Columbia Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets ordinance (§ 14-178)
Chapter 14: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article IV. Operation
In short: Where signs are posted, commercial motor vehicles can't use Birch Road (Burnam to Bingham roads), Leslie Lane (Garth Avenue to Providence Road), Nelwood Drive (Paris Road to Mulberry Road), Pioneer Drive (Mexico Gravel Road to Fair Haven Drive) or Quail Drive, unless making deliveries there.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
Whenever signs have been erected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, no person shall operate any commercial motor vehicle upon the streets hereinafter designated or on parts of streets so designated except commercial motor vehicles making deliveries thereon. The following streets are hereby designated as prohibited to commercial vehicles:
Birch Road, from Burnam Road to Bingham Road.
Leslie Lane, from Garth Avenue to Providence Road.
Nelwood Drive, from Paris Road (State Route B) to Mulberry Road.
Pioneer Drive, from Mexico Gravel Road to Fair Haven Drive.
Quail Drive.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 14-178
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.