339.02 USE OF LOCAL STREETS; LOCAL PERMIT AND CONDITIONS; PENALTY.
(a) Use of Local Streets. No person shall operate or permit the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding a size as specified in Section 339.03 or exceeding a gross weight of five tons, upon any street in the Municipality, other than a State route, except those streets designated as a truck route by the Director of Public Safety and marked as such by appropriate traffic signs, or when such operation is pursuant to a local permit granted by the Director of Public Safety with the approval of the Police Chief. A permit need not be obtained for any movement necessitated by an emergency, provided such movement is conducted by the shortest route possible, or by a route designated by the Director of Public Safety or the Police Chief.
(b) Local Permit and Conditions. Upon application and for good cause, the Director of Public Safety, with the approval of the Police Chief, may issue a local permit authorizing an applicant to move a vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding a size as specified in Section 339.03 or exceeding a gross weight of five tons upon any local street within the Municipality other than State routes or those streets designated and marked as truck routes.
The Director of Public Safety may grant a local permit, with the approval of the Police Chief, for a single or round trip, or for such period of time, not to exceed one year, as the Director of Public Safety in his discretion, deems advisable, or for the duration of any construction project. The Director of Public Safety may limit or prescribe terms or conditions of operation for such vehicle or combination of vehicles by designating the route, hours, speed or such other restrictions as may be necessary for the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety. The Director of Public Safety may require the posting of a bond or other security necessary to compensate for any damage to a roadway or road structure.
For each such local permit, the Director of Public Safety shall charge five dollars ($5.00), and for each hour of time or any part thereof spent by each police officer in supervising the movement of such vehicle, the applicant shall pay the sum of ten dollars ($10.00).
Signs shall be posted at the entrances to the City indicating that a permit is required for such operation of oversize and overweight trucks exceeding five tons on local streets not marked as truck routes. Signs may also be posted at the discretion of the Director of Public Safety on any streets under local jurisdiction that have not been designated and marked as truck routes indicating “no truck - gross weight 5 tons” or words of similar import to further apprise drivers of the limitations imposed by this section. No driver shall disobey the instructions indicated on any such signs.
No permittee shall be required to obtain a special permit from the Ohio Director of Transportation for the movement of an oversize or overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles on streets or highways under local jurisdiction; however, the approval of the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required for movement upon State routes as provided in Section 339.01.
(c) Penalty. Violation of any of the limitations, terms or conditions of the local permit granted by the Director of Public Safety with the approval of the Police Chief shall be cause for immediate revocation or suspension of such permit and denial of request for any future permit. Such violation shall also be considered a third degree misdemeanor.
Violation of any instructions indicated on any sign posted pursuant to this section or any other violation of this section shall be considered a third degree misdemeanor.
(Ord. 92-220. Passed 12-15-92.)