§ 6.76.280. Short loads—Violation, liability and enforcement.

A.

Any person believing that any load of coal, ice, sand, gravel or commodities of like character offered to be delivered to him does not weigh as much as the ticket represents shall have the same weighed at the nearest licensed scale and take a certificate of the weight, and if it shall be found that the load is as much as fifty pounds short in the weight or as much as fifty pounds less weight than represented by the ticket, the dealer so offering to sell such coal, ice, sand, gravel or commodities of like character shall be punished as provided in Section 1.01.030; but if it turns out in the weighing of such a load that it is not deficient in weight, then the person having the same weighed shall be liable to the dealer for the cost of weighing the same.

B.

The sealer of weights and measures and the police department are empowered, at any time, to require the driver of any vehicle containing coal, ice, sand, gravel or commodities of like character to drive the same to the nearest licensed scale, for the purpose of having such commodity weighed. It shall be the duty of the sealer of weights and measures, from time to time, indiscriminately, to have vehicles carrying heavy commodities weighed for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this chapter and Chapter 6.68.

(Ord. 95-1329 § 2 (part), 1995; Ord. 89-1038 § 5, 1989; prior code § 42-1-26)