Nanaimo By-law 5000, s. 59.1 — General Manager, Engineering and Public Work's Orders

General Manager, Engineering and Public Work's Orders:

• Weight (Bylaw 5000.010,5000.048) The General Manager, Engineering and Public Works (Bylaw 5000.048) may, by an order made in accordance with Section 48 and subject to Section 59.2, exercise the powers of Council with respect to the maximum gross weight of vehicles or their loads permitted on a highway or class of highways and the weight on an axle, tire or wheel, either generally or in respect of the time of the year and the physical condition of the highway. The General Manager, Engineering and Public Works (Bylaw 5000.048) may order the placement of traffic control devices for the implementation of orders under this section.
• 59.2 Maximum Weights (Bylaw 5000.010) Bylaw No. 5000 (Consolidated Version) Subject to Section 60 but notwithstanding any other provision of this Bylaw,

no person shall drive or operate on any highway in the City:

• EXCEED AXLE
• (a) a vehicle, any axle of which is carrying a gross weight in excess WEIGHT of 9,100 kg or the rated capacity of the axles as rated by the (Bylaw 5000.014) manufacturer, whichever is lesser EXCEED GROUP
• (b) a vehicle or combination of vehicles having a gross weight on AXLE WEIGHT any group of 2 or more consecutive axles which exceeds the applicable gross weight indicated in Schedule 'N'; EXCEED WHEEL
• (c) a vehicle loaded such that the gross weight on any wheel WEIGHT thereof is in excess of 110 kg per centimetre of width of tire or in (Bylaw 5000.014) excess of the rated capacity of the tire as rated by the manufacturer; whichever is the lesser. In the case of metal or solid rubber tires the weight on any wheel shall not exceed 55 kg per centimetre of width of tire EXCEED
• (d) A vehicle which has a gross vehicle weight in excess of its LICENCED GROSS licenced gross vehicle weight VEHICLE WEIGHT