(a) Use of Local Streets. No person shall operate a bus, truck, trailer or semi-trailer having a gross weight in excess of three tons on any street in the City 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:
(1) Load or unload property on such street;
(2) Go to or from the usual place of storage of the vehicle on such street; or
(3) Perform any other necessary business or act on such street.
(Ord. 23-82. Passed 4-12-82.)
(b) Limitation on Evening Street. No heavily laden vehicle, truck over one-half ton in size, moving van or any other vehicle designed or used for the hauling of earth, stone, brick, coal, concrete, sand or any type of building material, machinery or tools, whether loaded or empty, shall be operated on Evening Street between State Route 161 and Highgate Avenue. However, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the use of such portion of Evening Street by any such vehicle where the use is required to service the area west of High Street between State Route 161 and Highgate Avenue. (Ord. 94-65. Passed 10-11-65.)
(c) Special Permits. Upon application in writing and for good cause shown, the Director of Safety may 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 chapter, upon local streets of the City 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 Director of Safety may prescribe. The Director may grant or deny such permit or, if such permit is issued, may limit or prescribe conditions of operation for such vehicle. The Director 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.
(d) Penalty. Whoever violates the weight provisions of this chapter shall be fined eighty dollars ($80.00) for the first 2,000 pounds, or fraction thereof, of overload; for overloads in excess of 2,000 pounds, but not in excess of 5,000 pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) and in addition thereto one dollar ($1.00) per one hundred pounds of overload; for overloads in excess of 5,000 pounds but not in excess of 10,000 pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred thirty dollars ($130.00) and in addition thereto two dollars ($2.00) per one hundred pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. For all overloads in excess of 10,000 pounds such person shall be fined one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00) and in addition thereto three dollars ($3.00) per one hundred pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Whoever violates the weight provisions of vehicles and load relating to gross load limits shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00). No penalty prescribed in this subsection shall be imposed on any vehicle combination if the overload on any axle does not exceed 1,000 pounds, and if the immediately preceding or following axle, excepting the front axle of the vehicle combination, is underloaded by the same or a greater amount. For purposes of this subsection, two axles on one vehicle less than eight feet apart, shall be considered as one axle. (ORC 5577.99(A))