72-7-408 - Highway authority -- Restrictions on highway use -- Erection and maintenance of signs designating restrictions -- Penalty.
72-7-408. Highway authority -- Restrictions on highway use -- Erection andmaintenance of signs designating restrictions -- Penalty.
(1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a highway authority may by rule or ordinanceprescribe procedures and criteria which prohibit the operation of any vehicle or imposerestrictions on the weight of a vehicle upon any highway under its jurisdiction.
(b) A highway authority may impose restrictions for a highway under Subsection (1)(a) ifan engineering inspection concludes that, due to deterioration caused by climatic conditions, ahighway will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless certain vehicles are prohibited or vehicleweights are restricted.
(2) The highway authority imposing restrictions under this section shall erect signs citingthe provisions of the rule or ordinance at each end of that portion of any highway affected. Therestriction is effective only when the signs are erected and maintained.
(3) Any person who violates any restriction imposed under the authority of this section isguilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Amended by Chapter 37, 2001 General Session