Ordinance 2001-43 r
July 26, 2001
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY KENDALL )
ORDINANCE NO. 2001- 'l3
AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING TRUCK AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
WHEEL AND AXLE LOADS AND GROSS WEIGHTS
ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS IN THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, upon
recommendation and request of the City Police Department and various members of the
community, deem it to be in the best interest of the City to pass an ordinance to enforce State of
Illinois truck and commercial vehicle wheel and axle loads and gross weights restrictions on
local roadways in the United City of Yorkville; and
WHEREAS, 625 ILCS 5/15-316(c) of the Illinois Vehicle Code permits local municipal
authorities, with respect to highways under the jurisdiction of the United City of Yorkville, to
impose wheel and axle loads and gross weight limitations on trucks or other commercial vehicles
on designated highways; and
WHEREAS, said weight prohibitions are being enacted to help protect and maintain City
roadways, to ensure traffic safety and to protect persons and property from the dangers of
overweight vehicles; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has fully considered the best interest of the citizens and the
City in considering this Ordinance:
NOW THEREFORE, the Mayor and City Council of the UNITED CITY OF
YORKVILLE, upon motion duly made, seconded, and approved by a majority of those voting,
hereby ORDAINS as follows:
1. That the wheel and axle load and gross weight restrictions contained in Chapter
625, Act 5, Chapter 15, Section 111 of the Illinois Compiled Statues (625 ILCS
5/15-111), as they are amended from time to time, are hereby adopted by the
United City of Yorkville as if set forth verbatim herein.
2. The police officers of the Yorkville City Police Department shall weigh and
measure vehicles that may be in violation of this Ordinance in the manner set
forth in Chapter 625, Act 5, Chapter 15 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, as
amended from time to time.
3. That the penalties for violations related to 625 ILCS 5/15-111, as adopted by the
United City of Yorkville, are set out in Chapter 625, Act 5, Chapter 15, Section
113 of the Illinois Compiled Statues (625 ILCS 5/15-113). Said 625 ILCS 5/15-
113, as amended from time to time, is adopted by the United City of Yorkville as
penalties for violation of this Ordinance as if set forth verbatim herein.
4. Appropriate signs shall be placed on all highways within the United City of
Yorkville which shall be subject to wheel and axle load and gross weight
restrictions pursuant to this Ordinance.
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5. All special permits and exemptions from the wheel and axle load and gross weight
restrictions as set forth in Chapter 625, Act 5, Chapter 15 of the Illinois Compiled
Statutes, are hereby adopted as special permits and exemptions from this
Ordinance.
6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
7. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is
for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
hereof.
8. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage, approval and
publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Ordinance has been enacted this N�7ay of
KA 1, 2001.
PASSED THIS \�v day of ,2001.
PAUL JAMES MARTY MUNNS
RICHARD STICKA MIKE ANDERSON
VALERIE BURD ROSE SPEARS
LARRY KOT JOSEPH BESCO G
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APPROVED by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois,
this Day of t , A.D. 2001.
i
MAYOR
PASSED by the City Coun it of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
this 6tk Day of A.D. 2001.
CITY C ERK
Prepared by
Law Offices of Daniel J. Kramer
I I 07 South Bridge Street
Yorkville, Illinois 60560
630-553-9500
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