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Staff recommends cleaning up 110th Street weight-limit language to match posted signs
Summary
City staff told the council that posted weight-limit signs on Riverview/110th take precedence over the code and recommended an ordinance cleanup clarifying the geographic text and reinforcing a restriction on vehicles over 12,000 pounds while retaining routine exemptions.
Edwardsville staff asked the council to approve a housekeeping ordinance to align code text with existing posted signs that restrict commercial vehicles on portions of Riverview/110th Street. "If a sign is posted and is more restrictive, the sign takes precedence," the police chief said, noting the posted restriction applies to vehicles over 12,000 pounds.
Staff said the posted signage predates some of the ordinance's current wording and that the code mistakenly referenced other jurisdictional language in places. The recommended change would explicitly state the restriction along 110th Street East on Riverview to 98th Street and remove the confusing reference to a non-applicable "West Riverview" designation.
The police chief explained that exemptions typically include property owners, delivery trucks and trash collection vehicles and that the ordinance cleanup is intended to strengthen enforcement where signs already warn heavier vehicles to take alternate routes. Staff described the change as a legal technical correction and recommended council consideration of the draft ordinance.
No formal vote was recorded during the discussion; staff asked for direction and indicated they had prepared language with legal counsel for the council to consider.
