(A) Local streets. No person shall drive or operate any vehicle designed to be used for the conveyance, transfer or delivery of freight, merchandise or other substances and materials usually hauled in such vehicles, exceeding a gross weight of 10,000 pounds, including the weight of the vehicle, whether loaded or unloaded, upon any street or other public place in the municipality, except on designated and marked state and federal routes, whether temporary or permanent and except that when the loaded contents of such vehicle exceeding such weights are for delivery to, or such vehicle is called to remove merchandise or other material from, any business house or other place not located on such state or federal routes, then such vehicles may be driven and operated on the streets and other public places not designated or marked as state or federal routes, but only between the place of delivery or removal of freight and merchandise and the nearest intersecting state or federal route.
(B) Permits.
(1) The Director of Public Safety, upon application in writing by the owner or person having charge thereof, may grant permission for the moving of vehicles, objects and structures in excess of the limit set forth in division (A) above.
(2) Such permission shall be in writing and the Director may grant the same subject to such conditions and restrictions as, in his or her judgment, are necessary for the preservation and protection of the streets, bridges and culverts.
(Ord. 261-1957, passed 12-2-1957)