Excess weight, height permits.

Meridian Code of Ordinances § 23-20

in effect

Sec. 23-20. - Excess weight, height permits. (a) The director of public works for the city is hereby authorized to issue an excess weight authorization to the owner or operator of a vehicle in the event of an emergency which requires the hauling of a greater gross weight than permitted by law, and to designate the route within the jurisdiction of the city over which the vehicle is permitted to travel. (b) The director of public works for the city is hereby authorized to issue an excess size permit to owners and operators of vehicles hauling a load that is in excess of the size permitted by law and to designate the route within the jurisdiction of the city over which the vehicle is permitted to travel. (c) The director of the department of public works for the city shall designate and establish routes and streets and roadways and highways, within the jurisdiction of the city on and along which holders of harvest permits issued pursuant to Section 27-19-81, Miss. Code Ann. (1972, as amended), and grantees of timber deeds shall travel. (d) Any person desiring an excess weight authorization or excess size authorization shall request such authorization from the director of public works for the city. (e) Pursuant to the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. Section 63-5-33(b) and (c) (1972), as amended), a harvest permit holder's written notice of intent to operate a vehicle on and along the streets of the city at a gross vehicle weight greater than the weight allowed by law or greater than the maximum weight established by the city for such roads, streets or highways, and the written request to transport harvested timber on and along the streets of the city, shall be sent to the director of the department of public works, who shall, within the time set by the statute, notify the permit holder or the timber deed grantee of the routes on and along which the permit holder or grantee may operate vehicles. (f) The director of the department of public works shall, in addition, provide the grantee of a timber deed a map designating the approved route, which shall be valid for a period of six (6) months from the date of its issue. (g) (1) It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle on and along the streets, roads and highways within the jurisdiction of the city where the gross weight of the vehicle exceeds the limits allowed by law without first obtaining the excess weight authorization provided for in subsection 23-20(a) above. (2) It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle on and along the streets, roads and highways within the jurisdiction of the city where the size of the load being hauled is in excess of that permitted by law without first obtaining an excess size authorization provided for in subsection 23-20(b) above. (3) It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle for which a harvest permit has been issued on and along the roads, streets and highways of the city excluding the federal interstate system, at a gross vehicle weight greater than the weight allowed by law or greater than the weight established for such roads, streets or highways by the city council of the city except on routes designated by the director of public works for the city provided timely notification is sent in accordance with subsection (e) above. (4) It shall be unlawful to transport harvested timber on and along the streets, roads and highways under the jurisdiction of the city except upon routes approved by the director of public works for the city, provided notification is sent pursuant to subsection 23-20(e) above. (5) Any person convicted of violating the provisions of (1) through (4) above, in addition to the penalties imposed by state statute, shall be punished as provided in section 1-9 of the Code of Ordinances of the city. (Ord. No. 3973, §§ 1—7, 6-21-94)

Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH23TRMOVE_ARTIINGE_S23-20EXWEHEPEFetched: 11/1/2026