Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.1, annual permits shall be issued in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Vehicles with indivisible loads having an overall width not to exceed twelve feet five inches or mobile homes including appurtenances not to exceed twelve feet five inches and an overall length not to exceed seventy-five feet zero inches may be moved for unlimited distances. The vehicle and load shall not exceed the height of thirteen feet ten inches and the total gross weight as prescribed in section 321.463.
2. Vehicles with indivisible loads, including mobile homes and factory-built structures, having an overall width not to exceed sixteen feet zero inches and an overall length not to exceed one hundred feet zero inches may be moved under an annual or all-systems permit and must have a route specified by the issuing authority prior to the movement. However, vehicles with indivisible loads, including mobile homes and factory-built structures, with an overall width not exceeding fourteen feet six inches may exceed fifty miles under an annual and all-systems permit when prior approval for trip routing is obtained from the issuing authority. The vehicle and load shall not exceed the height as prescribed in section 321.456 and the total gross weight as prescribed in section 321.463.
3. Vehicles with indivisible loads having an overall length not to exceed one hundred feet zero inches shall be restricted to trip distances not to exceed fifty highway and street miles in total aggregate. The vehicle and load shall not exceed the width as prescribed in section 321.454, the height as prescribed in section 321.456 and the total gross weight as prescribed in section 321.463.
4. All movements of mobile homes and other vehicles the width of which, including any load, exceeds the roadway lane width of the street or highway being traversed, shall be under escort, except that mobile homes and other factory-built structures with an overall width not exceeding sixteen feet six inches shall not be required to have an escort if travel is on an interstate or four-lane highway and if the mobile home or factory-built structure displays an amber revolving light or strobe light on the rear of the mobile home or factory-built structure and if the toting vehicle also displays an amber revolving light or strobe light.
[C31, 35, § 5067-d7, -d8; C39, § 5035.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 321.467; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, § 321E.3, 321E.8; C81, § 321E.8; 82 Acts, ch 1075, § 1]
88 Acts, ch 1208, § 2; 91 Acts, ch 133, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1173, § 1
Referred to in § 321.463, 321E.1, 321E.2, 321E.31
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