(A) It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, or persons, to move or operate, heavy equipment across any curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk or crossing, on any unpaved street without first having protected the curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalks, crosswalks or crossing, with heavy plank sufficient in strength to warrant against the breaking, or damaging, of the curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk or crossing. Hereafter, it shall be unlawful to run, drive, move, operate or convey over, or across, any paved street a vehicle, machine or implement, with sharp discs, or sharp wheels, that bear upon the pavement, with wheels having cutting edges; with wheels having lugs, or any protruding parts, or bolts thereon that extend beyond a plain tire so as to cut, mark, mar, indent or otherwise injure, or damage, any pavement, gutter or curb; provided, where heavy vehicles, structures and machines move along paved, or unpaved, streets the city police are hereby authorized and empowered to choose the route over which the moving of the vehicles, structures or machines will be permitted and allowed.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to pneumatic tires with metal, or metal-type, studs not exceeding five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter inclusive of the stud-casting with an average protrusion beyond the tread surface of not more than seven sixty-fourths of an inch between October 1 and April 15; provided:
(1) School buses, mail carrier vehicles and emergency vehicles shall be permitted to use metal or metal-type studs all year;
(2) It shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the streets; and
(3) It shall be permissible to use tire chains or reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety, because of snow, ice or other condition tending to cause vehicle to slide or skid.
(Prior Code, § 8-306) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 39-6,131