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(a) No person shall drive over the improved streets of this Municipality a traction engine or tractor with tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind extending beyond the cleats, or no person shall tow or in any way pull another vehicle over the improved streets of this Municipality, which towed or pulled vehicle has tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind. "Traction engine" or "tractor," as used in this section, applies to all self-propelling engines equipped with metal-tired wheels operated or propelled by any form of engine, motor or mechanical power. (ORC 5589.08)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 5589.99)
(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)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 5589.99)
(a) No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any vehicle which is equipped with an engine braking system which produces excessive noise, audible as excessive within fifty (50) feet, or which is improperly muffled so as to create a public nuisance, including the creation of excessive noise. The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to emergency vehicles.
(b) The usage of any and all “engine brakes” shall be prohibited within the Village. “Engine brakes” shall be defined to include, but not be limited to, systems commonly known and/or referred to as C Brakes, PacBrakes, TekBrakes, Jake Brakes and any other type of engine brakes commonly utilized within the trucking industry.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2006-3. Passed 3-27-06.)