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(a) Use of Local Streets. No person shall operate a vehicle exceeding a height, width, length, or weight as specified in Section 339.03, or Sections 5577.01 through 5577.09 of the Ohio Revised Code upon any Village-maintained street without a Special Hauling Permit granted by the Village.
(b) Local Permit and Conditions. Upon application and for good cause, the Village Administrator may issue a local permit authorizing an applicant to move an oversize or overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles upon local streets. This permit may be referenced as a "Special Hauling Permit."
(1) Special Hauling Permits cover only Village-maintained streets or highways. No permittee shall be required to obtain a special permit from the Ohio Director of Transportation for the movement of the vehicle or combination of vehicles on streets or highways under local jurisdiction; however, the approval of the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required for movement upon State routes as provided in Section 339.01. The Village assumes no responsibility for the failure of the applicant to secure permits required by the State or any other governing authority.
(2) The Village Administrator may grant a permit for a single or round trip, or for such period of time, not to exceed one year, as the Village Administrator in his discretion deems advisable, or for the duration of any construction project. The Village Administrator may limit or prescribe terms or conditions of operation for such vehicle or combination of vehicles by designating the route, hours, speed or such other restrictions as may be necessary for the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety. The Village Administrator may require the posting of bond or other security necessary to compensate for any damage to a roadway or road structure.
(3) The Village Administrator shall be responsible for administering the issuance of Special Hauling Permits. All applications for a Special Hauling Permit are subject to the following terms and conditions:
A. The granting of a Special Hauling Permit shall not be construed as a guarantee or representation by the Village that the load described can be moved without damage to the pavement or structures in or adjacent to the right-of-way.
B. The permittee will be liable for any damage caused by the movement. The Village assumes no responsibility or liability for damage to the permittee's equipment or the load being moved. The permittee agrees to compensate the Village for any damage to a Village-maintained roadway or road structure and to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the Village, its employees, agents, and officials against all liabilities, losses, obligations, claims, damages, penalties, suits, actions, judgments, costs and expenses of any nature incurred or brought against the Village, its employees, agents, and officials as a result of injury or death of persons or damages to or loss of property caused by acts or omissions by permittee, its agents, servants, and employees in the performance of movements under the Special Hauling Permit.
C. If the insurance policy or policies filed in conjunction with the Special Hauling Permit application lapses and is not timely renewed, resulting in a lapse of coverage, the Special Hauling Permit shall no longer be valid.
D. The Special Hauling Permit shall be in the driver's possession at all times during the movement and shall be shown on demand to any police officer, state highway patrol trooper, sheriff, deputy sheriff, Ohio Department of Transportation employee, or employee of the Village.
E. Movements under the Special Hauling Permit are limited to the route specified between the designated points within the time allotted.
F. Movements under the Special Hauling permit shall be made not to impede normal highway traffic beyond the least extent possible. All movements shall be made at such speeds and in such a manner as to cause a minimum of interference with other traffic and minimum impact stress on structures and pavements.
G. No vehicle or object moving under the Special Hauling Permit shall be parked in the roadway, either day or night, except in case of emergency. In the case of emergency, the permittee shall deploy flares, signs, and other measures to protect the traveling public.
H. No vehicle or object moved under the Special Hauling Permit shall be loaded or unloaded in the right-of-way.
I. Permittees must comply with all laws, rules, and regulations covering movement of traffic over highways and streets, and operation of vehicles.
J. Reductions in legal weights posted on roadways and bridges, if any, must be obeyed unless specifically stated otherwise in the Special Hauling Permit.
K. No vehicles or objects being transported under a Special Hauling Permit shall travel in convoy with any other oversized and/or overweight vehicle, or vehicle load. Every vehicle operating under a Special Hauling Permit shall maintain a minimum spacing of 500 feet from all vehicles traveling in front and in the same lane as said vehicle, whenever possible.
L. Every vehicle operating under a Special Hauling Permit shall, when traveling on freeways, expressways or multi-lane undivided highways, remain in the extreme right-hand lane of said highway except as necessary to maintain continuous through movement, to make left turns or exits on its approved route, or to pass other vehicles. Over-width vehicles shall not pass other vehicles traveling in the same direction. Nothing in these limitations on the use of Special Hauling Permits shall permit what state law forbids.
M. Permits will not generally be issued for built-up loads that are divisible into legal loads, or into loads of the least over dimension or the least overweight. If, in the event of an extenuating circumstance, a permit is issued for a divisible load, such loud must be adequately described. Milk transported in bulk by vehicle is deemed to a nondivisible load to the extent so deemed by State law or rule.
N. Loads of extremely large dimensions shall require additional protective measures when necessary for the safeguarding of other traffic. Due regard shall be taken of traffic in both directions and every possible effort shall be made to prevent traffic congestion. One or more flagmen, or a pilot car, may be required.
O. A permit is void at any time road, weather, or traffic conditions make travel unsafe.
(4) Signs shall be posted indicating "no thru trucks" or words of similar import to apprise drivers of the limitations imposed by this Chapter. No driver shall disobey the instructions indicated on any such sign.
