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Shoreline studies truck-route ordinance, council raises enforcement and permit questions
Summary
City staff presented proposed Ordinance 10 38 to formalize truck routes and limit heavy trucks on non-designated streets; councilmembers pressed staff on enforcement, moving violations, and permit logistics and asked to bring the item back for action.
City traffic staff presented a proposed ordinance Monday to establish truck routes and restrict heavier commercial and construction vehicles from using local streets not designed for heavy loads.
Kendra Dedinsky, Shoreline’s city traffic engineer, told the council the draft Ordinance 10 38 would create a municipal code (SMC Chapter 10.12) defining truck routes and would amend SMC 12.15 (use of the right-of-way). The proposed rule would prohibit vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating above the threshold specified in the draft from traveling on non‑truck‑route streets except for local deliveries or when they have a city permit.
Dedinsky said the policy…
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