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• <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />~U~J~' <br />ORDINANCE N0. ~~(~ ~fi <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE V, SEC. 25-80, ET SEQ, <br />OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS; BY ADDING <br />TO THE DEFINITION OF TRUCK TRAFFIC; BY ADDING DEFINITIONS OF <br />"TRUCK TERMINAL", "SHIPPING CONTAINERS", AND "SHIPPING CONTAINER <br />STORAGE YARDS" ; Ai`ID BY LIMITING THE LOCATION OF TRUCK TERMINALS; <br />PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATItvG THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE <br />SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY Or^ A MISDEMEANOR AND SHALL UPON CONVICTION <br />BE FINED NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); CONTAINING <br />SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH <br />THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS: <br />Section 1. Chapter 25, Article V, Sec. 25-80, of the <br />Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, <br />to hereafter read as follows, to-wit; <br />"Sec. 25-80. Definitions. <br />The following words and phrases, when used <br />in this article, shall, for the purpose of this <br />article, have the meanings respectively ascribed <br />to them as follows: <br />Commercial motor vehicle. Any motor vehicle <br />other than a motorcycle, designed or used for <br />the transportation of property, including every <br />vehicle used for delivery purposes. <br />Gross weight. The weight of a vehicle with- <br />out load plus the weight of any load thereon. <br />Light truck. Any truck, as defined in this <br />article, with a manufacturers rated carrying <br />capacity not to e•ceed two thousand (2,000) <br />pounds and is intended to include those trucks <br />commonly known as pickup trucks, panel delivery <br />trucks and carryall trucks. <br />Pole trailer. Every vehicle without motive <br />power designed to be drawn by another vehicle <br />and attached to the towing vehicle by means <br />of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed or <br />otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and <br />ordinarily used for transporting long or <br />irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, <br />or structural members capable, generally, of <br />sustaining themselves as beams between the <br />supporting connections. <br />Semi-trailer. Every vehicle, with or with- <br />out motive power, other than a pole trailer, <br />designed for carrying persons or property and <br />for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so con- <br />structed that some part of its weight and that <br />of its load rests upon or is carried by another <br />vehicle. <br />r] <br />G/ <br />