(a) 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.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.