339.02 USE OF LOCAL STREETS; LOCAL PERMIT AND CONDITIONS.
(a) All motor trucks entering the City desiring to proceed directly through the City without making a stop therein shall proceed upon either duly designated State or United States routes, and any motor truck entering or leaving the City and desiring to proceed through the City without making a stop therein and entering or leaving the City upon streets other than those set forth shall proceed to one of the designated streets by the shortest route, and shall not thereafter deviate therefrom.
All motor trucks entering the City desiring to make stops therein upon streets other than those hereinbefore specified shall follow a route upon the streets designated, insofar as the same shall be possible.
The Chief of Police or person properly designated shall post proper signs and this section shall have no effect except when so posted.
(b) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall cause a vehicle having a gross weight in excess of 6,000 pounds to enter upon the highways or streets, or portions thereof set forth in Traffic Schedule IV A., notwithstanding other provisions of this Traffic Code.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, no person shall operate a commercial tractor, alone or in combination with any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer, on any portion of the streets set forth in Traffic Schedule IV B. after an alternative truck route has been designated and proper signs have been erected, except for the purpose of making a delivery thereon.
(d) Local Permit and Conditions. Upon application and for good cause, the Police Chief may issue a local permit authorizing an applicant to move an oversize or overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles upon local streets.
No permittee shall be required to obtain a special permit from the Ohio Director of Transportation for the movement of the vehicle or combination of vehicles on streets or highways under local jurisdiction; however, the approval of the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required for movement upon State routes as provided in Section 339.01.
The Police Chief may grant a permit for a single or round trip, or for such period of time, not to exceed one year, as the Police Chief in his discretion deems advisable, or for the duration of any construction project. The Police Chief may limit or prescribe terms or conditions of operation for such vehicle or combination of vehicles by designating the route, hours, speed or such other restrictions as may be necessary for the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety. The Police Chief may require the posting of bond or other security necessary to compensate for any damage to a roadway or road structure.
For each such permit, the Police Chief shall charge ten dollars ($10.00), and for each hour of time or any part thereof spent by each police officer in supervising the movement of such vehicle, the applicant shall pay the then current overtime rate for a Senior Patrol Officer in the Police Department.
Signs shall be posted to apprise drivers of the limitations imposed by this section. No driver shall disobey the instructions indicated on any such sign.
Violation of any of the limitations, terms or conditions of the permit granted by the Police Chief shall be cause for immediate revocation or suspension of such permit, and denial of request for any future permit. Such violation shall also subject the violator to the penalty prescribed by subsection (e) hereof.
(Ord. 99-252. Passed 12-7-99.)
(e) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.