321E.8 - ANNUAL PERMITS.

        321E.8  ANNUAL PERMITS.         Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section      321E.1, annual permits shall be issued in accordance with the      following provisions:         1.  Vehicles with indivisible loads, or manufactured or mobile      homes including appurtenances, having an overall width not to exceed      sixteen feet zero inches, an overall length not to exceed one hundred      twenty feet zero inches, an overall height not to exceed fifteen feet      five inches, and a total gross weight not to exceed eighty thousand      pounds, may be moved as follows:         a.  Vehicles with indivisible loads, or manufactured or mobile      homes including appurtenances, having an overall width not to exceed      twelve feet five inches, an overall length not to exceed one hundred      twenty feet zero inches, and an overall height not to exceed thirteen      feet ten inches may be moved for unlimited distances without route      approval from the permitting authority.         b.  Vehicles with indivisible loads, or manufactured or mobile      homes including appurtenances, having an overall width not to exceed      fourteen feet six inches, an overall length not to exceed one hundred      twenty feet zero inches, and an overall height not to exceed fifteen      feet five inches may be moved on the interstate highway system and      primary highways with more than one lane traveling in each direction      for unlimited distances and no more than fifty miles from the point      of origin on all other highways without route approval from the      permit issuing authority.         c.  All other vehicles with indivisible loads operating under      this subsection shall obtain route approval from the permitting      authority.         d.  Vehicles with indivisible loads may operate under an      all-systems permit in compliance with paragraph "a", "b", or      "c".         2.  Vehicles with indivisible loads, or manufactured or mobile      homes including appurtenances, having an overall width not to exceed      thirteen feet five inches and an overall length not to exceed one      hundred twenty feet zero inches may be moved on highways specified by      the permitting authority for unlimited distances if the height of the      vehicle and load does not exceed fifteen feet five inches and the      total gross weight of the vehicle does not exceed one hundred      fifty-six thousand pounds.  The vehicle owner or operator shall      verify with the permitting authority prior to movement of the load      that highway conditions have not changed so as to prohibit movement      of the vehicle.  Any cost to repair damage to highways or highway      structures shall be borne by the owner or operator of the vehicle      causing the damage.  Permitted vehicles under this subsection shall      not be allowed to travel on any portion of the interstate highway      system.  Vehicles with indivisible loads operating under the permit      provisions of this subsection may operate under the permit provisions      of subsection 1 provided the vehicle and load comply with the      limitations described in subsection 1.         3.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,      cranes exceeding the maximum gross weight on any axle as prescribed      in section 321.463 and used in the construction of alternative energy      facilities may be moved with approval from the permit issuing      authority.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C31, 35, § 5067-d7, -d8; C39, § 5035.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,      66, § 321.467; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, § 321E.3, 321E.8; C81, § 321E.8;      82 Acts, ch 1075, § 1] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1208, § 2; 91 Acts, ch 133, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1173, §      1; 97 Acts, ch 100, §8; 97 Acts, ch 104, § 25; 99 Acts, ch 13, §20,      29; 2001 Acts, ch 32, §26, 27; 2002 Acts, ch 1063, §36, 55; 2003      Acts, ch 44, §59; 2008 Acts, ch 1124, §11, 40         Referred to in § 321.463, 321E.1, 321E.2, 321E.14, 321E.29A,      321E.31