(A) All rules and regulations as provided by § 74.62 shall be kept on file at the Municipal and Safety Center and open for inspection by the public.
(B) At least two days before such rules and regulations become effective, the City Manager, or his designee, shall cause to be placed and retained on such improved highways or sections thereof, at both ends and at the points of intersection, signs, of substantial construction, which shall conspicuously indicate the limitations of weight of vehicle and load, length or speed which shall be allowed on such highways.
(C) It shall be unlawful to operate upon such highway a vehicle whose maximum weight, length or speed is in excess of the limitations prescribed.
(R.C. § 5577.09) (Ord. 2-1998, passed 2-4-98)
(D) Whoever violates the weight provisions of R.C. § 5577.071 or R.C. § 5577.08 or the weight provisions in regard to bridges under R.C. § 5577.09, and whoever exceeds the carrying capacity specified under R.C. § 5591.42, or their comparable section in this Traffic Code, shall be fined $80 for the first 2,000 pounds, or fraction thereof, of overload; for overloads in excess of 2,000 pounds, but not in excess of 5,000 pounds, the person shall be fined $100, and in addition thereto $1 per 100 pounds of overload; for overloads in excess of 5,000 pounds, but not in excess of 10,000 pounds, the person shall be fined $130, and in addition thereto $2 per 100 pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. For all overloads in excess of 10,000 pounds, the person shall be fined $160 and in addition thereto $3 per 100 pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that specifies a procedure for the distribution of fines, all fines collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the treasury of the county and credited to any fund for the maintenance and repair of roads, highways, bridges or culverts.
(E) Whoever violates any other provision of R.C. §§ 5577.01 to 5577.09 or their comparable section in this Traffic Code shall be fined not more than $25 for the first offense; for a second offense within one year thereafter, such person shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100, or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both; for a subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $200, or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both.