(A) Any person violating any law relating to or regulating the use of the improved public roads shall be liable for all damage resulting to any such street, highway, bridge, or culvert by reason of such violation.
(B) In case of any injury to such a street, highway, bridge, or culvert, such damages shall be collected by civil action, brought in the name of the village, on the relation of the State Director of Transportation or the Police Chief or his or her designee with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, and the Village Solicitor shall institute such action, when requested by the Police Chief or his or her designee and prosecute it to final judgment.
(C) (1) In case of any injury to an improved public road, bridge, or culvert of the village, by reason of the violations of any of the rules or regulations made by the Police Chief or his or her designee, the damages shall be recovered by a civil action prosecuted by the Police Chief or his or her designee.
(2) All damages collected under this section shall be paid into the Treasury of the municipality.
(R.C. § 5577.12) (2000 Code, § 77.18) (Ord. O-19-90, passed 9-10-1990) Penalty, see § 77.99