(A) Purpose.
(1) The load-carrying capacities of various county roads are insufficient to accommodate excessive loads. Vehicular wheel loads that exceed the load-carrying capacity of road pavements and road foundations can produce serious destruction and damage to the road pavements and road foundations, causing inconvenience to the traveling public and necessitating excessive and expensive road repairs and maintenance.
(2) The County Board of Commissioners desires to reduce the road damage and destruction, to reduce the inconvenience to the traveling public, and to conserve the repair and maintenance funds for the general improvement of the county highway system for the benefit of the traveling public.
(B) Weight restrictions. It shall be unlawful to operate, or cause to be operated, any vehicle having a total gross vehicle weight, with load, in excess of the following:
(1) Unless otherwise posted, or set forth in this section or in Chapter 74, Schedule I, the load limit on all county highways and roads shall not exceed 24,000 pounds or 12 tons gross vehicle weight, other than road and highway maintenance equipment, farm implements, and vehicles making pick-ups and deliveries on the most direct route, minimizing the use of county roads; and
(2) On roads passing over a bridge, the gross vehicle weight limit between the intersections closest to the bridge on opposite sides shall be the same as the posted weight limit for the bridge. In no event shall the total gross vehicle weight exceed that set forth in division (B)(1) above.
(C) Posting. The County Highway Department is directed and ordered to post all of the roads listed in Chapter 74, Schedule I with maximum gross weight signs as indicated.
(`88 Code, § 7-30) (Ord. 97-9, passed 7-8-97; Am. Ord. 99-14, passed 10-19-99) Penalty, see § 71.99