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WHERTEAS, the principal source of this traffic is the three gravel companies operating in the City and to the east of Pleasanton in the unincorporated area; and ~EREAS, judicial decisions in California have required that there be reasonable alternate routes for businesses where weight restrictions have been imposed; and ~HEREAS, two of the companies, Kaiser Industries and Rhodes-Jamieson, have access to interstate 580 and 680 by a reasonable alternative route namely E1 Charro Road and the third company, Lone Star Industries, has access to 1-580 by the reasonable alternative route of Stanley Boulevard, First Street and North Livermore Avenue and to 1-680 by the reasonable alternative route of Isabelle, Vineyard and State Route 84; and WHEREAS, a reasonable alternative route exists for other through commercial traffic with vehicle weights in excess of the 16,000 pounds limitation by way of Interstate 580 and 680; and ~EREAS, the city has provided sixty (60) days' notice pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 35705 and a public hearing was held on December 22, 1980, as well as numerous public hearings on the proposed ordinance, its immediate precursers and the EIR's for this ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: To amend Title V (Vehicles and Traffic, Streets and Highways), Chapter 5 (Commercial Vehicle Regulations) to read as follows: ARTICLE 2 ADDITIONAL WEIGHT LIMITATIONS Section 5-5.10 Intent and Authority. It is the intent of this article to impose additional weight limitations on certain designated commercial routes established in Article 1 (Prohibition of Certain Streets) of this chapter, which prohibits commercial vehicles in excess of three tons from the streets of Pleasanton except for the designated commercial routes. This Article 2 will prohibit heavier vehicles in excess of eight tons from the commercial routes. The authority for this article is California Vehicle Code Section 35701. -2-