KRS 189.280: Trucks and trailers owned by governmental units -- Regulation of trucks

and trailers by cities.

(1) KRS 189.221 to 189.230 and 189.280 shall not apply to motor trucks, semitrailer

trucks, or trailers owned by the United States, the Commonwe alth of Kentucky, or

any agency of them, any county or city.

(2) If any motor truck, semitrailer truck, or trailer is lawfully licensed by a city pursuant

to KRS 186.270, then KRS 189.221 and subsection (1) of 189.222 shall not apply

thereto, within the li mits of the city issuing the license, or within fifteen (15) miles

of the limits of the city, except on such state -maintained highways or portions

thereof, including connecting -link streets, as may be designated by the

commissioner of highways, and on such county highways as may be designated by

the county judge/executive; provided, however, that in no case shall any vehicle

exceed the weight and size limitations established by the city ordinance when those

limitations are less stringent than those provided in the aforementioned sections of

the statutes. For the purposes of this subsection vehicles exempt from the

imposition of a city license tax by reason of subsection (2) of KRS 281.830 shall be

entitled to the same exemptions as those so licensed.

(3) Cities may, by ordinance, provide maximum limits with respect to the weight,

height, width and length of motor trucks, semitrailer trucks, and trailers on city -

owned and maintained streets and roads within their respective boundaries.