Ordinance 752
ORDINANCE NO. 752
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY
AMENDING SEC. 15.102 OF THE GILROY CITY CODE DESIG-
NATING TRUCK TRAFFIC ROUTES IN THE CITY OF GILROY
BY EXTENDING THE TRUCK ROUTE ON LEWIS STREET FROM
ALEXANDER STREET TO RAILROAD STREET, AND ESTABLISH-
ING AN ADDITIONAL TRUCK ROUTE ON FOREST STREET
BETWEEN OLD GILROY STREET AND LEWIS STREET AND
LIMITING THE GROSS WEIGHT OF A VEHICLE AND LOAD
TO 20,000 POUNDS
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section I: Sec. 15.102 of the Gilroy City Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 15.102. Designation.
In accordance with section 15.100, when properly signposted
and designated by appropriate signs, the following streets
or portions of streets shall constitute and are hereby
designated as truck traffic routes:
a. Alexander Street from Ninth Street to Old Gilroy Street,
Old Gilroy Street from Alexander to Railroad street, and
Railroad Street from Old Gilroy Street to Lewis Street.
b. Murray Avenue from Leaves1ey Road to I.O.O.F. Avenue,
I.O.O.F. Avenue from Murray Avenue to Forest Street,
Forest Street from IoO.O.F. Avenue to Lewis Street, and
Lewis Street from Forest Street to Railroad Street.
c~ Ninth Street between Route 101 and Old Gilroy Street.
d. Casey Street from Route 101 to Swanston Lane, and along
Swanston Lane to Leaves1ey Road.
e. Forest Street from Old Gilroy Street to Lewis Street.
On the truck route established in this subdivision on
Forest Street the gross weight of a vehicle and load
shall not exceed 20,000 pounds.
Section II: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section III: This is an emergency ordinance and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety
and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting such
necessity are as follows: The heavy truck traffic season for
local traffic to and through Gilroy is at hand. Farm produce and
crops are being transported into the City of Gilroy, and it is neces-
sary and in the best interests of the inhabitants of said City that
the said trucks follow the routes hereinabove specified in order to
create as little disturbance in the residential areas of the City
as possible and without the establishment of the said routes and
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all of them, trucks will be routed through portions of the residence
areas of the City at a 11 hours of the day and ni ght, the sa i d n.i ght
traffic being especially disturbing to the residential areas and the people
living therein and should be prevented at as early a date as possible.
Without truck routes the truck operators wi 11 use the shortest and quickest
route to the canneries or other operators to whom the produce and crops
are being delivered and such routes go through residential areas of the
city indiscriminately and over streets some of which have not been con-
structed to withstand the weight of the heavy truckloads.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Council held
on September 7, 1965, and was ordered publ ished !:>y title and summary at
least once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in accordance with
the charter of the City of Gilroy by the following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERs:Allemand,Duffin,Eckard,
Goodrich,Quartiroli,Wentworth &
Petersen.
NOES:
COUNCI LMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS:None
APPROVED:
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SUSANNE E. PAYNE
, CIty Clerk of
the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Ordinance
No. 752
is an original ordinance, duly adopted by the Council
of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on
the
7th day of
September
, 19 65 . at which meeting
a quorum was present.
I further certify that the said ordinance has been pub-
lished in accordance with the charter of the City of Gilroy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and af-
fixed the official seal of the City of Gilroy, this
8th day of
September
, 19 65
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City!
By
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