2006; Ord. 12109 § 2, 1999)

For motor truck travel between the intersection of California Highway Route 5 (U.S. Route 50) and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the following through truck route is established: MacArthur Boulevard from the easterly San Leandro city to 90th Avenue; 90th Avenue from MacArthur Boulevard to International Boulevard (East 14th Street); International Boulevard from 90th Avenue to 81st Avenue; 81st Avenue from International Boulevard to San Leandro Street; San Leandro Street from 81st Avenue to Fruitvale Avenue; Fruitvale Avenue from San Leandro Street to East 12th Street; East 12th Street from Fruitvale Avenue to 14th Avenue; East 8th Street from 14th Avenue to 5th Avenue; 7th Street from 5th Avenue to Fallon Street; Fallon Street (northbound) from 7th Street to 8th Street (northbound); 7th Street (eastbound) from Fallon Street to Castro Street (eastbound); 8th Street (westbound) from Fallon Street to 7th Street (westbound); 7th Street from Castro Street to Union Street; Union Street from 7th Street to 5th Street; Interstate 880 from 5th Street to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge distribution structure.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator of a motor truck or trucking combination entering the city of Oakland over California State Highway Route 5 (U.S. Route 50) at the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and making a westbound trip through the city of Oakland toward the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or making an eastbound trip through the city of Oakland from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge distribution structure toward the Oakland-San Leandro boundary at MacArthur Boulevard to operate or propel such motor truck or trucking combination over any other route than that hereinabove set forth for such operation.

For the purpose of this section and Sections 10.52.080 through 10.52.120, a motor truck is a motor vehicle over twenty (20) feet in length designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property; and a "trucking combination" is any combination of vehicles designed, used or maintained for the transportation of property coupled together exceeding a total weight of twenty (20) feet and including any of the following kinds of vehicles: motor truck; tractor and semi-trailer; tractor, semi-trailer and trailer; truck and trailer; non-trailer; or trailer coach.

(Ord. 12701 § 1, 2005: Prior traffic code § 201)

For motor truck travel between the intersection of San Leandro Street and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the following through truck route is established: San Leandro Street from the San Leandro city boundary to 81st Avenue and thence by Route "A" as described in Section 10.52.070 to the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator or any such motor truck or trucking combination entering the city of Oakland over San Leandro Street at the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and making a westbound trip through the city of Oakland toward the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or making an eastbound trip through the city of Oakland from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge distribution structure toward the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary at San Leandro Street to operate or propel such motor truck or trucking combination over any other route than that hereinabove set forth for such operation.

(Prior traffic code § 201)

For motor truck travel between the intersection of the Eastshore Freeway (State Route 69) and the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the following through truck route is established: Eastshore Freeway from the San Leandro city limits to Fallon Street and thence by 6th Street (westbound), Madison Street (northbound), Jackson Street (southbound); 5th Street (eastbound) and thence by Route "A" to the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator of any such motor truck or trucking combination entering the city of Oakland over the Eastshore Freeway (State Route 69) at the Oakland-San Leandro city boundary and making a westbound trip through the city of Oakland toward the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or making an eastbound trip through the city of Oakland from the San Francisco-Oakland city boundary at the Eastshore Freeway to operate or propel such motor truck or trucking combination over any other route than that hereinabove set forth for such operation.

(Prior traffic code § 202)

10.52.100 - Through truck route "D" covering truck travel between the northerly city boundary at the Broadway low level tunnel and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

For motor truck travel between the northerly city boundary at the Broadway low level tunnel and the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the following through truck route is established: Broadway between the northerly city boundary line at the Broadway low level tunnel to MacArthur Boulevard, MacArthur Boulevard from Broadway to the easterly boundary of the city of Emeryville and thence from the southerly boundary of the city of Emeryville by State Route 5 to the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any operator of any such motor truck or trucking combination entering the city of Oakland over California Highway Route 75 through the Broadway low level tunnel and making a southbound trip through the city of Oakland toward the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or making a northbound trip through the city of Oakland from the distribution structure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toward the Broadway low level tunnel to operate or propel such motor truck or trucking combination over any other route than that hereinabove set forth for such operation.

(Prior traffic code § 203)

10.52.110 - Deviations.

Nothing in Section 10.52.070, 10.52.080, 10.52.090, or 10.52.100 shall be deemed to prohibit the operator of any motor truck or trucking combination traversing any of the foregoing through truck routes from leaving such routes for the purpose of loading or unloading such vehicle or vehicles at a point off of said route; provided that such deviation for the purpose of loading or unloading shall be taken over a route which keeps at a minimum the distance traveled off of the truck route involved. Nor shall anything in said sections be deemed to prohibit the use of combinations of the above through truck routes nor their use in combination with other authorized truck routes as a part of any given trip.

(Prior traffic code § 204)

10.52.120 - Local truck routes.

