Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: BL2020-492

• File #: BL2020-492
• Type: Bill (Ordinance)
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/13/2020
• In control: Metropolitan Council
• On agenda: 5/4/2021
• Final action: 5/4/2021
• Title: An ordinance to amend Section 12.36.110 of the Metropolitan Code pertaining to weight restrictions on certain roads.
• Sponsors: Dave Rosenberg, Tom Cash

Date	Action By	Action
5/5/2021	Mayor	approved
5/4/2021	Metropolitan Council	passed on third reading
4/20/2021	Metropolitan Council	passed on second reading
4/20/2021	Metropolitan Council	substituted
4/20/2021	Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Committee	approved with a substitute
4/20/2021	Public Works Committee	approved with a substitute
4/6/2021	Metropolitan Council	deferred
3/30/2021	Metropolitan Council	reinstated
3/8/2021	Traffic and Parking Commission	approved
12/15/2020	Metropolitan Council	deferred indefinitely
11/17/2020	Metropolitan Council	deferred to
11/5/2020	Metropolitan Council	deferred
10/20/2020	Metropolitan Council	passed on first reading

title
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...