Restricted use of streets and highways.
Fargo Municipal Code § 8-0924
in effect8-0924. - Restricted use of streets and highways.
The board of city commissioners, by resolution, may prohibit the operation of vehicles or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles upon any street or highway under their jurisdiction or for the maintenance of which they are responsible whenever any of said streets or highways, by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climatic conditions, will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof reduced. The board when enacting any such resolution shall erect, or cause to be erected and maintained, signs designating the provisions of the resolution at each end of that portion of any street or highway affected thereby, and the resolution shall not be effective until or unless such signs are erected and maintained. The board may also, by resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or impose limitations as to the weight thereof, on designated streets and highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on such streets or highways.
Source: 1952 Rev. Ord. 1119 (1962), 2791 (1996).
Source: City of Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo Municipal Code and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nd/fargo/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=FARGO_MUNICIPAL_CODECIFANODA_CH8TRCO_ART8-09EQVEIZWEHELORE_8-0924REUSSTHIFetched: 11/7/2026