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§ 439.021 Categories of Permits for Overweight and/or Oversize Moves; Permit Fees
   (a)   The Director of Public Service shall use the following categories for purposes of assessing fees for permits issued under Section 439.02:
      (1)   Active Permit. An active permit shall be issued for a single movement over a designated route, and may allow for return to the place of origin over the same route with approval of the Director of Public Service. An active permit shall be issued for a duration of not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours, except that a permit allowing the movement of a load in excess of one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) lbs. shall be for a duration of not to exceed five (5) days.
      (2)   Continuing Permit. A continuing permit shall be issued for repeated movements of the same vehicle, including any approved load and axle spacing, over the same routing between the same two (2) locations. A continuing permit shall be issued for a period of not to exceed three hundred sixty-five (365) days.
      (3)   Construction Equipment Permit. A construction equipment permit shall be issued for repeated movements of the same vehicle to and from construction work sites. A construction equipment permit shall be for a vehicle, including trailer and/or equipment or machinery, which does not exceed twelve (12) feet in width, and which does not exceed the weight, length, and height limitations of this chapter and RC 5577.02 and 5577.05. A construction equipment permit shall be issued for a period of not to exceed three hundred sixty-five (365) days.
      (4)   Inactive Permit. An inactive permit shall be issued for repeated movements of the same vehicle, including the approved load and axle spacing. For an inactive permit, the route is not specified when the application is submitted. When a given route is subsequently submitted to and approved by the Director of Public Service, the Director shall issue a validation number, which shall activate the permit for a duration of not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours. An inactive permit shall be issued either for a period of not to exceed ninety (90) days, or for a period of not to exceed three hundred sixty-five (365) days, the duration of which shall be in accordance with the amount paid by the applicant under the schedule of fees set forth in division (b) of this section.
   (b)   The Director of Public Service shall charge the following fees for permits issued under Section 439.02:
Active permit – (single movement)
Fee
Active permit – (single movement)
Fee
Processing fee – 72 hours or 5 days
$15.00
Overweight surcharge
$7.50
Overwidth surcharge (over 12 ft.)
$7.50
Overheight surcharge (over 14 ft. 6 in.)
$15.00
Return trip surcharge with authorization
$7.50
Continuing Permit
Fee
Processing fee – 365 days
$20.00
Overweight surcharge
$7.50
Overwidth surcharge (over 12 ft.)
$7.50
Overheight surcharge (over 14 ft. 6 in.)
$15.00
Construction Equipment Permit
(up to 12 ft. wide)
Fee
Processing fee – 365 days
$15.00
Inactive Permit
Fee
Processing fee – 365 days
$15.00
Processing fee – 90 days
$7.50
Validation number charge (approval of routing) and return
$7.50
Overweight surcharge
$7.50
Overwidth surcharge (over 12 ft.)
$7.50
Overheight surcharge (over 14 ft. 6 in.)
$15.00
 
   (c)   In addition to the foregoing fees and charges, if a police escort is required by state law, or at any other time that the Director of Public Service and the Traffic Commissioner determine that a police escort is needed, the permittee shall also reimburse the City for the costs of the escort as determined by the Chief of Police.
(Ord. No. 2393-02. Passed 2-3-03, eff. 2-3-03)
§ 439.03 Weight of Vehicle and Load; Truck Routes
   (a)   No vehicle, object or structure shall be operated or moved upon any public street, highway, bridge or culvert within the City other than a State Route having an axle load, wheel load or a vehicle and load weight in excess of the maximums specified in RC 5577.01 to 5577.14, inclusive, or such lesser axle load, wheel load or vehicle and load weight as the Director of Public Service shall determine due to the conditions of the public street, highway, bridge or culvert.
   (b)   All motor trucks whose axle load, wheel load or vehicle and load weight is in excess of the maximum specified in division (a) of this section, shall operate in conformity with signs posted by the Chief of Police, or the officer designated in charge of traffic control prohibiting, limiting or diverting such motor trucks on such residential street, except while receiving goods or making deliveries along such streets.
   (c)   (1)   Whoever violates the weight provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for overloads not in excess of five thousand (5,000) pounds; and is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree for overloads in excess of five thousand (5,000) pounds but not in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds.
      (2)   Whoever violates the weight provisions of this section for overloads in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds shall be fined three dollars ($3.00) per one hundred (100) pounds of overload plus court costs, and may be imprisoned not more than sixty (60) days, or both.
      (3)   Whoever violates any other provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on the first offense. On each subsequent offense within one (1) year of the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. No. 1281-15. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
§ 439.04 Operation of Commercial Units upon Through Streets
   All commercial tractors, trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers and trucks in excess of seven thousand (7,000) pounds gross weight shall be operated in the lane nearest the right-hand edge of the roadway upon all through streets and highways when parking is prohibited in such traffic lane, otherwise in the lane of traffic immediately left thereof. No such vehicles shall overtake and pass any other moving vehicle traveling in the same direction in the right-hand lane of any through street and highway unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device.
   The provisions of this section do not apply when commercial tractors, trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers and trucks in excess of seven thousand (7,000) pounds gross weight are making an approach for a left turn or when the lane nearest the right-hand edge of the roadway or the lane immediately left thereof upon any through street or highway is not available for travel, or when the lane nearest the right-hand edge of the roadway is reserved for vehicles making or intending to make a right turn at the next nearest intersection and when traffic control devices have been placed or erected to so indicate the restricted use of such traffic lane.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
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