(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 substance 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 highway unless the load is covered with a sufficient cover to prevent the load or any part of the load from spilling onto the highway. (ORC 4513.31; Adopting Ordinance)
(c) Any vehicle carrying or loaded with any substance or material which is subject to being blown from the loading bed of such vehicle shall be covered with a tarpaulin, except such vehicles as may haul sand or other substances for the purpose of securing traction. (Ord. 24-64. Passed 10-27-64.)
(d) No person shall operate any vehicle so as to track mud on any public way or place.
(e) It shall be the duty of the driver of a vehicle who unlawfully drops or deposits mud or permits the load or any portion thereof to be dropped or deposited upon any public way or place to immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
(Ord. 40-76. Passed 7-13-76.)
(f) No person shall drive, or require or permit any motor vehicle or trailer to be driven, unless such motor vehicle or trailer is constructed or equipped with adequate header boards or similar devices of sufficient strength, load fastening devices and blocking, and unless the load or cargo thereon is properly distributed and securely fastened, braced and blocked, to prevent any portion of the load from penetrating or crushing the driver's compartment or cargo compartment wall, or from falling, spilling or rolling upon the roadway, when such vehicle or trailer is involved in an accident or when subjected to the maximum braking deceleration of which it is capable.
(g) 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 438.08.
(Ord. 24-64. Passed 10-27-64.)
(h) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.99)