(A) No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight or containing a load exceeding the maximums specified in R.C. §§ 5577.01 to 5577.09, inclusive, or otherwise not in conformity with R.C. §§ 4513.01 to 4513.37, inclusive, upon any improved public highways, streets, bridges or culverts of any state route, expressway or freeway within the municipality, except pursuant to special written permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation, or upon any 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 for purposes of enforcement.
(B) No holder of a permit issued by the Ohio Department 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 improved public highways, streets, bridges or culverts within the city which is not a state route.
(Ord. 2-1998, passed 2-4-98) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Special permits for vehicles, fees, see R.C. § 4513.34
Oversized vehicles, state permit regulations, see O.A.C. Chapter 5501:2-1