(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. The Maintenance Department of the town.
MOTOR VEHICLES. Includes, but is not limited to, automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, trucks, semi-trailers and truck-tractors.
STREET. Includes and applies to any avenue, boulevard, road, drive, court, place, circle, highway, lane and all other public ways, highways or thoroughfares used for travel.
TOWN. The Town of Darmstadt, Indiana.
TOWN COUNCIL. The Town Council of the Town of Darmstadt.
(B) Limitations and restrictions on streets. Whenever the Town Council shall determine that any street is in a deteriorating state or that a street may be damaged or destroyed, the Town Council may prohibit the operation of trucks or commercial vehicles or impose limitations as to the weight, size or use of motor vehicles on designated streets, which it may determine within its sole discretion.
(C) Duration. Any such limitation or restriction shall not exceed a period of 120 days without further consideration by the Town Council.
(D) Signs. Appropriate signs shall be erected and maintained on each affected street designating the applicable limitations or restrictions and penalty pursuant to this section.
(E) Permits. Any person wishing to operate a motor vehicle on an affected street in contravention of the limitations and restrictions imposed herein may petition the Maintenance Department for the issuance of a permit. If the Maintenance Department determines that a permit should be issued, the petitioner may be required to post a bond in an amount to be determined by the Maintenance Department in its sole discretion.
(Ord. 1995-1, passed 11-14-1995) Penalty, see § 70.99