It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to move or operate any steam engine, gas or kerosene tractor, or road roller across any curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, or crossing in any unpaved street within the city without first having protected such curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, or crossing with heavy plank sufficient in strength to warrant against breaking or damaging of such curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, or crossing. It shall be unlawful to run, drive, move, operate, or convey over or across or upon any paved street in the city any truck, wagon, vehicle, machine, or implement with sharp discs or sharp wheels that bear upon such pavement, or with wheels having cutting edges or with wheels having lugs or any protruding parts or bolts thereon that extend beyond a plain tire so as to cut, mar, indent, or otherwise injure or damage the curb, gutter, or pavement, or any vehicle, tractor, machine, or implement of such weight or proportions, or carrying any load that will cut, mar, indent, or otherwise injure or damage any pavement, gutter, or curb within the city. Where heavy vehicles, structures, or machines move along paved or unpaved streets of the city, the Police Chief is hereby authorized and empowered to choose the route over which the moving of such vehicles, structures, or machines will be permitted or allowed.
(Ord. 1116, passed 2-25-1957)