(a) Whenever, in the judgment of the Chief of Police or other administrative officer charged with the control of traffic, any street or highway or part thereof which is not a State route would be injured or damaged by general use by vehicles having solid tires or by vehicles exceeding in gross weight or in weight per inch of tire width the limits which he determines to be safe for such street or highway or part thereof, he shall erect appropriate traffic signs prohibiting the operation of vehicles having solid tires, or indicating and designating such weight limits. No person shall operate over any such street or highway or part thereof which is not a State route any vehicle having solid tires or exceeding such weight limits without securing a permit therefor as provided in this chapter.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense; for a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; for each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 408.01.
(Ord. 89-60. Passed 10-12-89.)