(5) Violation of any of the limitations, terms or conditions of the permit granted by the Village Administrator shall be cause for immediate revocation or suspension of such permit, and denial of request for any future permit. Such violation shall also subject the violator to the penalty prescribed by Section 303.99.
(c) The Village Administrator shall be responsible for calculating and collecting the permit fee. The permit fee shall be in an amount sufficient to reimburse the Village for the administrative costs incurred in issuing the permit, including but not limited to the per-hour cost of police traffic supervision, and to cover the cost of normal and expected damage caused to the roadway or a street or highway structure as the result of the operation of the nonconforming vehicle or vehicles. The fee to cover the cost of normal and expected damage caused to the roadway or a street or highway structure may be calculated on a per-mile basis. The fee shall be noted on the Special Hauling Permit Application. The Village Administrator shall recalculate the fee amounts from time to time to ensure that they remain sufficient to reimburse the Village's costs. (Ord. 09-18. Passed 2-26-18.)
(b) No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of:
(1) 104 inches for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within the Village.
(2) 102 inches, excluding such safety devices as are required by law, for passenger bus type vehicles operated over freeways, and such other State roads with minimum pavement widths of 22 feet, except those roads or portions of roads over which operation of 102-inch buses is prohibited by order of the Director of Transportation.
(3) 132 inches for traction engines.
(4) 102 inches for recreational vehicles, excluding safety devices and retracted awnings and other appurtenances of six inches or less in width and except that the Director may prohibit the operation of 102-inch recreational vehicles on designated State highways or portions of highways.
(5) 102 inches, including load, for all other vehicles, except that the Director may prohibit the operation of 102-inch vehicles on the State highways or portions of State highways as the Director designates.
(c) No such vehicle shall have a length in excess of:
(1) 66 feet for passenger bus type vehicles and articulated passenger bus type vehicles operated by a regional transit authority pursuant to Ohio R.C. 306.30 to 306.54.
(2) 45 feet for all other passenger bus type vehicles.
(3) 53 feet for any semitrailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer combination, with or without load, except that the Director may prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor-semitrailer combination on such State highways or portions of State highways as the Director designates.
(4) 28.5 feet for any semitrailer or trailer when operated in a commercial tractor- semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination, except that the Director may prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor- semitrailer-semitrailer combination on such State highways or portions of State highways thereof as the Director designates.
(5) A. 97 feet for drive-away saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations and drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combinations when operated on any interstate, United States route or state route, including reasonable access travel on all other roadways for a distance not to exceed one road mile from any interstate, United States route or state route, not to exceed three saddlemounted vehicles, but which may include one fullmount;
B. 75 feet for drive-away saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations and drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combinations when operated on any roadway not designated as an interstate, United States route or state route, not to exceed three saddlemounted vehicles, but which may include one fullmount.
(6) 65 feet for any other combination of vehicles coupled together, with or without load, except as provided in division (c)(3) and (4), and in division (e) below.
(7) 45 feet for recreational vehicles.
(8) 40 feet for all other vehicles, except trailers and semitrailers, with or without load.
(d) No such vehicle shall have a height in excess of 13.5 feet, with or without load.
(e) An automobile transporter or boat transporter shall be allowed a length of 65 feet, and a stinger-steered automobile transporter or stinger-steered boat transporter shall be allowed a length of 75 feet, except that the load thereon may extend no more than four feet beyond the rear of such vehicles and may extend no more than three feet beyond the front of such vehicles, and except further that the Director may prohibit the operation of a stinger-steered automobile transporter, stinger-steered boat transporter, or a B-train assembly on any State highway or portion of any state highway that the Director designates.
(f) (1) The widths prescribed in division (b) of this section shall not include side mirrors, turn signal lamps, marker lamps, handholds for cab entry and egress, flexible fender extensions, mud flaps, splash and spray suppressant devices, and load-induced tire bulge.
(2) The widths prescribed in division (b)(5) of this section shall not include automatic covering devices, tarp and tarp hardware, and tiedown assemblies, provided these safety devices do not extend more than three inches from either side of the vehicle.
(3) The lengths prescribed in divisions (c)(2) to (c)(7) shall not include safety devices, bumpers attached to the front or rear of such bus or combination, non-property carrying devices or components that do not extend more than 24 inches beyond the rear of the vehicle and are needed for loading or unloading, B-train assembly used between the first and second semitrailer of a commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination, energy conservation devices as provided in any regulations adopted by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, or any noncargo-carrying refrigerator equipment attached to the front of trailers and semitrailers. In special cases, vehicles that dimensions exceed those prescribed by this section may operate in accordance with rules adopted by the Director.
(g) (1) This section does not apply to fire engines, fire trucks, or other vehicles or apparatus belonging to the Village or Township or to the volunteer fire department thereof or used by such department in the discharge of its functions. This section does not apply to vehicles and pole trailers used in the transportation of wooden and metal poles, nor to the transportation of pipes or well-drilling equipment, nor to farm machinery and equipment. The owner or operator of any vehicle, machinery, or equipment not specifically enumerated in this section but the dimensions of which exceed the dimensions provided by this section, when operating the same on the highways and streets of the Village or Township, shall comply with the rules of the Director governing such movement. Any person adversely affected shall have the same right of appeal as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 119.