The following truck routes are established for the movement of motor trucks and trucking combinations as defined in Section 10.52.070:

Street	From	To
23rd Avenue	East 12th Street	29th Avenue
29th Avenue	23rd Avenue	Alameda City Limits
81st Avenue	San Leandro Street	East 14th Street
90th Avenue	East 14th Street	MacArthur Freeway
3rd Street	Market Street	Adeline Street
7th Street	Fallon Street	Port of Oakland
8th Street	Fallon Street	Nelson Mandela Parkway
East 8th Street	Fallon Street	14th Avenue
East 12th Street	14th Avenue	Fruitvale Avenue
East 14th Street	81st Avenue	90th Avenue
Adeline Street	8th Street	Middle Harbor Road
Alameda Avenue	High Street	Fruitvale Avenue
Castro Street	7th Street	12th Street
Doolittle Drive	County Line	Alameda City Limits
Fruitvale Avenue	Alameda Avenue	Alameda City Limits
Hegenberger Road	East 14th Street	Doolittle Drive
High Street	San Leandro Street	Alameda City Limits
MacArthur Freeway	Distribution Structure	Grand Avenue
Macarthur Freeway	Edwards Avenue Interchange	Warren Freeway (State Route 13 Interchange)
MacArthur Freeway	Warren Freeway (State Route 13 Interchange)	Edwards Avenue Interchange
Maritime Street	7th Street	West Grand Avenue
Martin Luther King, Jr. Way	8th Street	Port of Oakland
Middle Harbor Road	Adeline Street	Naval Supply Depot
Nelson Mandela Parkway	8th Street	7th Street
Northgate Avenue	West Grand Avenue	27th Street
Peralta Street	12th Street	Emeryville City Limits
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Approach	Distribution Structure	Oakland-San Francisco Boundary
San Pablo Avenue	Berkeley City Limits	Emeryville City Limits
West Grand Avenue	Maritime Street	Northgate Avenue

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, the operator of any motor truck or trucking combination as defined in Section 10.52.070, shall drive on such route or routes and none other except when necessary to traverse another street or streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, but only then by such deviation from the nearest truck route as is reasonably necessary.

(Ord. 12701 §§ 2—3, 2005; Prior traffic code § 205)

10.52.130 - Vehicles exceeding four and one-half tons prohibited use of MacArthur Freeway.

When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, the use of MacArthur Freeway (U.S. Highway 50) in any direction and for any purpose between the Oakland-San Leandro cities' boundary and the Grand Avenue Interchange of the MacArthur Freeway by any motor vehicle (other than passenger buses and passenger stages referred to in Sections 1031—1036, inclusive, of the Public Utilities Code of California) when the total weight of the vehicle and load exceeds four and one-half tons is prohibited, except as allowed by Section 10.52.120

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Oakland Traffic Code, Nimitz Freeway (State Sign Route 17) is designated an alternate route for the use of such motor vehicles as are prohibited the use of MacArthur Freeway, which alternate route shall remain unrestricted by any local regulation as to weight limit or type of vehicle so long as this chapter remains in effect.

Sections 10.52.070 through 10.52.120 specifically by this reference are made applicable to such motor vehicles as are prohibited by use of MacArthur Freeway, and through truck routes "A," "B," "C," and "D" provided by said sections are designated as alternate routes for the use of such motor vehicles as are prohibited the use of MacArthur Freeway, which alternate routes shall remain unrestricted by any local regulations as to weight limit or type of vehicle so long as this chapter remains in effect.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Oakland Traffic Code, the following local truck routes are designated as alternate routes for the use of such motor vehicles as are prohibited the use of MacArthur Freeway, which alternate routes shall remain unrestricted by local regulations as to weight limit of type of vehicle so long as this chapter remains in effect:

Street	From	To
23rd Avenue	East 8th Street	East 31st Street
35th Avenue	East 14th Street	MacArthur Boulevard
55th Avenue	East 14th Street	MacArthur Boulevard
73rd Avenue	San Leandro Street	MacArthur Boulevard
Ardley	East 31st Street	MacArthur Boulevard
Fruitvale	San Leandro Street	MacArthur Boulevard
High Street	East 14th Street	MacArthur Boulevard
Seminary Avenue	San Leandro Street	Mountain Boulevard

This section, and any ban of truck traffic on the MacArthur Freeway, whether expressed or implied in Sections 10.52.070 through 10.52.130, shall remain in effect until January 1, 1968, and if approval of the California Department of Public Works and of the Federal Government has been obtained prior to that date to its continuation, shall remain in effect indefinitely thereafter until such time as repealed by this Council.

(Prior traffic code § 206)

10.52.140 - Interstate truck terminals.

Permit. Upon application to operate an interstate truck terminal, and verification that an acceptable interstate truck is available between the proposed terminal and routes identified by state of California Department of Transportation, the city Traffic Engineer, subject to applicable planning and zoning regulations, is authorized and empowered to issue a permit to operate an interstate truck terminal. These permits shall be renewed annually. An Oakland business license shall also be required to operate the terminal.

Route. The City Traffic Engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along interstate truck route accepted in subsection A of this section. Interstate trucks to and from the said terminal are permitted to use this signed route only. All costs of signing shall be paid by the applicant.

Fees. Applicant shall pay an application fee, an annual permit fee and a route signing fee as prescribed in the master fee schedule.

Route Modification. The applicant will also be required to pay all costs of route modifications that may be required to make a proposed interstate truck route acceptable to the City Traffic Engineer.

Revoke Permit. The City Traffic Engineer has the right to revoke any permit issued under this section when there is evidence which indicates that the terminal and/or interstate truck route does not provide for the safe operation of interstate trucks, or designate an alternate route. All costs involved in establishing an alternate route shall be paid by the terminal operator.

Appeals. The City Traffic Engineer's decision as to required route modifications, issuance of permits to operate an interstate truck terminal and revocation of permits may be appealed to the City Council.

Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply:

"Interstate truck" means a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor and semitrailer, or of a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer that conform to the conditions set forth in Section 35401.5(a) of the California Vehicle Code.

"Interstate truck terminal" means a facility at which freight is consolidated to be shipped by and where full-load consignments may be off-loaded from interstate trucks, or at which interstate trucks are regularly maintained, stored, or manufactured.

(Prior traffic code § 207)