DIVISION 15. SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD [35000. - 35796.]
Division 15 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 35000–35796 · 122 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 35000–35003 · 4 sections
- § 35000 The provisions of this division refer exclusively to the size and weight of, and loads upon, vehicles when operated upon the highways.
- § 35001 The provisions of this division, except those requiring a permit for overweight loads, do not apply to motor trucks equipped with snow removal devices.
- § 35002 (a) (1) This division does not apply to an authorized emergency vehicle owned or operated by a governmental agency while being used in responding to and…
- § 35003 For the purpose of this division, booms, masts, machinery or other equipment which is not attendant to the efficient operation of the body of the vehicle but…
CHAPTER 2. Width §§ 35100–35111 · 13 sections
- § 35100 (a) The total outside width of any vehicle or its load shall not exceed 102 inches, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding any other…
- § 35100.1 For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 35100, the following apply: (a) The metric equivalent of 102 inches, 2.6 meters, meets the requirement of Section…
- § 35100.5 The total outside width of a cotton module mover operated on the highways pursuant to Section 35555 and the load thereon shall not exceed 130 inches in width.…
- § 35101 When any vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires, the maximum width from the outside of one wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite outer wheel and tire…
- § 35102 When any vehicle carries a load of loosely piled agricultural products such as hay, straw, or leguminous plants in bulk but not crated, baled, boxed, or…
- § 35103 (a) A vehicle used for recreational purposes may exceed the maximum width established under Section 35100 if the excess width is attributable to an…
- § 35104 The limitations as to width do not apply to the following vehicles except that these vehicles shall not exceed a width of 120 inches: (a) Special mobile…
- § 35105 Any city organized under a freeholders’ charter may by ordinance permit a total outside width of vehicle and load in excess of the limits set forth in Sections…
- § 35106 (a) Motor coaches or buses may have a maximum width not exceeding 102 inches. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), motor coaches or buses operated under the…
- § 35107 “Urban and suburban service” means a service performed in urban or suburban areas, or between municipalities in close proximity, except that: (a) The one-way…
- § 35109 Lights, mirrors, or devices which are required to be mounted upon a vehicle under this code may extend beyond the permissible width of the vehicle to a…
- § 35110 (a) Door handles, hinges, cable cinchers, chain binders, aerodynamic devices, holders for the display of placards warning of hazardous materials, and a tarping…
- § 35111 No passenger vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on its left side or more than six…
CHAPTER 3. Height §§ 35250–35252 · 3 sections
- § 35250 No vehicle or load shall exceed a height of 14 feet measured from the surface upon which the vehicle stands, except that a double-deck bus may not exceed a…
- § 35251 (a) A boom or mast which is designed to be raised and lowered by hydraulic mechanisms and which is a constituent part of or an attachment to a vehicle or…
- § 35252 (a) A pilot car may operate a vertical clearance measuring device with a height in excess of 14 feet when escorting a permitted overheight load. The pilot car…
CHAPTER 4. Length §§ 35400–35414 · 25 sections
- § 35400 (a) A vehicle may not exceed a length of 40 feet. (b) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) A vehicle used in a combination of vehicles when…
- § 35400.5 Subdivision (a) of Section 35400 does not apply to a motortruck used solely as a cotton module mover and which does not exceed 48 feet in length.
