Laredo |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 19. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
Article XIII. TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS |
§ 19-607. Police department discretion and public safety.
(a)
The police department may temporarily suspend the operation of some or any vehicles carrying regulated non-radioactive hazardous materials, without notice whenever road, weather, traffic, or other exigent circumstances warrant such action.
(b)
The police department may redirect through traffic vehicles carrying regulated non-radioactive hazardous materials onto any highway or roadway, public or private, when the through traffic route is blocked for any reason, and/or in response to any exigent circumstance, which police direction for benefit of public safety shall have authority of law.
(Ord. No. 2011-O-149, § 2(19-611), 11-28-11)