§ 12.44.030. Lawful operations—Special permits.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.44.025 and subject to such rules and regulations governing their operation as may be adopted by the State Highway Commission operation of the following combinations shall be lawful:

(1)

A combination consisting of a truck tractor, a semitrailer, and a full trailer. In this connection, a converter gear used to convert a semitrailer into a full trailer shall be considered to be a part of the full trailer and not, a separate vehicle. A converter gear being pulled without load and not used to convert a semitrailer into a full trailer may be substituted in lieu of a full trailer or a semitrailer in any lawful combination;

(2)

A combination consisting of three trucks or truck tractors used in driveaway service where two of the vehicles are towed by the third in double saddlemount position.

A combination consisting of a truck tractor, a semi-trailer, and a full trailer when licensed for a total gross weight of seventy-two thousand pounds may be entitled to either an annual or temporary special permit authorizing the combination to carry not more than four thousand pounds of gross weight in excess of the maximum allowed in Section 12.44.045 upon the payment of the fees set forth in RCW 46.44.095 and on such highways and subject to such terms and conditions as the state highway commission shall prescribe pursuant to the provisions of RCW 46.44.095: Provided, that any state or county patrol officer who shall find any person operating a vehicle in violation of the conditions of a special permit issued under this section may confiscate such permit and forward it to the state highway commission which may return it to the permittee or revoke, cancel, or suspend it.

(Ord. 3748, 1968)