A. Enforcement Officers: Any law enforcement official, the Building and Zoning Officer, or the Superintendent of Roads, or their designated representatives, having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful, may require the driver of any vehicle other than a passenger automobile to submit to having said vehicle weighed at the nearest public scales or at any suitable portable or stationary scales, whether private or public.
B. Removal Of Overweight Vehicles: Whenever a law enforcement officer, or other official, upon weighing a vehicle and load as provided herein, determines that the weight exceeds that permitted herein, the driver of such vehicle shall remove said vehicle from all "roadways", which are defined as per section 7-1-1 of this title, by the shortest available route. (1977 Code § 10-9-3; amd. 2004 Code)