(A) (1) No person shall operate a bus, truck, trailer, or semi-trailer on any street in the municipality other than a state route, except those local streets designated as a truck route and marked as such by appropriate traffic signs, and except when this operation is necessary to:
(a) Load or unload property on such street;
(b) Go to or from the usual place of storage of the vehicle on such street; or
(c) Perform any other necessary business or act on such street.
(2) The municipality, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may, upon application in writing and for good cause shown, issue a special permit, in writing, authorizing the applicant to operate or move a vehicle, or combination of vehicles, of a type, size, or weight exceeding the maximum specified in this section, upon local streets of the municipality other than state routes. Such permit may be issued for a single or round trip, or in special instances for a specified period of time. The application shall be in such form as the municipality may prescribe. The municipality may grant or deny such permit or, if such permit is issued, may limit or prescribe conditions of operation for such vehicle. The municipality may require the posting of a bond or other security to compensate for any damage to a roadway or road structure. Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle, or combination of vehicles, to which it refers, and shall be open to inspection by any police officer. No person shall violate any of the terms of such permit.
(B) Each operation of a bus, truck, trailer, or semi-trailer in violation of division (A) above shall constitute a separate offense.
(C) Whoever violates divisions (A) and (B) above shall be fined $50 for the first offense, and not more than $100 for each offense thereafter.
(Ord. 433, passed 4-4-1983)