When signs are erected giving notice thereof,
no person shall operate any vehicle with a gross weight in excess
of the amounts specified at any time upon any of the streets so designated.
When signs are erected giving notice thereof,
no person shall operate any commercial vehicle exceeding limitations
of pounds gross weight at any time upon any of the streets so designated,
except that such vehicles may be operated thereon for the purpose
of delivering or picking up materials or merchandise and then only
by entering such street at the intersection nearest the destination
of the vehicle and proceeding thereon no farther than the nearest
intersection thereafter.
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation that the size permitted by state
law is also applicable upon the streets or parts of streets in this
Town unless designated otherwise.
[Amended 8-13-1985 by Ord. No. 582]
Trucks over one and one-half tons gross weight
and truck tractors are hereby excluded from the streets or parts of
streets or highways described below, except for any truck or truck
tractor owned or used by the Town of Johnston, or the State of Rhode
Island, or any truck tractor used for the delivery or service of fuel
oil, electric power or natural gas.
|
Name of Street
|
Location
|
Hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
Armento Street
|
Entire
|
10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
|
|
Elsie Drive
[Added 12-12-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-30] |
From Verizon Pole No. 1/National Grid Pole No. 50 north to the
end of street
|
24 hours
|
|
Hargreaves Street
[Added 3-11-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-1] |
Entire
|
24 hours
|
|
Hedley Avenue
|
Entire
|
24 hours
|
|
Lee Street
|
Entire
|
7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
|
|
Merino Street
|
Entire
|
24 hours
|
|
Scituate Avenue
|
From Atwood Avenue to Central Pike
| |
|
Venise Avenue
[Added 6-11-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-7] |
Entire
|
24 hours
|
|
Vermont Street
|
Entire
|
7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
|
[Added 2-9-2004 by Ord. No. 2003-16]
A.
Purpose. Trucks and commercial vehicles are prohibited
from using or driving on Taylor Road at all times.
B.
C.
Notice. The appropriate signs shall be placed at the
entrance to Taylor Road outlining the conditions of this section.
D.
Penalty. Any violation hereof shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $200.
E.
Enforcement. The Johnston Police Department shall
enforce this section.
[Added 11-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-15]
A.
Purpose. Trucks and commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) in excess of 80,000 pounds are prohibited from using or driving on Priscilla Lane unless they are delivering or picking up materials or merchandise pursuant to § 220-87 of the Town Ordinances.
[Amended 2-13-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-2]
B.
Notice. The appropriate signs shall be placed at the entrance to
Priscilla Lane outlining the prohibitions of this section.
C.
Penalty. Any violation hereof shall be punishable by a fine not to
exceed $200.
D.
Enforcement. The Johnston Police Department shall enforce this section.
E.
Exemption. All Town of Johnston vehicles are exempt from this article.
[Amended 2-11-1985 by Ord. No. 556; 8-13-1985 by Ord. No.
581; 8-12-1986 by Ord. No. 637; 9-8-1986 by Ord. No. 644; 9-8-1986 by Ord. No. 646; 9-14-1987 by Ord. No. 708; 9-10-1990 by Ord. No.
820; Ord. No.
858; 1-19-1993 by Ord. No. 884; 6-12-1995 by Ord. No. 907; 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 963; 6-10-1996 by Ord. No. 974; 7-8-1996 by Ord. No.
977; 8-12-1997 by Ord. No. 1018; 12-26-1997 by Ord. No. 1021; 12-26-1997 by Ord. No. 1022; 2-9-1998 by Ord. No. 1025; 7-13-1998 by Ord. No.
1038]
A.
Through trucking is hereby prohibited on Sundays and
legal holidays.
B.
No persons, firms, corporations, or associations,
who may otherwise be authorized shall be allowed to carry on the business
of through trucking in the Town of Johnston on Sundays and legal holidays.
In addition, the operation of the business of trucking is prohibited
on the streets or parts of streets or highways, during the hours specified
below:
|
Name of Street
|
Location
|
Hours
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Allendale Avenue
[Amended 3-13-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-3] |
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Armento Street
|
Entire
|
10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
| |
|
Cecil Street
|
Entire
|
7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
| |
|
Diaz Street
|
From its intersection with Armento Street in
an easterly and westerly direction
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Everbloom Drive
|
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Goldsmith Street
|
Entire
|
7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
| |
|
Green Valley Drive
[Added 3-13-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-3] |
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Lafayette Street
|
From its intersection with George Waterman Road
and Tyler Avenue
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Lee Street
|
Entire
|
7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
| |
|
Luther Court
[Added 9-19-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-11] |
From the intersection of Luther Street to Abatecola Way
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Milton Street
[Added 8-9-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11] |
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Old Pocasset Road
|
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Pezzullo Street
[Added 2-13-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-1] |
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Pine Hill Avenue
[Added 11-15-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19] |
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Reservoir Avenue
|
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Scituate Avenue
|
From its intersection with Simmonsville Avenue
in a westerly direction to its intersection with Green Hill Avenue
and on Scituate Avenue from its intersection with Green Hill Avenue
in an easterly direction to its intersection with Simmonsville Avenue
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Scituate Avenue
|
From its overpass with Route 295 in a westerly
direction to its intersection with Shun Pike, no commercial motor
vehicle may enter or exit the aforementioned area from the easterly
side of said overpass nor exit through the aforementioned area
by use of the overpass
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Scituate Avenue
|
From its intersection with Simmonsville Avenue
in a westerly direction to its intersection with Shun Pike and on
Scituate Avenue from its intersection with Shun Pike in an easterly
direction to its intersection with Simmonsville Avenue.
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Scituate Avenue
|
From its intersection with Simmonsville Avenue
in a westerly direction to the center of the Scituate Avenue Route
295 overpass and from Scituate Avenue Route 295 overpass in an easterly
direction to its intersection with Simmonsville Avenue, and Kimball
and Fountain Streets in either direction
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Scituate Avenue
|
From its intersection with Fountain Street in
a westerly direction to the Scituate Avenue Route 295 overpass and
from the Scituate Avenue Route 295 overpass in an easterly direction
to its intersection with Fountain Street
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Sheridan Street
|
From its intersection with George Waterman Road
and Tyler Avenue
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Tabor Drive
[Added 8-9-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11] |
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Tara Street
|
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Teakwood Drive
[Added 8-9-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11] |
Entire
|
Prohibited at all times
| |
|
Vermont Street
|
Entire
|
7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
|
