0500 SE 8th AV BridgeORDINANCE NO.500.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE; PROVIDING LOAD LIMITS ON THE BRIDGE ON SOUTHEAST EIGHTH
AVENUE; PROVIDING ALL TRAFFIC FROM THIS DATE FORWARD SHALL NOT EXCEED
FIVE TONS GROSS WEIGHT OVER SAID BRIDGE; PROHIBITING THE USE OF SAID
• BRIDGE BY ANY AND ALL TRACTOR TRAILERS OF WHATEVER TYPE, EXCLUDING
EMERGENCY VEHICLES RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING PENALTIES;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA as follows:
SECTION I: Effective Monday, March 19, 1984 all traffic utilizing the bridge on Southeast
Eighth Avenue must not exceed gross axle weight of five tons.
SECTION II: Effective this date no tractor trailers of whatever type, excluding emergency
vehicles in response to an emergency, shall be allowed to cross said Southeast Eighth Avenue
Bridge.
SECTION III: Anyone found guilty of violating the terms of this ordinance shall be punished
according to law.
Introduced and adopted as an emergency ordinance this 19th day of March , 1984.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk