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(a) No vehicle nor special mobile equipment shall be operated on the public highways of this State on metal or plastic track or on tires which are equipped with metal that comes in contact with the surface of the road or which have a partial contact with the metal or plastic with the surface of the road except as provided in subsections (c) and (d).
(b) No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire; except, that it shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the streets or highways; and except that it shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid, and except also as provided in subsections (c) and (d).
(c) A pneumatic tire may have embedded in it wire not to exceed .075 inches in diameter if so constructed that under no conditions shall the percent of metal in contact with the highway exceed 5% of the total tire area in contact with the roadway; except, that during the first 1,000 miles of use or operation of any such tire the metal in contact with the highway shall not exceed 20% of such area.
(d) Pneumatic tires may have inserted ice grips or tire studs of wear-resisting plastic or metal material, installed in such manner as to provide resiliency upon contact with the road, with projections not to exceed 3/32 of an inch beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, and constructed to prevent any appreciable damage to the road surface. Pneumatic tires so equipped may be used on motor vehicles between November 1 of each year and May 1 of the following year. Copies of this subsection shall be posted in all places at which tires are sold.
(e) A printed or written warning on the time limitation for the use of such studded tires shall be furnished each buyer, purchaser or user by the seller of such studded tires.
(Ord. 2237, passed 11-16-1970)
Statutory reference:
Similar State law, see MCLA 257.710
No person shall regroove or recut motor vehicle or motorcycle tires or knowingly sell, offer or expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell any motor vehicle or motorcycle tire or any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with one or more tires which have been recut or regrooved; except, that there shall be no prohibition against the regrooving or recutting of commercial vehicle tires or commercial vehicles equipped with such commercial vehicle tires which are designed and constructed in such a manner that regrooving or recutting is an acceptable and safe practice.
Statutory reference:
Similar State law, see MCLA 257.710
It shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance for any person in charge or control of any vehicle to make, with such vehicle, or any device connected therewith, any excessive noise, or unnecessarily to race his motor while running idle, or to open the muffler o any vehicle or to permit such vehicle or any device thereon to emit an unreasonable quantity of smoke or noxious gases or vapors.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1607, passed 10-17-1960)
No truck hauling trash, debris, junk or refuse or any material which might blow about, sift or fall in transit, shall be driven or moved on any street within the City of Flint unless such vehicle is equipped with a securely fastened covering of canvas or other material suitable to prevent such materials from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.
(Ord. 2049, passed 4-22-1968)
ARTICLE X. SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES
(a) The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 96 inches except as otherwise provided in this section.
(1) The total outside width of a farm tractor or any farm implement or machinery shall not exceed 186 inches. Any agricultural implement wider than 108 inches shall not be moved on the highway between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
(2) The total outside width of the load of any vehicle hauling concrete pipe or unprocessed logs, pulpwood or wood bolts shall not exceed 104 inches.
(3) Whenever pneumatic tires, in substitution for the same type or other type of tires, have been heretofore or are hereafter placed upon a vehicle in operation upon the effective date of this ordinance, the maximum width from the outside of one wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite wheel and tire shall not exceed 102 inches, but in such event the outside width of the body of the vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 96 inches.
(4) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the operation of any trackless trolley, coach, gas or diesel, with a maximum outside width of not to exceed 102 inches, on the streets of the City of Flint; and the Michigan Public Service Commission may permit the operation of motor buses in suburban services, within a radius of 30 miles from the corporate limits of the City of Flint, with a maximum outside width of not to exceed 102 inches on highways and streets the width of which is 20 feet or more.
(b) No vehicle unloaded or with load shall exceed a height of 13 feet, six inches. The owner of any vehicle which collides with any lawfully established bridge or viaduct shall be liable for all damage and injury resulting from any collision caused by the height of the vehicle, whether clearance of the bridge or viaduct is posted or not.
(1) No vehicle, except a trailer or semitrailer, including load shall exceed a total length of 35 feet, except vehicles operated by municipally- owned or municipally-franchised transportation companies operating within their respective jurisdictions, and except motor buses regulated by the Michigan Public Service Commission and vehicles designed and used exclusively to transport boards and vans used in moving household goods, which shall not exceed a total length of 40 feet. No combination of truck-tractor and trailer or semitrailer including load shall exceed a total length of 55 feet; except that a combination of truck-tractor, semitrailer and trailer including load may exceed a total length of 65 feet. Any combination exceeding 55 feet in length, unless designed and used exclusively to transport assembled motor vehicles or bodies, may be operated only on such highways and routes as shall be approved and designated for such operation by the City of Flint. No motor truck or tractor or other motor-propelled vehicle shall haul more than one trailer and one semitrailer at any one time except that a farm tractor may haul two wagons or trailers or garbage and refuse haulers may, during daylight hours, haul up to four trailers for garbage and refuse collection purposes, not exceeding in any combination a total length of 55 feet at a speed of not to exceed 15 miles per hour.
(2) No train of vehicles or vehicle operated alone shall carry any load extending more than three feet beyond the front thereof.
(3) No motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer whose frame or body extends more than 60 inches beyond the rear of the rear axle thereof and is more than 42 inches above the roadway shall be operated on the streets of this City unless equipped with a fender or bumper on the extreme rear of such frame or body. Such bumper shall extend downward from the rear of such frame or body to within 30 inches of the roadway and be of substantial construction.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, it shall be lawful to operate a combination of truck-trailer or semitrailer, or both, designed and used exclusively to transport assembled motor vehicles or bodies which does not exceed a total length of 60 feet. The load on any such combination of vehicles may extend an additional three feet beyond the front or rear thereof.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1795, passed 8-17-1964; Ord. 2118, passed 3-10-1969)
Statutory reference:
Size, weight and load of vehicles, see MCLA 257.716 et seq.
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