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Riverside adopts ordinance to limit overweight and oversized trucks, raises fines and adds permitting
Summary
The Village of Riverside approved an ordinance to curb overweight and oversized vehicles after officials reported a rise in incidents; the measure sets civil fines between $500 and $750, creates a $100 permit fee and $100 police-escort fee, and directs use of the Oxcart web-based permitting system.
Riverside’s board of trustees on Jan. 15 adopted an ordinance aimed at reducing damage from overweight and oversized vehicles that have increasingly passed through the village.
Director Buckley told the board that enforcement activity has risen in recent years, saying, “in 2024, we issued 20 citations for these overweight trucks. In 2025, we issued 96.” Buckley and Deputy Chief Coder described repeated incidents of damaged gas lights, street signs and parkways and said the village’s streets were not designed for large semi traffic.
The ordinance raises the village’s enforcement range (within the limits of state law) by setting fines at $500 to…
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