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City of Lincoln, AR
Washington County
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New Laws (23) Index Notes (1)
[Ord. No. 215, Sec. 1]
From and after the effective date hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a truck, as defined herein, upon the streets of Lincoln posted in the manner set forth herein.
[Ord. No. 215, Sec. 2]
PERSON
Shall be construed to mean any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association or any other legal entity capable of contracting and undertaking to execute certain acts upon its own.
THROUGH
As used to describe trucks herein shall be deemed to mean a process by which a truck moves perpendicularly from one street to another which parallels the first.
TRUCKS
Shall be deemed to mean self-propelled motorized vehicles with a designated carrying capacity of larger than 3/4 ton.
[Ord. No. 215, Sec. 3]
Any person who shall operate or allow to be operated a truck in violation of the provisions hereof upon the streets where there exists signs as provided by § 8.08.04 hereof shall be in violation of this ordinance.
[Ord. No. 215, Sec. 4]
A. 
The Street Superintendent of the City of Lincoln is hereby directed to post signs declaring "No Through Trucks" or the substantial equivalent thereof, on those streets of Lincoln deemed to be incapable of supporting through truck traffic as defined herein.
B. 
The Street Superintendent shall have authority to determine which streets should be so designated.
C. 
The signs described in Subsection A hereof shall be sufficiently conspicuous to alert any reasonable person to the likelihood that the street so posted is not to be used by through trucks.
[Ord. No. 215, Sec. 5]
Any registered owner of a truck, as defined herein, shall be presumed to have allowed his vehicle to be operated if the vehicle in question is operated by, occupied by or controlled by an employee or agent of the said registered owner.
[Ord. No. 215, Sec. 6]
Vehicles owned by the City of Lincoln or owned by contractors employed under the direct supervision of the City of Lincoln shall be exempt from the penal sanctions set forth hereinafter.
[Ord. No. 215, Sec. 7]
Any person found by the Lincoln City Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction to be in violation of any of the provisions hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each violation hereof.