339.11 USE OF STUDDED TIRES AND CHAINS.

   (a)   For purposes of this section, "studded tire" means any tire designed for use on a vehicle, and equipped with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. "Motor vehicle," "street or highway," "public safety vehicle" and "school bus" have the same meanings as given those terms in Chapter 301.

   (b)   (1)   Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) hereof, no person shall operate any motor vehicle, other than a public safety vehicle or bus, that is equipped with studded tires on any street or highway, except during the period extending from November 1 of each year through April 15 of the succeeding year.

      (2)   A person may operate a motor vehicle that is equipped with retractable studded tires with the studs retracted at any time of the year, but shall operate the motor vehicle with the studs extended only as provided in subsection (b)(1) hereof.

   (c)   This section does not apply to the use of tire chains when there is snow or ice on the streets or highways where such chains are being used, or the immediate vicinity thereof. (ORC 5589.081)

339.12 THROUGH TRUCKS PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN STREETS.

   (a)   All trucks, trailers and semitrailers transporting freight or other property and passing through the City shall not be permitted to use the following streets:

      Southfield Avenue, from Ridge Road west to North Amber Drive;

      Woodhaven Avenue, from Ridge Road west to North Amber Drive;

      Plainfield Avenue, from Ridge Road west to North Amber Drive;

      Brookside Drive, from Ridge Road west to North Amber Drive;

      North Amber Drive, from Memphis Avenue north to Brookside Drive;

      Dellbank Avenue, from Ridge Road west to Parkside Drive;

      Meadowbrook Avenue, from Ridge Road west to Parkside Drive;

      Orchard Grove Avenue, from Ridge Road west to Parkside Drive;

      Tauton Avenue, from Ridge Road west to South Parkside Drive;

      Hammond Avenue, from Ridge Road west to South Parkside Drive;

      Wefel Avenue, from Ridge Road west to South Parkside Drive;

      South Parkside Drive, from Memphis Avenue south to Wefel Avenue;

      Outlook Avenue, from Ridge Road west to South Amber Drive;

      Glencoe Avenue, from Ridge Road west to Brookwood Drive;

      Traymore Avenue, from Ridge Road west to Brookwood Drive;

      Ira Avenue, from Ridge Road west to Brookwood Drive;

      Brookwood Drive, from Biddulph Road south to Ira Avenue;

      Rockland Drive, from Memphis Avenue south to Woburn Avenue;

      Newberry Drive, from Memphis Avenue south to Woburn Avenue;

      West 66th Street, from Ridge Road east to Woburn Avenue;

      Glencoe Avenue, from Ridge Road east to Pelham Drive;

      Traymore Avenue, from Ridge Road east to City limits;

      Ira Avenue, from Ridge Road east to City limits;

      Vandalia Avenue, from Ridge Road east to City limits;

      Archmere Avenue, from Ridge Road east to City limits;

      Northcliff Avenue, from Ridge Road east to City limits;

      Delora Avenue, from Ridge Road east to City limits.

   (b)   Appropriate signs shall be placed upon such streets at each end of the designated limits, which signs shall state that trucks, trailers and semitrailers are prohibited from using such streets within the City limits.

339.13 TRUCK PASSING AND DISTANCE APART.

   (a)   Except where route direction signs indicate otherwise, all commercial vehicles of the tractor-trailer type shall remain in the right-hand lane of all streets and highways within the City, except when such lane is obstructed, and no operator of any such commercial vehicle shall pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

   (b)   For the purpose of this subsection (b), the word "truck" means every motor vehicle designed and used to carry property wherein the overall length of such vehicle, including a trailer, if any, is in excess of twenty feet, or any truck-tractor.

   The operator of a truck shall not follow another truck more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and condition of the street or highway. Except when the truck ahead is stopped by a traffic control device or by a police officer, it shall be prima-facie unlawful for any operator of a truck to operate the same so that there is less than 300 feet between it and any truck ahead.

(Ord. 1962-76. Passed 11-26-62.)