When thaws or excessive moisture render the improved highways of this State or any sections of them insufficient to bear the traffic thereon, or when such highways would be damaged or destroyed by heavy traffic during the period of thawing or excessive moisture, the maximum weight of vehicle and load, or the maximum speed, or both, for motor vehicles, as prescribed by law shall be reduced in the following manner:
(a) On State highways, the Director of Transportation shall prescribe such reduction which shall not be more than 25%;
(b) On improved highways and all other roads in the County, other than State highways, the Board of County Commissioners shall prescribe such reduction as the condition of the road or highway justifies, but in no case shall the reduction be more than 50%.
(ORC 5577.07) (Ord. 1962-30. Passed 1-15-62.)