(a) The Director of Capital Projects may issue permits, upon written application, to move vehicles, objects or structures that are in excess of the weight and/or size limitations specified in this chapter over any street, highway, bridge or culvert, other than a state route. The Director of Capital Projects shall issue each permit for a particular vehicle, object or structure to move over a specific route prescribed by the Director.
(b) The Director of Capital Projects shall issue permits only for non-divisible loads, unless the Director determines that it would be in the best interests of the safety of the traveling public and the welfare of the transportation system to waive this restriction. As used in this section, “non-divisible” means that which cannot be reduced in size or weight, or which is impractical to divide, or which cannot be so adjusted as to be within the weight and size limitations specified in this chapter and RC 5577.01 to 5577.14.
(c) The Director of Capital Projects shall require each permittee to indemnify and save harmless the City of Cleveland with respect to the permittee’s activities under the permit. The Director shall further require that the permittee maintain at all times during the term of the permit automobile liability insurance to insure both the permittee, and the City of Cleveland as an additional insured with respect to permittee’s activities under the permit, with limits not less than the following:
Bodily injury coverage per person | $375,000.00 |
Bodily injury coverage per occurrence | $375,000.00 |
Property damage coverage per occurrence | $375,000.00 |
In lieu thereof, a single limit policy of automobile liability insurance covering both personal injury and property damage in an amount not less than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000.00) may be substituted.
(d) The Director of Capital Projects may impose such additional requirements or conditions for the issuance of a permit under this section as the Director deems necessary for the safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Cleveland and the traveling public, and to protect the integrity of the streets, highways, bridges and culverts in the City of Cleveland. Such additional requirements or conditions may include the keeping of a log of the number of moves made under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to this section.
(e) The Director of Capital Projects may issue such rules and regulations as the Director deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section and Section 439.021. Such rules and regulations shall take effect ten (10) days after publication in the City Record.
(Ord. No. 599-11. Passed 6-6-11, eff. 6-13-11)