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339.10 VEHICLES WITH SPIKES, LUGS AND CHAINS.
   (a)   No person shall drive over the improved streets of this Municipality a traction engine or tractor with tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind extending beyond the cleats, or no person shall tow or in any way pull another vehicle over the improved streets of this Municipality, which towed or pulled vehicle has tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind. "Traction engine" or "tractor," as used in this section, applies to all self-propelling engines equipped with metal-tired wheels operated or propelled by any form of engine, motor or mechanical power. (ORC 5589.08)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (ORC 5589.99)
339.11 USE OF STUDDED TIRES AND CHAINS.
   (a)   For purposes of this section, "studded tire" means any tire designed for use on a vehicle, and equipped with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. "Motor vehicle," "street or highway," "public safety vehicle" and "school bus" have the same meanings as given those terms in Chapter 301.
   (b)   (1)   Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) hereof, no person shall operate any motor vehicle, other than a public safety vehicle or bus, that is equipped with studded tires on any street or highway, except during the period extending from November 1 of each year through April 15 of the succeeding year.
      (2)   A person may operate a motor vehicle that is equipped with retractable studded tires with the studs retracted at any time of the year, but shall operate the motor vehicle with the studs extended only as provided in subsection (b)(1) hereof.
   (c)   This section does not apply to the use of tire chains when there is snow or ice on the streets or highways where such chains are being used, or the immediate vicinity thereof. (ORC 5589.081)
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 5589.99)
339.12 DESIGNATING TRUCK AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ROUTES.
   (a)   No operator of a commercial vehicle or farm truck or farm wagon or four-wheel trailer in traveling through the Municipality from a point outside the Municipality to a destination outside of the Municipality shall operate the vehicle, farm truck or farm wagon or trailer on any of the streets, alleys, roads or highways of the Municipality, except State Route 163 or 51.
   (b)   The operators of commercial vehicles, farm trucks, or farm wagons or four-wheel trailers traveling from a point outside of the Municipality to a destination in the Municipality shall proceed by the shortest route over State Route 163 or 51 to that point on State routes which is nearest to the actual destination, before entering any other street in the Municipality.
   The operator of a commercial vehicle, farm truck, farm wagon or four-wheel trailer traveling from a point within the Municipality to a destination outside the Municipality shall proceed from his starting point over the most direct route to that point on State Route 163 or 51, which is the nearest to such starting point, and therefrom shall proceed over State Route 163 or 51 until reaching his point of departure from the Municipality.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(Ord. 46-71. Passed 12-20-71.)
339.13 USE OF STREETS INVOLVING PROPERTY ZONED BUSINESS OR INDUSTRIAL.
   (a)   No owner or lessee of property zoned business or industrial in the Village shall utilize existing Village streets except to the extent that such use is the shortest traveled distance to approved truck routes which are hereby designated as Main Street, State Route 163 and State Route 51.
(Res. 26-86. Passed 8-5-86.)
   (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.