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(a) The department will issue a permit authorizing the movement of a vehicle or load of a size or weight exceeding the limitations specified in this chapter if the department determines that
(1) the vehicle or load is a non-divisible vehicle or load; or
(2) each of the following requirements is met:
(A) the state's best interests are served by the permit;
(B) the usefulness of the highways traveled is not diminished;
(C) the safety of other users is not compromised;
(D) the traveling public will not be unreasonably inconvenienced.
(b) As it considers necessary to assure that the requirements listed in (a)(2)(A) - (D) of this section are met, the department will, as conditions for a permit issued under (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section, establish time limitations for movement, designate routes, limit the number of trips, or otherwise restrict the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles and loads. The movement of permitted oversize or overweight vehicles or loads must comply with the requirements for towing vehicles, pilot cars, warning signs and lights, hours of darkness, and other safety considerations specified in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development's Administrative Permit Manual: Oversize and Overweight Permits, revised as of June 1989. Pages 3.1 through 3.2, 4.1 through 4.3, 5.1, 6.1 through 6.4, 7.1 through 7.3, 8.2 through 8.6, 9.2 through 9.5, 10.1, and 11.1 through 11.3 of that manual are adopted by reference.
(c) Subject to its determination that the requirements listed in (a)(2)(A) - (D) of this section are met, the department will, in a permit issued under (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section, authorize movement of an oversize or overweight vehicle or load over an extended period of up to one year. However, in a permit issued under (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section, the department will not authorize movement over an extended period for any of the following vehicles:
(1) vehicles or loads over 10 feet wide under 17 AAC 25.012(a) ;
(2) vehicles or loads over 15 feet high, other than vehicles or loads exempt under 17 AAC 25.012(b) (3);
(3) vehicles or loads over 17 feet high operating between the Fox Weigh Station and Prudhoe Bay on the Dalton and Elliott Highways;
(4) vehicles or loads that exceed legal length under this chapter;
(5) vehicles or loads with a rear overhang that exceeds 10 feet;
(6) vehicles or loads that exceed 125 percent of legal weight under this chapter.
History: Eff. 10/7/2001, Register 160; am 11/16/2004, Register 172
Authority: AS 19.05.010
Editor's note: Copies of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development's Administrative Permit Manual: Oversize and Overweight Permits, adopted by reference in 17 AAC 25.320, are available for inspection at the offices of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Division of Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Huffman Business Park, Suite 6, Building O, 12050 Industry Way, Anchorage, Alaska 99515-3512.
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