- § 35400.6 (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 35400 does not apply to a fifth-wheel travel trailer that does not exceed the following lengths: (1) Forty-eight feet in length…
- § 35400.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 35400, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District created pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 24501) of Division 10 of the…
- § 35400.75 (a) Notwithstanding Section 35400, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority created pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 130050)…
- § 35400.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 35400, the Sacramento Regional Transit District, created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of…
- § 35400.9 (a) Notwithstanding Section 35400, Gold Coast Transit (GCT), created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1…
- § 35401 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), a combination of vehicles coupled together, including attachments, may not exceed a total length of…
- § 35401.1 A combination of vehicles operated pursuant to Section 35400 or 35401 with a kingpin to rearmost axle measurement of greater than 38 feet but not more than 40…
- § 35401.3 (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 35401, a combination of vehicles designed and used to transport motor vehicles, camper units, or boats,…
- § 35401.5 (a) A combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor and semitrailer, or of a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer, is not subject to the limitations…
- § 35401.7 (a) The limitations of access specified in subdivision (d) of Section 35401.5 do not apply to licensed carriers of livestock when those carriers are directly…
- § 35401.9 Notwithstanding Section 35401, a driveaway-towaway combination, as described in Section 303, shall not exceed 97 feet in length when transporting up to three…
- § 35402 (a) Any extension or device, including any adjustable axle added to the front or rear of a vehicle, used to increase the carrying capacity of a vehicle shall…
- § 35403 Safety devices which are required to be mounted upon a vehicle pursuant to provisions of this code, may extend beyond the permissible length of a vehicle, or a…
- § 35404 Any county having a population in excess of 4,000,000 and having within its limits a natural island with an area in excess of 20,000 acres may, by ordinance,…
- § 35405 (a) An aerodynamic device that extends no more than five feet beyond the rear of a vehicle shall not be included in measuring the length of the vehicle or…
- § 35406 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not…
- § 35407 Section 35406 does not apply to the booms or masts of shovels, cranes or water well drilling and servicing equipment carried upon a motor vehicle if the…
- § 35407.5 Section 35406 and subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section 35407 do not apply to the booms or masts of a self-propelled heel-boom log loader first sold in this…
- § 35408 In no event shall a front bumper on a motor vehicle be constructed or installed so as to project more than two feet forward of the foremost part of either the…
- § 35409 (a) Any motor vehicle used for the purpose of taking photographs, motion pictures, or television pictures or for teaching safe driving may be equipped with a…
- § 35410 The load upon any motor vehicle alone or an independent load only upon a trailer or semitrailer shall not extend to the rear beyond the last point of support…
- § 35411 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the load upon any combination of vehicles shall not exceed 75 feet measured from the front extremity of the front…
- § 35414 (a) Except where a load can be transported consistent with the limitations on vehicle and load length specified in other sections of this chapter, the…
CHAPTER 5. Weight §§ 35550–35796 · 77 sections
ARTICLE 1. Axle Limits §§ 35550–35559 · 10 sections
- § 35550 (a) The gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels on any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds and the gross weight upon any one…
- § 35551 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or Section 35551.5, the total gross weight in pounds imposed on the highway by any group of two or more…
- § 35551.5 (a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to combinations of vehicles which contain a trailer or semitrailer. Each vehicle in such combination of…
- § 35552 (a) This section applies only to trucks and vehicle combinations while transporting loads composed solely of logs. (b) One set of tandem axles of such a truck…
- § 35553 The provisions of this article shall not apply to any vehicle in the immediate vicinity of an unloading or loading area while actually preparing for or in the…
- § 35554 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 35550, the maximum gross weight on any one axle of a bus shall not exceed 20,500 pounds. (2) This subdivision does not apply to…
- § 35555 (a) During the period commencing September 15 of each year and ending March 15 of the following year, the weight limitations of Section 35551 do not apply to…
- § 35557 (a) Only upon request to, and approval by, and in accordance with regulations adopted by, the Director of Food and Agriculture, all of the following are…
- § 35558 Any person or business which has an axle weight scale at its loading facilities shall, upon the request of the driver, weigh any load being transported for…
- § 35559 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article, the power unit of a near-zero emission or zero-emission vehicle may exceed the allowable gross weight…
ARTICLE 1.5. Intermodal Weight Determination Program §§ 35580–35581 · 2 sections
- § 35580 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial number of container trailers using California highways exceed weight limitations authorized for…
- § 35581 (a) The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall develop a plan for implementing or identifying…
ARTICLE 2. Tire Limits §§ 35600–35601 · 2 sections
- § 35600 The gross weight upon a solid tire upon a vehicle shall not exceed 600 pounds upon any inch of the channel base width of such tire.
- § 35601 The gross weight of any vehicle and load resting upon any metal tire in contact with the roadway shall not exceed 500 pounds upon any inch of the width of such…
ARTICLE 3. Limit Changes on State Highways §§ 35650–35655.6 · 8 sections
- § 35650 The Department of Transportation, whenever it determines after an engineering investigation that any highway under its jurisdiction will with safety to itself…
- § 35651 Whenever in the judgment of the Department of Transportation any state highway will not with safety to itself sustain the maximum weights permitted under this…
- § 35652 The Department of Transportation shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by posting a notice in the county seat of each county in which any…
- § 35653 The hearing shall be conducted by one or more engineers appointed by the Director of Transportation. The engineers shall hear all evidence presented at the…
- § 35654 Following the declaration of maximum weight as provided in this article, the Department of Transportation shall erect suitable signs at each end of the…
- § 35655 (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any state highway when the weight of the vehicle and load is greater than the maximum weight which the highway will…
- § 35655.5 (a) Notwithstanding this article or any other provision of law, no vehicle, as described in Sections 410 and 655, with a gross weight of 9,000 pounds or more,…
- § 35655.6 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person shall not drive a commercial vehicle with three or more axles, or a gross vehicle weight or a combined…
ARTICLE 4. Local Authorities §§ 35700–35722 · 26 sections
- § 35700 (a) The legislative body of any county or city may by ordinance permit the operation and moving of vehicles and loads upon highways under their respective…
- § 35700.5 (a) The Department of Transportation, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution that is in conformance with the provisions of this section by the City of…
- § 35700.6 (a) The Department of Transportation, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution that is in conformance with the provisions of this section by the City of…
- § 35701 (a) Any city, or county for a residence district, may, by ordinance, prohibit the use of a street by any commercial vehicle or by any vehicle exceeding a…
- § 35702 No ordinance proposed under Section 35701 is effective with respect to any highway which is not under the exclusive jurisdiction of the local authority…
- § 35703 No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35701 shall prohibit any commercial vehicles coming from an unrestricted street having ingress and egress by direct…
- § 35704 No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35701 to decrease weight limits shall apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while…
- § 35705 Section 35701 shall not be applicable to any city street on which money from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund has been or is used for…
- § 35706 Boards of supervisors in their respective counties may by ordinance reduce the permissible weight of vehicles and loads upon unimproved county highways or upon…
- § 35707 Boards of supervisors in their respective counties may by ordinance reduce the permissible weights upon improved highways only which by reason of deterioration…
- § 35708 In the event any person protests in writing to the clerk of the board of supervisors within 15 days after the adoption of an ordinance reducing the permissible…
- § 35709 The hearing shall be held in the county in which the highway is located within 25 days after a request therefor, and shall be conducted by one or more…
- § 35710 Whenever any weight limit different from those specified in this code is fixed in accordance with Section 35706 or 35707, the board of supervisors shall cause…
- § 35711 No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35706 or 35707 or 35712 shall prohibit any commercial vehicle from using any county highway by direct route to or from…
- § 35712 (a) Any county may, by ordinance, prohibit the use of any highway located in an unincorporated residential or subdivision area by any commercial vehicle…
- § 35713 No ordinance closing a highway under Section 35712 or 35715 is effective until appropriate signs are erected indicating either the highways affected by the…
- § 35714 No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35712 shall be effective with respect to: (a) Any vehicle which is subject to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing…
- § 35715 (a) The County of Nevada may by ordinance prohibit the use of Northwoods Boulevard in such county by any commercial vehicle exceeding a gross weight specified…
- § 35715.1 (a) The County of Tuolumne may by ordinance prohibit the use of Old Priest Grade in that county by a vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds a weight…
- § 35716 No ordinance adopted by a city to decrease weight limits shall apply to any vehicle owned, leased, operated or controlled by any licensed contractor while…
- § 35717 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any county may by ordinance prohibit the use of any street, road or highway by any commercial vehicle exceeding…
- § 35718 No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be effective until appropriate signs are erected indicating either the streets, roads or highways affected…
- § 35719 No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be effective with respect to any street, road or highway which connects with, or is a continuation of, any…
