Seasonal and weight restrictions.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 486.150
in effect486.150. - Seasonal and weight restrictions.
(a) The city engineer may prohibit the operation of vehicles upon any street or highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated thereon whenever any such street or highway by reason of deterioration, rain, snow or other climatic conditions will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of such vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof reduced. The city engineer shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs plainly indicating the prohibition or restriction at each end of that portion of any street or highway affected thereby and the prohibition or restriction shall not be effective unless and until such signs are erected.
(b) The city engineer with respect to streets and highways under his jurisdiction may also prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose limitations as to the weight thereof, on designated streets or highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on such streets or highways. All said restrictions shall be effective when and if signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the streets or highways or portions thereof affected by such action. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 416.210)
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=MICOOR_TIT18TRCO_CH486VESIWELO_ARTIIWEGE_486.150SEWEREFetched: 11/2/2026