339.12 MOTOR TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES OR PRIVATE MOTOR CARRIERS.
(a) Compliance with State Public Utilities Commission Rules. No motor transportation company, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4921.01 and 4921.02, or private motor carrier, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4923.02, shall operate any motor vehicle on or over the roads, streets and highways in this Municipality in violation of any of the rules and regulations as prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
(b) Display of Tax Card or Equivalent. No motor transportation company or private motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of persons or property or both for hire on any road, street or highway in this Municipality without carrying thereon an annual tax card or an emergency tax receipt card or a reciprocity tax decal, as required under any administration order of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, as authorized and provided under the terms and provisions of Ohio R. C. 4921.18 and 4923.11.
(c) Route. No motor transportation company or private motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle on any route other than the route provided for in the certificate granted by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio except as provided in Ohio R. C. 4921.14.
(d) Liability Insurance or Bond. No motor transportation company or private motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle in this Municipality without having in full force and effect a liability insurance certificate policy or bond satisfactory to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio as required by Ohio R.C. 4921.11 and 4923.08.
(e) Certificate of Necessity Required. No motor transportation company or private motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle in this Municipality for the transportation of persons or property, for compensation or for hire without first obtaining a certificate of necessity as required by Ohio R.C. 4921.07.
(f) Vehicle Markings Required. No commercial vehicle shall be operated upon the streets, highways, bridges or culverts within this Municipality which does not display on the side thereof in plain, legible letters and figures the weight of the vehicle fully equipped, manufacturer's rated carrying capacity, and the tire widths of the vehicle.
(g) Log Book, Safety Equipment. No motor transportation company or private motor carrier, as defined in Ohio R. C. 4921.01, 4921.02 or 4923.02 shall operate any motor vehicle upon the roads, streets or highways in this Municipality, without carrying a log book, safety equipment and complying with all other rules and regulations as prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
(h) Vehicle Identification. No motor transportation company or private motor carrier, as defined in Ohio R. C. 4921. 01, 4921.02 or 4923.02 shall operate any motor vehicle on the roads, streets or highways in this Municipality, without having displayed on both sides thereof in such places as to be easily seen by anyone wishing to identify the vehicle, the following in letters and figures not less than two inches in height and three-eighths inches in width;
(1) The company number of vehicle;
(2) The company name, location and state.
(i) Transporting Hitchhiker or other Unauthorized Person Prohibited.
(1) No person, except the carrier, employees of the carrier, representatives of the shipper when their presence is necessary for the safe care of livestock, representatives of the Commission, or public officials in the proper performance of their duties, shall be transported upon any motor vehicle transporting property. However, each person permitted by this paragraph (i)(1) to be transported upon such motor vehicle, except those engaged in the actual operation of the motor vehicle, shall have printed or written authority therefor from the carrier. This rule does not prohibit the carrying of any person in case of an accident, or in other extreme emergencies.
(2) Except in case of emergency, no driver shall permit a motor vehicle to which he is assigned to be driven by any person not authorized to drive such vehicle by the motor carrier in control thereof.
(Ord. 936. Passed 2-21-66.)