(2) This section does not require the Village or any railroad or other private corporation to provide sufficient vertical clearance to permit the operation of such vehicle, or to make any changes in or about existing structures now crossing streets, roads, and other public thoroughfares.
(h) As used in this section, "recreational vehicle" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4501.01.
(i) No person shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the Director of Transportation in accordance with Ohio R.C. 5577.05.
(j) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second or subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 09-18. Passed 2-26-18.)
Drivers of vehicles described in this chapter shall be required, upon request by a police officer, to give full and true information as to the route they are following and the name of the consignor and consignee and place of delivery or removal and the location of any consignment being hauled or goods being removed, and upon a designation by such police officer of a route to be followed, shall immediately adopt and pursue such route.
(a) No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any commercial car, trailer or semitrailer, used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of which, with load, exceeds three tons, upon the streets, bridges and culverts within this Municipality unless such vehicle is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps on the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles to prevent, as far as practicable, the wheels from throwing dirt, water or other materials on the windshields of following vehicles. Such protectors or flaps shall have a ground clearance of not more than one- third of the distance from the center of the rearmost axle to the center of the flaps under any conditions of loading of the vehicle, and they shall be at least as wide as the tires they are protecting. If the vehicle is so designed and constructed that such requirements are accomplished by means of fenders, body construction or other means of enclosure, then no such protectors or flaps are required. Rear wheels not covered at the top by fenders, bodies or other parts of the vehicle shall be covered at the top by protective means extending at least to the center line of the rearmost axle.
(ORC 5577.11)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) Any person operating any vehicle transporting explosives upon a street or highway shall at all times comply with the following requirements:
(1) Such vehicle shall be marked or placarded on each side and on the rear with the word "EXPLOSIVES" in letters not less than eight inches high, or there shall be displayed on the rear of such vehicle a red flag not less than twenty-four inches square marked with the word "DANGER" in white letters six inches high, or shall be marked or placarded in accordance with Section 177.823 of the United States Department of Transportation Regulations.
(2) Such vehicle shall be equipped with not less than two fire extinguishers, filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at convenient points on such vehicle. (ORC 4513.29)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.99)
(a) When one vehicle is towing another vehicle, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby, and such drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other, except the connection between any two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of structural nature which cannot readily be dismembered.
(b) When one vehicle is towing another and the connection consists only of a chain, rope or cable, there shall be displayed upon such connection a white flag or cloth not less than twelve inches square.
(c) In addition to such drawbar or other connection, each trailer and each semitrailer which is not connected to a commercial tractor by means of a fifth wheel shall be coupled with stay chains or cables to the vehicle by which it is being drawn. The chains or cables shall be of sufficient size and strength to prevent the towed vehicle's parting from the drawing vehicle in case the drawbar or other connection should break or become disengaged. In case of a loaded pole trailer, the connecting pole to the drawing vehicle shall be coupled to the drawing vehicle with stay chains or cables of sufficient size and strength to prevent the towed vehicle's parting from the drawing vehicle.
(d) Every trailer or semitrailer, except pole and cable trailers and pole and cable dollies operated by a public utility, as defined in Ohio R.C. 5727.01, shall be equipped with a coupling device which shall be so designed and constructed that the trailer will follow substantially in the path of the vehicle drawing it, without whipping or swerving from side to side. Vehicles used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between a local place of storage and supply and the farm, when drawn or towed on a street or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less, and vehicles designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of no more than ten miles and at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less shall have a drawbar or other connection, including the hitch mounted on the towing vehicle, which shall be of sufficient strength to pull all the weight towed thereby. Only one such vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials as provided in this section may be towed or drawn at one time, except as follows:
(1) An agricultural tractor may tow or draw more than one such vehicle;
(2) A pickup truck or straight truck designed by the manufacturer to carry a load of not less than one-half ton and not more than two tons may tow or draw not more than two such vehicles that are being used to transport agricultural produce from the farm to a local place of storage. No vehicle being so towed by such a pickup truck or straight truck shall be considered to be a motor vehicle. (ORC 4513.32)
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.99)
(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street, highway or other public place unless such vehicle is so constructed, loaded or covered as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand or other substances may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.
(b) Except for a farm vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials or a rubbish vehicle in the process of acquiring its load, no vehicle loaded with garbage, swill, cans, bottles, waste paper, ashes, refuse, trash, rubbish, waste, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, glass, solid waste or any other material of an unsanitary nature that is susceptible to blowing or bouncing from a moving vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street, highway or other public place unless the load is covered with a sufficient cover to prevent the load or any part of the load from spilling onto the street, highway or other public place.
(ORC 4513.31)
(c) No person shall operate any vehicle so as to track or drop mud, stones, gravel or other similar material on any street, highway or other public place.
(d) It shall be the duty of the driver of a vehicle who unlawfully drops or deposits mud, stones, gravel or other similar material or permits the load or any portion thereof to be dropped or deposited upon any street, highway or other public place to immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. (ORC 4513.31)
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.99)
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