A. The operation of a vehicle upon any street where directly and unavoidably necessary in order to access or depart from a destination point for the sole purpose of loading or unloading the vehicle. When a destination point is not located immediately adjacent to a state highway route or a designated truck route, the vehicle operator shall access and/or depart from a destination point using the shortest and most direct city arterial route to and from the nearest state highway route or designated truck route. The vehicle or its trailer may not remain on the street at the destination point any longer than is necessary to load or unload the vehicle and in no event may the vehicle or its trailer remain on the street longer than six hours.

B. The operation of emergency and law enforcement vehicles.

C. The operation of any vehicle owned or operated by the city, a public utility or any contractor or material man, while directly engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements or street utilities within the city.

D. The operation of any vehicle within and pursuant to any officially established temporary detour route.

E. The operation of any vehicle directly engaged in the disposal, collection and/or transport of waste, including but not limited to recyclable material; provided that this exception shall not apply to hazardous cargo or radioactive materials.

F. The operation of passenger buses, including but not limited to mass transit vehicles and school buses. (Ord. 2960 § 2, 2015; Ord. 2906 § 2, 2013)