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<br />SUBJECT: ORDINANCE #2005-2 AMENDED (OVER DIMENSION VEHICLE REGULATIONS) <br /> <br />ADOPTED DATE: FEBRUARY 19, 2008 <br /> <br />PAGE 10 OF 23 <br /> <br />b. Exceeding 16 feet in overall width. <br />1) One pilot car is required to precede each movement at a distance of <br />300 to 700 feet and one pilot car is required to follow each movement <br />at a distance of 300 to 700 feet on two-lane highways. <br />2) One pilot car is required to follow each movement at a distance of 300 <br />to 700 feet on four-lane divided highways. <br /> <br />c. Pilot car requirements. <br />1) The vehicle must be a passenger vehicle or two-axle truck only and <br />must be operated as a single unit only. <br /> <br />2) The vehicle must have on the highest part a sign that is minimum 12 <br />inches in height and 60 inches in length with the words OVERSIZE <br />LOAD on it. The sign shall be yellow with black lettering. The lettering <br />shall not be less than 8 inches high and 1-inch brush strokes. In <br />addition, flashing amber lights shall be mounted on both ends of the <br />sign. In place of the two alternating lights, there can be one centrally <br />mounted revolving amber light on the top of the sign. There shall be <br />radio communication between the pilot car(s) and the vehicle being <br />escorted. <br /> <br />2-05. General size limitations. <br /> <br />a. Construction and building contractors' equipment and vehicles used to move <br />such equipment are exempt from width limitations not to exceed 10 feet in width <br />when being moved by contractors or resident carriers. House movers' vehicles <br />are considered construction equipment. <br /> <br />b. All movements exceeding 18 feet in height must have written authority from <br />utility companies to travel under overhead wires. All vertical clearances shall be <br />the responsibility of the permittee. <br /> <br />c. Towed vehicles, such as rock crushers or conveyors, are subject to permits if <br />the length of the towed vehicle exceeds 60 feet. <br /> <br />d. Road construction may limit over width movements to 12 feet in width, or less, <br />on some highways. <br /> <br />2-06. General conditions for all overweight movements. <br /> <br />a. No permit shall be issued for an overweight vehicle unless the vehicle is <br />registered for the gross weight which the vehicle can legally carry without a <br />permit, nor issued for loads that can be reasonably made to conform to legal <br />limits. Overweight permits will be issued for hauling one piece of equipment <br />only. A dozer with blade attached is considered one piece. If the blade is <br />detached, it cannot be hauled on the same load. <br />