(a) No motor transportation company, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4921.01 and 4921.02, or private motor carrier, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4923.01 and 4923.02, shall operate any motor vehicle on or over the roads, streets and highways of the City in violation of the rules and regulations as prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
No motor transportation company or private motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of persons or property or both for hire on any road, street or highway in the City without carrying thereon an annual tax card, an emergency tax receipt card or a reciprocity tax decal, as required under any administrative order of the Public Utilities Commission, as authorized and provided under the terms and provisions of Ohio R.C. 4921.18 and 4923.11 respectively.
No motor transportation company or private motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle on any route other than the route provided for in the certificate granted by the Public Utilities Commission except as provided in Ohio R.C. 4921.14.
No motor transportation company or private motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle in the City without having in full force and effect a liability insurance certificate policy or bond satisfactory to the Public Utilities Commission as required by Ohio R.C. 4921.11 and 4923.08 respectively.
No motor transportation company or private motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle in the City for the transportation of persons or property, for compensation or for hire without first obtaining a certificate of necessity as required by Ohio R.C. 4921.07.
(Ord. 1954-15. Passed 2-16-54.)
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.