(a) No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding a size as specified in Section 339.03, or exceeding a gross weight of three and one-half tons, upon any street or highway under local jurisdiction, other than State routes, except pursuant to a permit granted by the Director of Public Safety. A permit need not be obtained for any movement necessitated by an emergency or for the purposes of making deliveries to or pickups from premises not located on State routes, provided such movement is conducted by the shortest route possible or by a route designated by the Director of Public Safety.
(b) No permittee shall be required to obtain a special permit from the Ohio Director of Transportation for the movement of the 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) The Director of Public Safety may grant a permit for a single or round trip, or for such period of time, not to exceed one year, as the Director in his discretion deems advisable, or for the duration of any construction project. The Director 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 may require the posting of bond or other security necessary to compensate for any damage to a roadway or road structure.
(d) For each such permit, the Director of Public Safety shall charge twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and for each hour of time or any part thereof spent by the Police Department in supervising the movement of such vehicle, the applicant shall pay the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00).
(e) Streets or highways under local jurisdiction shall be posted with signs indicating "no trucks - gross weight 3.5 tons" or words of similar import to apprise drivers of the limitations imposed by this section. No driver shall disobey the instructions indicated on any such sign.
(f) Violation of any of the limitations, terms or conditions of the permit granted by the Director of Public Safety shall be cause for immediate revocation or suspension of such permit and denial of request for any future permit. Such violation shall also subject the violator to the penalty prescribed by Section 303.99.
(g) (1) Whoever violates this section shall be fined $25 for the first 2,000 pounds, or fraction thereof, of overload; for overloads in excess of 2,000 pounds, but not in excess of 5,000 pounds, such person shall be fined $25, and in addition thereto $1.00 per 100 pounds of overload; for overloads in excess of 5,000 pounds, but not in excess of 10,000 pounds, such person shall be fined $25 and in addition thereto $2.00 per 100 pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. For all overloads in excess of 10,000 pounds, such person shall be fined $25, and in addition thereto, $3.00 per 100 pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. Whoever violates the weight provisions of vehicle and loading relating to gross load limits shall be fined not less than $100. Provided that no penalty prescribed in this division shall be imposed on any vehicle combination if:
A. The overload on any axle does not exceed 1,000 pounds; and
B. If the immediately preceding or following axle, excepting the front axle of a vehicle combination, is unloaded by the same or a greater amount.
(2) For purposes of this division, two axles on one vehicle less than eight feet apart, shall be considered as one axle.
(Ord. 7613-1991. Passed 7-9-91.)