ORDINANCE NO. ____________________
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12, CODE OF ORDINANCES,
CITY OF HUTTO, TEXAS, BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE REGARDING
TRUCK ROUTES; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS; INCLUDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUTTO,
TEXAS:
I.
That Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Hutto, Texas, is hereby amended by
adding an article and sections, to be designated Article 12.07 “Truck Routes”, and numbered
Section 12.07.001 et seq., which said article and sections shall read as follows:
Article 12.07 TRUCK ROUTES
Sec. 12.07.001
Designation
For the purposes of this division, those streets and thoroughfares within the corporate limits
of the city which are enumerated as follows are hereby designated as truck routes:
Route
Extent
U.S. Route 79
Entire extent within corporate city limits
State Highway 130
Entire extent within corporate city limits
Farm to Market Road 685
Entire extent within corporate city limits
County Road 137
Entire extent within corporate city limits
Ed Schmidt Boulevard
Entire extent within corporate city limits
Limmer Loop
Entire extent within corporate city limits
Farm to Market Road 1660 North
From Limmer Loop to corporate city limits
Farm to Market Road 1660 South
Entire extent within corporate city limits
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Sec. 12.07.002
Use Required Generally
No person shall operate a truck, truck tractor, semitrailer or container upon any roads,
avenues, streets or thoroughfares within the corporate limits of the city except on those which are
designated as truck routes and subject to the established gross weight limits. Neither shall any
person operate a heavy truck traveling through the city, with no origin or destination within the
city, except on limited access state highways, i.e. U.S Route 79 and State Highway 130.
Sec. 12.07.003
Exception; Point of Origin
(a) The provisions of section Use Required Generally notwithstanding, in those instances where
any truck traffic, originating within the corporate limits of the city, shall have as its point of
origin a point located off a designated truck route, it shall proceed to the nearest point on a
designated truck route by the most direct route possible. If such truck traffic shall originate
outside the corporate limits of the city and enter the city at a point which is not on a
designated truck route, it shall proceed to the nearest point on a designated truck route by the
most direct route possible.
(b) In those cases where truck traffic originates off a designated truck route, whether inside or
outside the corporate limits of the city, and the destination of the truck traffic is nearer the
origin or point of entering the corporate limits of the city than is the nearest point on a
designated truck route by the most direct route possible, it shall not be necessary to proceed
to the nearest designated truck route.
(c) In those instances where the truck traffic has neither its point of origin nor destination within
the corporate limits of the City of Hutto, its extraterritorial jurisdiction, or the corporate
limits of any city adjacent to the City of Hutto, then such truck traffic shall only be allowed
on a limited-access State Highway, i.e. U.S. Route 79 and State Highway 130.
Sec. 12.07.004
Loading, Unloading, and Repair of Trucks
Truck traffic restricted to the streets designated as truck routes may depart such truck routes
when it is necessary to load, unload or seek repairs, at a location situated off designated truck
routes; provided, however, that such truck traffic shall not leave any designated truck route until
such truck traffic has reached a point on some designated truck route which is nearest the
applicable place of loading, unloading or servicing by the most direct route possible. All required
loading berths and facilities for truck repair shall be off-street and located on the same lots as the
building or use to be served. After leaving a designated truck route to load or unload, truck
traffic may continue off truck routes to as many points of destination as necessary. If, in the
course of making the necessary stops for loading and unloading, the truck traffic shall cross a
designated truck route, then, in that event, such truck shall not again leave any designated truck
routes until it has reached a point on some designated truck route which is nearest to the next
place of loading and unloading by the most direct route possible.
Sec. 12.07.005
Alternate Routes
Whenever any street or roadway designated as a truck route is under repair, or otherwise
temporarily out of use, the chief of police shall be authorized to designate alternate truck routes.
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II.
A.
All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
expressly repealed.
B.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not invalidate
other sections or provisions thereof.
C.
The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour,
place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted and that such
meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Ordinance and
the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by
the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all the Council
members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed
with.
READ,
PASSED,
and
ADOPTED
on
first
reading
this
_____
day
of
____________________, 2013.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the _____ day of ____________________,
2013.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the _____ day of
____________________, 2013.
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Debbie Holland, Mayor
City of Hutto, Texas
ATTEST:
Christine Martinez, City Secretary
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