- § 35720 No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be effective with respect to: (a) Any vehicle which is subject to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing…
- § 35721 No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to Section 35717 except upon notice and hearing in the manner prescribed in this section. Notice of hearing shall be…
- § 35722 Prior to the execution of freeway agreements for State Highway Route 85 in Santa Clara County, with the concurrence of each city within the highway corridor,…
ARTICLE 5. Bridges and Other Structures §§ 35750–35755 · 6 sections
- § 35750 (a) The Department of Transportation may, in the manner provided in Section 35751, determine the maximum weight of vehicle and load, lower than the maximum…
- § 35751 (a) The Department of Transportation or the city council or board of supervisors of a city or county with a population of 1,100,000 or more, as determined by…
- § 35752 Thereupon, the authority having jurisdiction over the bridge or other structure shall erect and maintain suitable signs specifying the maximum weight so…
- § 35753 (a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge, causeway, viaduct, trestle, or dam constituting a part of a highway when the weight of the vehicle and…
- § 35754 Whenever, in the opinion of a local authority, a bridge under its jurisdiction is in a dangerous or weak condition, it may temporarily erect suitable signs at…
- § 35755 Whenever a state highway bridge is in a dangerous or weak condition, the Department of Transportation may temporarily erect suitable signs at all entrances to…
ARTICLE 6. Permits and Agreements §§ 35780–35796 · 23 sections
- § 35780 (a) The Department of Transportation or local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may, at their discretion upon…
- § 35780.3 A permit issued under Section 35780 for the movement of a park trailer, as described in Section 18009.3 of the Health and Safety Code, shall not be issued…
- § 35780.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 320.5, the Department of Transportation or a local authority, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may,…
- § 35781 The Department of Transportation shall develop a standard application form and a standard permit form for the application for, and the issuance of, a permit.…
- § 35782 (a) The Department of Transportation or a local authority may issue or withhold the permit at its discretion, or, if the permit is issued, do any of the…
- § 35783 Every permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection of any peace officer, traffic…
- § 35783.5 Warning signs required by the terms of a permit shall either be removed from the vehicle or covered from the view of other motorists whenever the vehicle is…
- § 35784 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), it is unlawful for any person to violate any of the terms or conditions of any special permit. (b) In an…
- § 35784.5 (a) Any person convicted of transporting an extralegal load on a highway, or causing or directing the operation of or driving on a highway any vehicle or…
- § 35785 (a) The axle weight limitations imposed in Sections 35550 and 35551 shall not apply to the transportation of a single saw log which does not exceed 8 feet in…
- § 35786 Truck booster power units may be used to aid in propelling or moving any motor truck or lawful combination of motor vehicles upon a highway upon an ascending…
- § 35787 The Department of Transportation or local authority, as the case may be, shall issue a truck booster power unit permit only if in its opinion the proposed…
- § 35788 Upon application to the Director of Transportation for permission to use and operate on highways private or contract vehicles for the purpose of hauling loads…
- § 35789 Any housemoving contractor or other person who by contract or otherwise moves or transports a dwelling house or other building across railroad tracks shall…
- § 35789.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Current restrictions on the movement on the highways of manufactured homes in excess of 14…
- § 35790 (a) The Department of Transportation or local authorities with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may, upon application in writing and if…
- § 35790.1 In addition to the requirements and conditions contained in Section 35790 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, all of the following conditions and…
- § 35790.4 The Legislature finds and declares that current restrictions on the movement of combinations of manufactured homes have unduly restricted the ability of the…
- § 35790.5 (a) A permit issued pursuant to Section 35790 may authorize an exemption from length limitations otherwise applicable to vehicles and combinations of vehicles…
- § 35790.6 A permit issued pursuant to Section 35780 or 35790 may authorize an exemption from the height limitations in Section 35250 for manufactured homes, including…
- § 35791 The Department of Transportation and any local authority may, with respect to such highways as may be agreed upon under their respective jurisdictions which…
- § 35795 (a) (1) The Department of Transportation may charge a fee for the issuance of permits pursuant to this article. (2) The fee established by the Department of…
- § 35796 Any or all of the powers granted to local authorities in this article may, by ordinance or resolution, be delegated by such local authorities to the road…