(A) The City Manager or designee may upon application in writing and good cause being shown therefor, issue a temporary special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight, width, length or height exceeding the maximum provided for in the traffic schedules.
(B) (1) Application for such a permit shall state the proposed maximum wheel loads, maximum axle load and minimum axle spacing of each vehicle, vehicles or combination thereof, and the height, length and width of the vehicle with its loads, also the specific streets or public ways over which permit for the operation is requested and the time of the operation.
(2) The application shall show whether the permit is requested for a single trip or for continued operation.
(C) The City Manager or designee is authorized to issue or withhold the permit or to limit the number of trips, to establish seasonal or other time limitations and routes within which and over which the vehicles described may operate on the public ways indicated, or may otherwise limit the prescribed conditions of operation of the vehicles when necessary to assure against undue damage to the street foundations by such vehicles, if, they may damage the public ways, or may require the applicant to give bond, with sufficient surety to be approved by him, to indemnify the City against any damage which may occur to person or property by reason of the operation under the special permit.
(D) 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, and it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the terms or conditions of the special permit.
(1995 Code, § 10.16.030)