(a) The Mayor is hereby authorized, pursuant to R.C. § 737.022, and directed, to make and issue rules and regulations designating through routes and truck routes within the city and to post adequate signs giving notice thereof.
(b) All vehicular trucks, except three-quarter ton pick-up trucks and panel trucks not intending to discharge cargo within the city, shall follow designated state routes through the city.
(c) All through trucks shall use predetermined streets only within the city as designated by the Mayor.
(d) Trucks shall be permitted to service industrial and commercial firms located within the city, provided that trucks which exceed the weight limit or prohibitions of any particular street within the city and which are destined for a point of discharge owned, operated or leased by a person or company which requires such traffic on more than one occasion within any three-month period, shall be required to obtain a special permit from the Chief Building Official pursuant to § 440.01(c). Further, trucks servicing industrial and commercial firms located within the city shall follow state, county or municipal routes designated by the Mayor/Director of Public Safety as through truck routes or truck routes, in driving to the particular street of cargo discharge.
(e) All trucks making pick-ups or deliveries to residences located within the city shall follow state, county or municipal routes designated by the Mayor/Director of Public Safety as through truck routes or truck routes, in driving to the particular street of cargo discharge. The owner, operator or lessee of any residence which requires such traffic on more than one occasion within any three-month period shall be required to obtain a permit from the Chief Building Official as set forth in § 440.01(c), and to post an appropriate bond in order to insure the protection of the public streets and property.
(f) The rules and regulations established by the Mayor designating through routes and truck routes within the city shall be applicable to all trucks, resident and nonresident, through and local, in the same manner and to the same extent.
(g) All trucks and other construction vehicles engaged in construction or servicing any construction site within the city shall follow all marked construction routes as designated by the Mayor in the interest of public safety and expedite the flow of traffic and eliminate congestion. Said construction traffic routes shall be defined by signage clearly indicating the route to be used by the trucks and other construction vehicles servicing the construction site.
(h) Whoever violates division (g) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree for a second or subsequent offense within one year.
(Ord. 1999-54, passed 4-5-1999)