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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. (A.O.)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a second degree misdemeanor.
(Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-24-19.)
(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; A.O.)
(ORC 5589.08; A.O.)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a second degree misdemeanor.
(Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-24-19.)
(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; A.O.)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a second degree misdemeanor.
(Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-24-19.)
OVERLOAD (in pounds) | NOT LESS THAN | NOT MORE THAN | |
Less than | 1,001 | $50.00 | $ 75.00 |
1,001 | to 1,500 | 60.00 | 90.00 |
1,501 | to 2,000 | 70.00 | 100.00 |
2,001 | to 2,500 | 100.00 | 150.00 |
2,501 | to 3,000 | 110.00 | 165.00 |
3,001 | to 3,500 | 120.00 | 180.00 |
3,501 | to 4,000 | 130.00 | 195.00 |
4,001 | to 4,500 | 140.00 | 210.00 |
4,501 | to 5,000 | 150.00 | 225.00 |
5,001 | to 5,500 | 160.00 | 240.00 |
5,501 | to 6,000 | 170.00 | 255.00 |
6,001 | to 6,500 | 180.00 | 270.00 |
6,501 | to 7,000 | 190.00 | 285.00 |
7,001 | to 7,500 | 200.00 | 300.00 |
7,501 | to 8,000 | 210.00 | 315.00 |
8,001 | to 8,500 | 220.00 | 330.00 |
8,501 | to 9,000 | 230.00 | 345.00 |
9,001 | to 9,500 | 240.00 | 360.00 |
9,501 | to 10,000 | 250.00 | 375.00 |
10,001 | to 10,500 | 470.00 | 705.00 |
10,501 | to 11,000 | 490.00 | 735.00 |
11,001 | to 11,500 | 510.00 | 765.00 |
11,501 | to 12,000 | 530.00 | 795.00 |
12,001 | to 12,500 | 550.00 | 825.00 |
12,501 | to 13,000 | 570.00 | 855.00 |
13,001 | to 13,500 | 590.00 | 885.00 |
13,501 | to 14,000 | 610.00 | 915.00 |
14,001 | to 14,500 | 630.00 | 945.00 |
14,501 | to 15,000 | 650.00 | 975.00 |
15,001 | to 15,500 | 670.00 | 1,005.00 |
15,501 | to 16,000 | 690.00 | 1,035.00 |
16,001 | to 16,500 | 710.00 | 1,065.00 |
16,501 | to 17,000 | 730.00 | 1,095.00 |
17,001 | to 17,500 | 750.00 | 1,125.00 |
17,501 | to 18,000 | 770.00 | 1,155.00 |
18,001 | to 18,500 | 790.00 | 1,185.00 |
18,501 | to 19,000 | 810.00 | 1,215.00 |
19,001 | to 19,500 | 830.00 | 1,245.00 |
19,501 | to 20,000 | 850.00 | 1,275.00 |
More than 20,000 pounds - not less than $100.00, plus $4.00 per 100 pounds of overload, and not more than $1,000 plus $6.00 per 100 pounds of overload.
However, no penalty prescribed in this section shall be imposed on any vehicle combination if (a) the overload on any axle does not exceed 1,000 pounds, and (b) if the immediately preceding or following axle, except the front axle of the vehicle combination, is underloaded by the same or a greater amount. For purposes of this section, two axles on one vehicle less than eight feet apart shall be considered as one axle.
(Ord. 17-61. Passed 5-2-61.)