(a) Any person violating any law relating to or regulating the use of the improved public roads shall be liable for all damage resulting to any such street, highway, bridge or culvert by reason of such violation. In case of any injury to such a street, highway, bridge or culvert, such damages shall be collected by civil action, brought in the name of the City, on the relation of the Director of Transportation or the City Manager or his designee with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, and the City Solicitor shall institute such action, when requested by the City Manager or his designee and prosecute it to final judgment. In case of any injury to an improved public road, bridge or culvert of the City, by reason of the violations of any of the rules or regulations made by the City Manager, or his designee, the damages shall be recovered by a civil action prosecuted by the City Manager or his designee.
(ORC 5577.12)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.