(a) (1) No vehicle or vehicle with trailer or trailers, each or either unit of which weighs in excess of six tons, including the weight of the unit, shall be propelled or driven upon or over any street in the City except West 117 Street from Clifton Boulevard to Berea Road; Detroit Avenue; Bridge Approach; Madison Avenue; Warren Road from Detroit Avenue to Franklin Boulevard; and Berea from West 117 Street to Fischer Road, except for the necessary delivery of materials and/or supplies to premises abutting any such streets, in which case the vehicle shall proceed by a route which shall follow to or from the nearest intersection of the aforementioned specially named streets and shall exit the street of delivery from the point of entry.
(2) No vehicle shall back from a street of delivery onto a point of entry street without the assistance of a second person to stop traffic and guide the driver while backing his vehicle.
(3) The weight limitation provided for herein shall not apply to vans of moving and storage companies engaged in the business of moving household furniture and appliances on the following streets in addition to those herein above set forth: Bunts Road; Warren Road southerly from Franklin Boulevard to the City limits; Riverside Drive; Hilliard Road; and Lakewood Heights Boulevard from Warren Road to Alger Road.
(4) Overweight commercial vehicles making a necessary delivery to premises fronting on any street not specifically set forth in subsection (a)(1) hereof, shall not be subject to the re-entry requirement, provided exit is made by the shortest route to the next nearest specifically designated street set forth in subsection (a)(1) hereof.
(5) The Mayor as Director of Public Safety is authorized to place signs stating that no such vehicle or unit in excess of six tons in weight as herein provided, is allowed to be propelled or driven over the streets within the City other than the streets herein named.
(b) Except for necessary delivery of materials or supplies to premises abutting Lake Avenue, no truck or commercial tractor shall be propelled or driven upon or over Lake Avenue within the City. The Mayor, as Director of Public Safety, is hereby authorized and directed to place the appropriate signs to apprise operators of such trucks and commercial tractors of the provisions of this subsection.
(c) (1) No person shall operate or drive any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a net weight of 4,000 pounds or over, designed or used for the transportation of goods, wares or merchandise, upon Clifton Boulevard except while receiving goods or making deliveries along Clifton Boulevard and then only by entering and leaving by the nearest intersecting street.
(2) The Mayor, as Director of Public Safety, is hereby authorized and directed to place appropriate signs to apprise operators of such vehicles of the provisions of this subsection.
(d) The Director of Public Safety may, in his discretion, upon application in writing and good cause being shown therefor, issue a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximums above specified or otherwise not in conformity with the provisions of this Traffic Code upon any street within the City. Any such permit may be issued for a single or round trip or in special instances for a certain period of time.
(1) The application for any such permit shall be in such form as the Director of Public Safety may prescribe.
(2) The Director of Public Safety is authorized to issue or withhold such permit at his discretion; or, if such permit is issued, to limit or prescribe conditions of operation of such vehicle or vehicles, and may require such bond or other security as may be deemed necessary to compensate the City for any damage to any street or street structure.
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 or authorized employee of the City, and no person shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such permit.
(ORC 4513.34; Ord. 36-10. Passed 7-19-2010.)