(a) Local Streets. No person shall operate a vehicle exceeding a size as specified in Section 339.03
or exceeding a gross weight of four tons, upon any street in the Municipality other than State routes and County roads, except those local streets designated as a truck route and marked as such by appropriate traffic signs, and except when such operation is necessary to load or unload property, to go to or from the usual place of storage of such vehicle or to perform any other legitimate business or act other than passage through the Municipality. Operators of vehicles so deviating from either a State route or a designated truck route within the Municipality shall confine such deviation to that required in order to accomplish the purpose of the departure. On County roads Council or other duly designated local authority shall establish reasonable weight limits commensurate with the construction and material specifications for such roads and the load resistance of such roads as determined by the County Engineer. County roads shall be posted with signs indicating such weight limits. (A.O.)
(b) Local Permit and Conditions. Upon application and for good cause, the City Administrator may issue a local permit authorizing an applicant to move an oversize or overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles upon local streets and highways.
No permittee shall be required to obtain a special permit from the Ohio Director of Transportation for the movement of the vehicle or combination of vehicles on streets or highways under local jurisdiction. However, the approval of the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required for movement upon State routes as provided in subsection (a) hereof.
The City Administrator may grant a permit for a single or round trip, or for such period of time, not to exceed one year, as the City Administrator in his or her discretion deems advisable, or for the duration of any construction project. The City Administrator may limit or prescribe terms or conditions of operation for such vehicle or combination of vehicles by designating the route, hours, speed or such other restrictions as may be necessary for the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety. The City Administrator may require the posting of bond or other security necessary to compensate for any damage to a roadway or road structure.
Every permit issued under this subsection shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer. No person shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such permit.
For each such permit, the City Administrator shall charge thirty-five dollars ($35.00), and all costs actually incurred to supervise the movement of such oversize or overweight vehicle. In computing such costs, the City Administrator shall include all labor costs actually incurred to compensate each municipal employee assigned to the escort for the time he or she is so engaged and a charge of forty dollars ($40.00) per hour for each municipal vehicle engaged in the escort. Labor costs and vehicle use charges shall be computed in quarter-hour increments; provided, however, that in the event off-duty personnel are called to supervise the movement or are called to provide routine governmental services during the time on-duty personnel are engaged in such supervision, the labor charge shall include all labor costs incurred to fulfill minimum call-in pay obligations of any applicable collective bargaining agreement regardless of the man hours actually expended to supervise the movement.
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b) hereof, streets and highways shall be posted with signs indicating "no thru trucks - gross weight 4 tons" or words of similar import to apprise drivers of the limitations imposed by this section. No driver shall disobey the instructions indicated on any such sign.
Violation of any of the limitations, terms or conditions of the permit granted by the City Administrator shall be cause for immediate revocation or suspension of such permit and denial of request for any future permit. Such violation shall also subject the violator to the penalties prescribed by Sections 303.99 and 339.99.
(Ord. 7105. Passed 12-15-09.)