46.2-1144 - Overweight permits for solid waste haulers.
§ 46.2-1144. Overweight permits for solid waste haulers.
The Commissioner, upon written application by the owner or operator ofvehicles used exclusively for hauling solid waste other than hazardous waste,shall issue without cost a permit authorizing the operation on the highway ofsuch vehicles at gross weights in excess of those set forth in § 46.2-1126.
No permit issued under this section shall authorize a single axle weight ofmore than 20,000 pounds or a tandem axle weight of more than 40,000 pounds.No such permit shall be issued for a total gross weight in excess of 40,000pounds for a two-axle vehicle, or of more than 60,000 pounds for a three-axlevehicle. Such permit shall be obtained annually at the time the vehicle isregistered. The Commissioner shall promulgate regulations governing suchpermits.
No such permit shall authorize the operation of any vehicle enumerated inthis section beyond the boundary of the county or city where it isprincipally garaged or for a distance of more than 25 miles from the placewhere it is principally garaged, whichever is greater. However, the permitshall not designate the route to be traversed nor contain restrictions orconditions not applicable to other vehicles in their general use of thehighways. Each vehicle, when loaded according to the provisions of a permitissued under this section, shall be operated at a reduced speed of 10 milesper hour slower than the legal speed limit in 55, 45, and 35 miles per hourspeed limit zones.
For the purposes of this section, the terms "solid waste" and "hazardouswaste" shall have the meanings provided in § 10.1-1400.
(1973, c. 62, § 46.1-343.3; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 36, 87; 2003, c. 314.)