Title
Rules and Regulations for Operation and Movement of Overdimensional Vehicles and Overweight Vehicles (Ordinance S-49570)
Description
Request the City Manager, or his designee, to approve Rules and Regulations for the operation and movement of overweight and overdimensional vehicles or combination of vehicles, mobile homes and houses on the City’s roadways, and to repeal Ordinance S-20764. Request the City Manager, or his designee, designate a Permit Supervisor from the Street Transportation Department to oversee and monitor the Overdimensional and Overweight Permit Program.
Report
Summary
Arizona Revised Statutes, title 28, chapter 3, article 18, provides that local authorities may issue special permits for the operation or movement of oversize and overweight vehicles including, but not limited to, mobile homes and houses. Arizona Revised Statutes, section 28-1104, provides that if a special permit is issued, the local authority may establish limitations and set forth conditions of operation of the vehicle or vehicles to reduce damage to the roads, surfaces or structures, and may require other security measures as deemed necessary to compensate for any injury to any roadway or road structure.
In 1992, City Council authorized the City Manager to designate a Permit Supervisor from the Phoenix Police Department to manage these applications. The Police Department was authorized to accept and review the applications pursuant to the Overdimensional and Overweight Permit Program. If an application met the requirements set forth in the Rules and Regulations, the Police Department would issue the permit. The permits allow legal travel on the City’s right-of-way for oversize and overweight vehicle loads. Shifting this function to the Street Transportation Department allows the Police Department to focus on their core department functions and the Street Transportation Department already manages other uses within the right-of-way. There is already permit management functions within the Street Transportation Department for right-of-way and the acceptance and review of applications and issuance of permits for the Overdimensional and Overweight Permit Program fits in the overall City Manager's effort to maximize Department efficiencies.
Financial Impact
There is no financial impact to the City.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Street Transportation Department.