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An ordinance to amend Section 12.36.110 of the Metropolitan Code pertaining to weight restrictions on certain roads.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That Section 12.36.110 of the Metropolitan Code is hereby amended by adding the following provision at the end of subsection C: "Further, no person shall operate any vehicle with a gross weight in excess of 31,500 pounds at any time on McCrory Lane, on Poplar Creek Road, or on Old Harding Pike between U.S. Highway 70 South and Highway 100, except that such vehicles may be operated thereon as follows:
1. For the delivery and pickup of materials and merchandise at residences located on or within three miles of one of the routes named herein, provided they make no more than 18 such trips per week to any individual residence;
2. For the delivery and pickup of materials and merchandise at businesses located on or within one mile of one of the routes named herein, provided the property on which the business operates is zoned for commercial use;
3. For the delivery of building materials for buildings under construction for which a building permit has been obtained;
4. For the delivery and pickup of materials for properties under development for which a grading permit has been obtained, provided the property is being developed for residential or commercial use and the grading permit has not been issued for the purposes of filling the property as a result of a prior mineral extraction operation as defined in Section 17.04.060 of the Metropolitan Code or for any other grading activity on agriculturally-zoned property not associated with a residential or commercial development; and
5. When traffic is routed onto one or more of these routes by government officials as a result of an emergency.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title to the contrary, the Department of Public Works shall have the authority to issue citations for vi...
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