Any person operating a vehicle or moving any object upon a city street is liable for all damages to the city street and all related structures caused by any illegal operation of the vehicle or the movement or parking of a vehicle weighing in excess of the allowed limits. This section applies to any person operating a vehicle or moving an object in any illegal or negligent manner without a special permit.
Any person operating any vehicle is liable to the city for any damage to city streets or related structures caused by the negligent operation of the vehicle. When the operator is not the owner of the vehicle, object or attachment but is operating or moving it with the express or implied permission of the owner, the owner and the operator are jointly and severally liable for any such damage. Damage to any city street may be recovered through civil action instituted in the name of the city. (Ord. 160, 3-20-2007)