A. Equipment Requirements:
1. Unsafe Vehicle: It is unlawful for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in an unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with the lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/12-101 et seq., or which is equipped in any manner in violation of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/12-101 et seq., or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/12-101 et seq.
2. Exceptions: The provisions of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/12-101 et seq., with respect to equipment on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, or farm tractors, or to farm-wagon type trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment permanently mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to exceed thirty six thousand (36,000) pounds and used only for the transportation of bulk fertilizer, or to farm-wagon type tank trailers of not to exceed two thousand (2,000) gallons' capacity, used during the liquid fertilizer season as field storage nurse tanks, supplying the fertilizer to a field applicator and only for bringing the fertilizer to a field applicator from a local source of supply to the farm or field or from one farm or field to another.
B. Size, Weight, And Load Regulations:
1. It is unlawful for any person to drive or move on, upon, or across, or for the owner to cause to knowingly permit to be driven or moved on, upon, or across any highway, street, or alley any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight to exceed thirty six thousand (36,000) pounds, or otherwise in violation of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/15-101 et seq.
2. The provisions of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/15-101 et seq., governing size, weight, and load do not apply to fire apparatus or equipment for snow and ice removal operations owned or operated by the village, or to implements of husbandry temporarily operated or towed in a combination upon a highway provided such combination does not consist of more than three (3) vehicles or, in the case of hauling fresh, perishable fruits or vegetables from farm to the point of first processing, not more than three (3) wagons being towed by an implement of husbandry, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit.
3. No person shall use the highways under the jurisdiction of the village in violation of weight and location restrictions and commercial vehicle restrictions established by the board of trustees.
C. Projecting Loads On Vehicles: No vehicle shall be operated on any street with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of the vehicle nor extending more than six inches (6") beyond the line of the fenders on the right side thereof.
D. Protruding Members Of Vehicles: No vehicle with boom, arm, drill rig, or other protruding component shall be operated upon the highway unless the protruding component is fastened so as to prevent shifting, bouncing or moving in any manner.
E. Spilling Loads Prohibited:
1. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
2. No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load unless the load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway. (1997 Code)