CHAPTER 339
Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
339.01   Oversize or overweight vehicle operation on State routes; State permit.
339.02   Local truck traffic.
339.03   Maximum width, height and length.
339.04   Route and load information.
339.05   Wheel protectors.
339.06   Vehicles transporting explosives.
339.07   Towing requirements.
339.08   Loads dropping or leaking; removal required; tracking mud.
339.09   Shifting load; loose loads.
339.10   Vehicles with spikes, lugs and chains.
339.11   Use of studded tires and chains.
CROSS REFERENCES
   See sectional histories for similar State law
   Weighing vehicle; removal of excess load - see Ohio R.C. 4513.33
   Arrest notice of driver - see Ohio R.C. 5577.14
   Slower moving vehicles to be driven in right-hand lane - see TRAF. 331.01(b)
   339.01 OVERSIZE OR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLE OPERATION ON STATE ROUTES; STATE PERMIT.
   (a)   No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09, inclusive, or otherwise not in conformity with Ohio R.C. 4513.01 to 4513.37, inclusive, upon any State route within the Municipality, except pursuant to special written permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation, or upon any local truck route. Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer.
   No holder of a permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required to obtain any local permit or license or pay any local fee or charge for movement on any State route within the Municipality; however, it shall be unlawful to operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles upon any roadway within the Municipality which is not a State route, except as provided in Section 339.02. (ORC 4513.34)
   (b)   (1)   No person shall violate the terms of a permit issued under this section that relate to gross load limits.
      (2)   No person shall violate the terms of a permit issued under this section that relate to axle load by more than 2000 pounds per axle or group of axles.
      (3)   No person shall violate the terms of a permit issued under this section that relate to an approved route except upon order of a law enforcement officer or authorized agent of the issuing authority.
   (c)   Whoever violates any provision of this section for which no other penalty is provided is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (ORC 4513.99)
   339.02 LOCAL TRUCK TRAFFIC.
   (a)   Definitions.
      (1)   “Inter-City truck” means every self-propelled vehicle used for the transportation of goods and having a manufacturer’s rating of one-ton capacity or more (except those carrying passengers for hire) operating:
         A.   From a point outside the City through the City to a point outside the City, or
         B.   From a point outside the City to a point within the City limits, or
         C.   From a point within the City limits to a point outside the City limits.
      (2)   “Intra-City truck” means every self-propelled vehicle used for the transportation of goods and having a manufacturer’s rating of one-ton capacity or more (except those carrying passengers for hire), operating from a point within the City limits to another point within the City limits. The term “self-propelled vehicle” includes any trailer or semitrailer propelled by truck or tractor.
   (b)   Inter-City Traffic to Use U.S. and State Routes. In order to further regulate the traffic in the City all through buses and inter-City trucks, as defined in subsection (a)(1)A. hereof shall travel exclusively on the marked United States and State highway routes in the City.
   (c)   Routes to be Followed.
      (1)   Inter-City trucks, as defined in subsection (a)(1)B., hereof shall enter the City and proceed to the point within the City which is their destination by following the marked State or Federal highways to the street intersection on such route nearest their point of destination and then following the established truck routes and such other street or streets by the shortest practicable route to their destination. Such trucks shall not be driven upon any other public street of the City at any time except upon the direction of a City or State police officer or to follow a marked and established detour.
      (2)   Inter-City trucks, as defined in subsection (a)(1)C. hereof shall proceed from the point within the City which is their starting point, by such street or streets as shall constitute the shortest distance from their starting point to a marked State or Federal highway or an established truck route, and shall then follow such routes to the City limits and shall not drive upon any other public street of the City at any time except upon the direction of the City or State police officer, or to follow a marked and established detour.
      (3)   Intra-City trucks as defined in subsection (a)(2) hereof shall proceed from the point of beginning by the shortest distance to an established truck route or marked State of Federal highway and shall follow such routes to the street intersection nearest the point of destination and shall then follow such other street or streets by the shortest practicable route to their destination. If such truck is to make several pickups or deliveries during the same trip, such truck may continue from place to place, using truck routes and State and Federal highways when practical, until the last pickup or delivery is made, then return by the shortest practicable route to the truck route, to return to the point of beginning. Intra-City trucks hauling such materials as dirt, gravel, slag, ready-mixed concrete, asphaltic concrete, or other like material, from a central supply source or to a point where such materials are used, which points are not on or near a truck route, and which hauling requires frequent trips over a period of hours or days, shall be required to follow such street or streets as shall be designated by the Director of Public Safety and Service; and the Director with the advice of the City Engineer and the Chief of the Police Department, is hereby authorized to designate the route or routes to be traveled by such trucks, based upon the condition and width of the streets, the traffic condition thereof, the type of truck to be used and any and all conditions then and there existing.
(Ord. 248(06-07). Passed 11-15-07.)
   (d)   Established Truck Routes. Truck routes on streets other than marked and State and Federal highways in the City are hereby established as follows:
Gilman Street from the Washington Street Bridge to North corporation line, Westview Avenue from Gilman Street to corporation line, Seventh Street from Greene Street to Glendale Road, Second Street from Putnam Street to Greene Street, Greene Street from Second Street to Third Street, and Butler Street from Front Street to Third Street.
      (Ord. 131(14-15). Passed 9-18-14.)
