(A) No vehicle or combination of vehicles, shall be operated or moved on any public highway within the town, when the total gross weight with load of such vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds 24,000 pounds (12 tons gross).
(B) (1) The Town Council, acting by and through the Town Clerk-Treasurer, is authorized upon proper application in writing upon good cause shown to grant permits for transporting heavy vehicles and loads or other objects, not conforming to the provisions of division (A) whenever in the discretion of the Clerk-Treasurer, the highway would not be seriously damaged thereby.
(2) Any such permit shall be issued for a single trip or for a definite period of time, not exceeding seven days; and such permit shall designate the route to be traversed and shall contain any other restrictions or conditions deemed necessary by the authority granting such permit for the proper protection of the highways within the town.
(3) Before such permit shall be issued, the applicant shall satisfy the Clerk-Treasurer or the Town Council of his responsibility to respond in damages for any injury to the highways or shall furnish satisfactory bond or other security in an amount and to the satisfaction of such issuing officer or body and such applicant shall agree to pay for all damage to the highways, if any such damage occurs as a result of any trip.
(4) Every such permit shall be carried in or on the vehicle or other object to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any peace officer and it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any terms or conditions of such permit.
(Ord. passed 3-13-50) Penalty, see § 71.99