Sec. 8-140. Permits for oversize and overweight vehicles.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Model Traffic Code, the Town Engineer or his or her designee is authorized to issue permits for oversize and overweight vehicles as provided in this Section.
(b) The Town Engineer or his or her designee may, upon application in writing and good cause being shown therefor, issue a single trip, a daily or an annual permit, in writing, authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle, or combination of vehicles, of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in this Article or otherwise not in conformity with the provisions of this Article. The application for any permit shall specifically describe: the vehicle and load to be operated or moved; the particular street or streets for which the permit to operate is requested; whether such permit is for a single trip, a daily, a special or annual operation; the maximum axle load; the length of the vehicle between and including the front and rearmost bumper; the height of the vehicle; and the time of such movement.
(c) The Town Engineer or his or her designee is authorized to issue or withhold a permit, as provided in this Section, and if such permit is issued, to limit the number of trips, or to establish other time limitations within which the vehicles described may be operated on the streets indicated or otherwise to limit or prescribe conditions of operation of such vehicles when necessary to protect the safety of highway and street users, to protect the efficient movement of traffic from unreasonable interference or to protect the highways and streets from undue damage to the road foundations, surfaces or structures. In addition, unless waived by the Town Engineer or his or her designee for good cause, the owner of a vehicle requiring a permit shall provide to the Town a bond in an amount to be determined by the Town Engineer or his or her designee, but not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) as security for damage to streets, highways or highway structures within the Town.
(d) Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer or authorized agent of any authority granting such permit, and no person shall violate any terms or conditions of such special permit.
(e) No permit shall be necessary for the following vehicles, and the vehicles or equipment specified in this Subsection (e) shall not be subject to size and weight provisions of this Article.
(1) Authorized emergency vehicles.
(2) Vehicles operated by local governments or political subdivisions.
(3) Implements of husbandry and farm tractors temporarily moved upon the highway or street, including transportation of such tractors or implements by a person dealing therein to his or her place of business within the State or to the premises of a purchaser or prospective purchaser within the State.
(f) The Town Engineer or his or her designee shall charge permit fees as follows:
(1) For over-length, over-width and over-height permits on loads of vehicles which do not exceed legal weight limits:
a. Annual permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
b. Daily permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
c. Single trip permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(2) For overweight permits for vehicles or loads exceeding the legal weight limits set by Sections 42-4-502 through 42-4-508, C.R.S., and the Model Traffic Code, Sections 507 and 508, up to two hundred thousand (200,000) pounds:
a. Daily permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
b. Single trip permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(3) Special permits for structural, oversize or overweight moves requiring extraordinary Town action or moves involving weight in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) pounds, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution. In addition, unless waived by the Town Engineer or his or her designee for good cause, the owner of a vehicle requiring a special permit shall provide to the Town a bond in an amount to be determined by the Town Engineer or his or her designee, but not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) as security for damage to streets, highways or highway structures within the Town.
(4) For overweight permits for vehicles or loads exceeding legal weight limits on restricted truck routes of more than twenty-six thousand (26,000) Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) pounds but not exceeding the weight limits set in Sections 42-4-502 through 42-4-508, C.R.S., and the Model Traffic Code, Sections 507 and 508:
a. Annual permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
b. Daily permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
c. Single trip permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
d. Annual fleet permit, as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution. For the purposes of this Subparagraph, fleet means any group of two (2) or more vehicles owned by one (1) person.
(g) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. (Ord. 961 § 1, 2008; Ord. 1161 §5, 2013)