339.01 OVERSIZE OR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLE OPERATION ON CITY ROADWAYS AND STATE ROUTES; STATE PERMIT.
(a) No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles upon any roadway within the Municipality of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09, inclusive.
(b) No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles upon any roadway within the Municipality unless in compliance with Ohio R.C. 4513.34, inclusive.
(c) No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles upon any roadway within the Municipality unless in compliance with Ohio R.C. 5728.06 requiring a valid highway use permit.
(d) The requirements contained in subsections (a), (b) and (c) hereof shall not apply when a special written permit has been issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation. Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer.
(e) No holder of a permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required to obtain any local permit or license or pay any local fee or charge for movement on any state route within the Municipality, however, no person shall operate such vehicle or combination vehicles upon any roadway within the Municipality which is not a state route, except as provided in Section 339.02.
(Ord. 2000-11-128. Passed 11-8-00.)
(f) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof shall be fined eighty dollars ($80.00) for the first 2,000 pounds, or fraction thereof, of overload; for overloads in excess of 2,000 pounds, but not in excess of 5,000 pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) and in addition thereto one dollar ($1.00) per 100 pounds of overload; for overloads in excess of 5,000 pounds, but not in excess of 10,000 pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred thirty dollars ($130.00) and in addition thereto two dollars ($2.00) per 100 pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. For all overloads in excess of 10,000 pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00) and in addition thereto three dollars ($3.00) per 100 pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. Whoever violates the weight provision of vehicle and load relating to gross load limits shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00). No penalty prescribed in this division shall be imposed on any vehicle combination if the overload on any axle does not exceed 1,000 pounds, and if the immediately preceding or following axles, excepting the front axle of the vehicle combination, are underloaded by the same or a greater amount. For purposes of this division, two axles on one vehicle less than eight feet apart shall be considered as one axle.
(g) Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(h) Whoever violates subsection (c) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.