(A) No vehicle, unloaded or with load, shall exceed a length of 42 feet extreme overall dimension except as otherwise allowed by this chapter.
(B) No truck tractor and semitrailer, unloaded or with load, shall exceed a length of 55 feet extreme overall dimension, except that such combination when specially designed to transport motor vehicles may have a length of 60 feet extreme overall dimension, subject to those exceptions and special rules otherwise stated in this chapter. No other combination of vehicles, unloaded or with load, shall exceed a length of 60 feet extreme overall dimension, except that a truck tractor with semitrailer drawing one trailer, unloaded or with load, or a tractor and stinger-steered semitrailer, or any combination when specially designed to transport motor vehicles, with load, may have a length of 65 feet extreme overall dimension on any four-lane highway and, in addition, upon request of any interested person, on any other street or highway, which is required by public necessity and on which such combination can be safely operated, as designated by the Police Department.
(C) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one trailer, and a truck in transit may draw two trucks in transit coupled together by the dual saddlemount method. No other combinations of vehicles coupled together shall consist of more than two vehicles.
(D) Length limitations shall not apply to vehicles when transporting poles, pipes, machinery or other objects of a structural nature which cannot readily be disassembled, nor to vehicles transporting such objects operated at nighttime by a public utility when required for emergency repair of utility facilities serving the public, provided, however, that the operator of the vehicle making any such movement shall first apply to the village for an overlength permit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Neither shall the length limitations apply to a combination of vehicles consisting of a towing vehicle and a disabled vehicle or vehicles when engaged in towing the disabled vehicle or vehicles from the highway to the nearest repair station; however, it is unlawful under any circumstances for any vehicle to push any other vehicle, except in an extreme emergency and then the vehicle shall not be pushed farther than is reasonably necessary to remove it from the roadway or from the immediate hazard that exists, on any highway in this state.
(E) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three feet beyond the front wheels of such vehicle or the front bumper of such vehicle if it is equipped with such a bumper.
(F) No vehicle with or without load that exceeds the length restrictions set forth in this section shall be operated without a permit having first been obtained for such operation in accordance with this chapter.
(Ord. 17-1385, passed 6-21-17)