   (e)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 248(06-07). Passed 11-15-07.)
   339.03 MAXIMUM WIDTH, HEIGHT AND LENGTH.
   (a)   No vehicle shall be operated upon the public highways, streets, bridges and culverts within the Municipality, whose dimensions exceed those specified in this section.
   (b)   No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of:
      (1)   104 inches for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within municipal corporations;
      (2)   102 inches, excluding such safety devices as are required by law, for passenger bus type vehicles operated over freeways, and such other State roads with minimum pavement widths of twenty-two feet, except those roads or portions of roads over which operation of 102-inch buses is prohibited by order of the Ohio Director of Transportation;
      (3)   132 inches for traction engines;
      (4)   102 inches for recreational vehicles, excluding safety devices and retracted awnings and other appurtenances of six inches or less in width and except that the Director may prohibit the operation of 102-inch recreational vehicles on designated State highways or portions of highways;
      (5)   102 inches, including load, for all other vehicles, except that the Director may prohibit the operation of 102-inch vehicles on such State highways or portions of State highways as the Director designates.
   (c)   No such vehicle shall have a length in excess of:
      (1)   66 feet for passenger bus type vehicles and articulated passenger bus type vehicles operated by a regional transit authority pursuant to Ohio R.C. 306.30 to 306.54;
      (2)   45 feet for all other passenger bus type vehicles;
      (3)   53 feet for any semitrailer when operated in a commercial tractor- semitrailer combination, with or without load, except that the Director may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor- semitrailer combination on such State highways or portions of State highways as the Director designates;
      (4)   28.5 feet for any semitrailer or trailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination, except that the Director may prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor- semitrailer-semitrailer combination on such State highways or portions of State highways as the Director designates;
      (5)   A.   97 feet for drive-away saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations and drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combinations when operated on any interstate, United States route, or State route, including reasonable access travel on all other roadways for a distance not to exceed one road mile from any interstate, United States route, or State route, not to exceed three saddlemounted vehicles, but which may include one fullmount;
         B.   75 feet for drive-away saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations and drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combinations, when operated on any roadway not designated as an interstate, United States route, or State route, not to exceed three saddlemounted vehicles, but which may include one fullmount;
      (6)   65 feet for any other combination of vehicles coupled together, with or without load, except as provided in subsections (c)(3) and (4) and in subsection (e) hereof;
      (7)   45 feet for recreational vehicles.
      (8)   50 feet for all other vehicles except trailers and semitrailers, with or without load.
   (d)   No such vehicle shall have a height in excess of thirteen feet six inches, with or without load.
   (e)   An automobile transporter or boat transporter shall be allowed a length of sixty-five feet and a stinger-steered automobile transporter or stinger-steered boat transporter shall be allowed a length of seventy-five feet, except that the load thereon may extend no more than four feet beyond the rear of such vehicles and may extend no more than three feet beyond the front of such vehicles, and except further that the Director may prohibit the operation of any stinger- steered automobile transporter or stinger-steered boat transporter or a B-train assembly on any State highway or portion of any State highway that the Director designates.
   (f)   The widths prescribed in subsection (b) shall not include side mirrors, turn signal lamps, marker lamps, handholds for cab entry and egress, flexible fender extensions, mud flaps, splash and spray suppressant devices, and load-induced tire bulge.
   The width prescribed in subsection (b)(5) shall not include automatic covering devices, tarp and tarp hardware, and tiedown assemblies, provided these safety devices do not extend more than three inches from each side of the vehicle.
   The lengths prescribed in subsections (c)(2) to (8) hereof shall not include safety devices, bumpers attached to the front or rear of such bus or combination, nonproperty carrying devices or components that do not extend more than twenty-four inches beyond the rear of the vehicle and are needed for loading or unloading, B-train assembly used between the first and second semitrailer of a commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination, energy conservation devices as provided in any regulations adopted by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, or any noncargo-carrying refrigeration equipment attached to the front of trailers and semitrailers. In special cases, vehicles whose dimensions exceed those prescribed by this section may operate in accordance with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Transportation.
   (g)   This section does not apply to fire engines, fire trucks or other vehicles or apparatus belonging to any municipal corporation or to the volunteer fire department of any municipal corporation or used by such department in the discharge of its functions. This section does not apply to vehicles and pole trailers used in the transportation of wooden and metal poles, nor to the transportation of pipes or well-drilling equipment, nor to farm machinery and equipment. The owner or operator of any vehicle, machinery or equipment not specifically enumerated in this section but the dimensions of which exceed the dimensions provided by this section, when operating the same on the highways and streets of this State shall comply with the rules of the Director governing such movement, that the Director may adopt. Ohio R.C. 119.01 to 119.13 apply to any rules the Director adopts under this section, or the amendment or rescission of the rules, and any person adversely affected shall have the same right of appeal as provided in those sections.
   This section does not require the State, the Municipality, County, township or any railroad or other private corporation to provide sufficient vertical clearance to permit the operation of such vehicle, or to make any changes in or about existing structures now crossing streets, roads and other public thoroughfares in the Municipality.
   (h)   As used in this section, “recreational vehicle” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4501.01. (ORC 5577.05)
   (i)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense or subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (ORC 5577.99)
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