72-7-401. Application of size, weight, and load limitations for vehicles — Exceptions.
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Terms Used In Utah Code 72-7-401- Construction: means the construction, reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of the highways, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Highway authority: means the department or the legislative, executive, or governing body of a county or municipality. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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Except as provided in Subsection (2), the maximum size, weight, and load limitations on vehicles under this part apply to all highways throughout the state. |
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Local authorities may not alter the limitations except as expressly provided under Sections 41-6a-204 and 72-7-408. |
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Except as specifically made applicable, the size, weight, and load limitations in this chapter do not apply to:
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fire-fighting apparatus; |
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highway construction and maintenance equipment being operated at the site of maintenance or at a construction project as authorized by a highway authority; |
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highway construction and maintenance equipment temporarily being operated between a material site and a highway maintenance site or a highway construction project if:
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the section of any highway being used is not located within a county of the first or second class; |
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authorized for a specific highway project by the highway authority having jurisdiction over each highway being used; |
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the distance between the material site and maintenance site or highway construction project does not exceed 10 miles; and |
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the operator carries in the vehicle written verification of the authorization from the highway authority having jurisdiction over each highway being used; |
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implements of husbandry incidentally moved on a highway while engaged in an agricultural operation or incidentally moved for repair or servicing, subject to the provisions of Section 72-7-407; |
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vehicles transporting logs or poles from forest to sawmill:
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when required to move upon a highway other than the national system of interstate and defense highways; |
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if the gross vehicle weight does not exceed 80,000 pounds; and |
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the vehicle or combination of vehicles are in compliance with Subsections 72-7-404(1) and (2)(a); and |
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tow trucks or towing vehicles under emergency conditions when:
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it becomes necessary to move a vehicle, combination of vehicles, special mobile equipment, or objects to the nearest safe area for parking or temporary storage; |
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no other alternative is available; and |
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the movement is for the safety of the traveling public. |
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Except when operating on the national system of interstate and defense highways, a motor vehicle carrying livestock as defined in Section 4-1-109, or a motor vehicle carrying raw grain if the grain is being transported by the farmer from his farm to market prior to bagging, weighing, or processing, may exceed by up to 2,000 pounds the tandem axle weight limitations specified under Section 72-7-404 without obtaining an overweight permit under Section 72-7-406. |
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Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
