§ 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)