(A) No tire used on any vehicle upon any county road shall have, on its periphery, any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, bead or any other protuberance of metal or wood which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire.
(B) This section shall not prohibit the use of tire chains of reasonable size to prevent skidding upon wet surfaces, or when upon snow or ice, nor to pneumatic tires which may have embedded therein wire not to exceed .075-inch in diameter and which are so constructed that under no conditions will the percentage of metal in contact with the roadway exceed 5% of the total tire area in contact with the roadway; and the restrictions of this section shall not apply to vehicles operating upon unimproved roadways or to traction engines or tractors when operating under conditions of a permit first obtained from the county’s Road Commissioner.
(1966 Code, § 9-6) (Ord. 184, § 1)