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• <br />• Ordinance No. page 2. <br /> <br />Shipping containers. Sealable shipping <br />containers, designed or intermodal trans- <br />portation, either with or without a per- <br />manent affixed chassis, used in interstate <br />and international commerce for the shipment <br />of goods and merchandise. <br /> <br />Shipping container storage yards. A faci- <br />lity or the storage, handling, and repair of <br />shipping containers. <br />Trailer. Every vehicle, with or without <br />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 <br />constructed that no part of its weight rests <br />upon the towing vehicle. <br />Truck. Any motor vehicle designed, used <br />or m-aintained primarily for transportation <br />of property. <br />Truck routes. Those routes which are <br />designated by this article for the use of <br />truck traffic. <br />• <br />Truck terminal. A commercial facility <br />operated principally for the loading, un- <br />loading, storage, handling, maintenance, <br />or repair of trucks, truck tractors, <br />trailers, semi-trailers, pole trailers, <br />shipping containers, or commercial motor <br />vehicles, as defined in this section, <br />including but not limited to gasoline ser- <br />vice stations, shipping container storage <br />yards, and warehouse and shipping facilities. <br />Truck tractor. Every motor vehicle designed <br />and used primarily for drawing other vehicles <br />and not so constructed as to carry a load <br />other than a part of the weight of the vehicle <br />and load so drawn. <br />Truck traffic. The operation of any combi- <br />nation of a truck tractor, trailer, semi- <br />trailer, pole trailer, shipping container, or <br />a commercial motor vehicle, but not including <br />light trucks, as herein defined." <br />Section 2. Chapter 25, Article V, Sec. 25-84, 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. 25-84. Location of truck terminals restricted. <br />Truck terminals, as defined in Sec. 25-80 <br />of this Ordinance, shall only be located <br />• <br />cz <br />