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(a) In addition to any other lawful requirements of load distribution, no person shall operate any vehicle upon a street or highway unless such vehicle is so laden as to prevent its contents from shifting or otherwise unbalancing the vehicle to such an extent as to interfere with the safe operation of the same.
(b) No motor vehicle or trailer shall be driven unless the tailboard or tailgate, tarpaulins, chains (except ground or contact chains), ropes, stakes, poles, and the like, or any part of the load, are securely fastened to prevent dangling, flapping, swinging or falling from the side, end or top of the load or body. All projecting cargo shall be properly guarded by a red flag or cloth or a red light or lantern as required by Section 337.08.
(c) Whoever violates 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.
(a) No person shall drive over the improved streets of this Municipality a traction engine or tractor with tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind extending beyond the cleats, or no person shall tow or in any way pull another vehicle over the improved streets of this Municipality, which towed or pulled vehicle has tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind. "Traction engine" or "tractor," as used in this section, applies to all self-propelling engines equipped with metal-tired wheels operated or propelled by any form of engine, motor or mechanical power. (ORC 5589.08)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 5589.99)
(a) For purposes of this section, "studded tire" means any tire designed for use on a vehicle, and equipped with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. "Motor vehicle," "street or highway," "public safety vehicle" and "school bus" have the same meanings as given those terms in Chapter 301.
(b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) hereof, no person shall operate any motor vehicle, other than a public safety vehicle or bus, that is equipped with studded tires on any street or highway, except during the period extending from November 1 of each year through April 15 of the succeeding year.
(2) A person may operate a motor vehicle that is equipped with retractable studded tires with the studs retracted at any time of the year, but shall operate the motor vehicle with the studs extended only as provided in subsection (b)(1) hereof.
(c) This section does not apply to the use of tire chains when there is snow or ice on the streets or highways where such chains are being used, or the immediate vicinity thereof. (ORC 5589.081)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 5589.99)
(a) No person shall operate a vehicle upon any roadway in the Municipality which is marked by a sign and/or other appropriate traffic control devices warning motorists of a “Low Clearance” arch or other structure and similar supplemental distance plaques advising motorists not to enter a roadway due to height limitations, if such vehicle exceeds the height limitation specified on the applicable “Low Clearance” sign.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of: a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; a misdemeanor of the third degree on a second offense within one year after the first offense; and a misdemeanor of the second degree on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense.
(Ord. 03-08. Passed 2-11-08.)
(a) No motor transportation company, officer, agent or employee of a motor transportation company or other corporation, company, association, joint stock association, person, firm or partnership shall violate or procure, aid or abet the violation of Ohio R.C. 4921.02 to 4921.32, inclusive, or fail to comply with any order, decision, rule or regulation of the Public Utilities Commission, or procure aid or abet any motor transportation company in its failure to comply with such order, decision, rule or regulation.
(b) Information of a conviction of a violation of this section shall be reported to the Public Utilities Commission by the Clerk of the Obetz Mayor's Court.
(c) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-8-13.)
(a) No person while operating a motor vehicle shall employ an engine retarder to decelerate the motor vehicle.
(b) For purposes of this section, "engine retarder" means any device that consists of a valve positioned within the internal combustion engine that temporarily reduces or stops the engine's exhaust gases from exiting through the exhaust system.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (Ord. 02-14. Passed 2-10-14.)