§ 54-163. Exceptions.

No provision herein contained shall prohibit:

(1)

The operation of emergency vehicles upon any street in the city;

(2)

The operation of trucks owned or operated by the city or any public utility franchised by the city while engaged in repair, maintenance or construction of streets, street improvements or public utilities within the city;

(3)

The operation of a truck upon any officially established detour in any case where the trucks could lawfully be operated upon the street for which the detour is established;

(4)

Any truck while engaged in one or more local pickups or deliveries from using the prohibited street as may be reasonably necessary in so doing, provided that the truck shall, upon completion of the last pickup or delivery, return by the shortest route to the nearest street upon which it is permitted to operate.

(Code 1961, § 4-603; Code 1984, § 29-112)