A. Written Permission Required: No person shall move or cause to be moved over or across any paving or paved street or alley within the City, any piece of machinery of extreme weight which exceeds the design limits of such pavement without first having obtained express written permission from the City Engineer.
B. Movement Regulated: Heavy equipment or vehicles used in the actual transportation of oil, gas, or deleterious substances shall only be moved or caused to be moved upon "arterial streets" as defined in the adopted transportation plan of the City, or upon private roads, or upon written approval from the City Engineer.
C. Surfacing Of Private Roads; Exception: Prior to the commencement of any drilling operations, all private roads used for access to the drill site and the drill site itself shall be surfaced at least with crushed rock, gravel, or oiled and maintained to prevent dust and mud, except that such provisions shall not apply if such access road intersects with any unpaved road.
D. Cleaning Trucks, City Roads: All trucks, equipment, or other vehicles used in connection with any operations on the drill site shall be cleaned prior to moving on any roads in the City. Furthermore, operators of such trucks, equipment or other vehicles and the operator of any drill site shall clean any road in the City upon which such trucks, equipment or vehicles travel, of any dirt deposited thereby upon such road. Failure by either the operator of any such truck, equipment or other vehicle or of the operator of any drill site to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be an offense. (1994 Code § 23.5-24)