(A) Every solid tire, as defined in Ohio R.C. § 4501.01, on a vehicle shall have rubber or other resilient material on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
(ORC § 4513.25)
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC § 4513.99)
(C) No person shall operate any vehicle unless it has tires of rubber or of some equally resilient material, except in the following cases:
(1) Vehicles drawn by animal power; or
(2) Road rollers, concrete mixers, platform trucks, traction engines being transported beyond the limits of the village, and other similar devices, which may have smooth metallic tires, without cleats, lugs, spikes, projections, or sharp or uneven parts likely to cause damage to the surface of the roadway.
(1995 Code, § 74.30)