(a) Through Trucks.
(1) All through trucks which are defined as vehicular trucks originating outside of the City and passing through the City without making a pickup or delivery within the City or a truck originating in the City and heading for a destination outside of the City without pickup or delivery within the City shall follow designated State routes through the City.
(2) All through trucks shall use predetermined streets only within the City as designated by the Director of Public Safety who shall before each designation seek the approval of a traffic order by Council.
(3) Trucking will be permitted to service industrial and commercial firms located within the City and trucking to and from truck terminals and truck company offices within the City and operators of trucks using streets other than State routes to and from location of such terminals and offices shall be exempt from provisions of this section.
(4) In addition to the above exemptions, trucking will be permitted on other than State routes by operators making deliveries to or from firms whose location is contiguous or adjacent to the City limits.
(Ord. 78-39. Passed 4-10-78.)
(b) Use of Local Streets. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) hereof, no person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding a size as specified in Ohio R.C. 5577.05, or exceeding a gross weight of five tons, upon any street or highway under local jurisdiction, other than State routes, except pursuant to a permit granted by the Director of Public Safety. A permit need not be obtained for any movement necessitated by an emergency or for the purposes of making deliveries to or pickups from premises not located on State routes, provided such movement is conducted by the shortest route possible or by a route designated by the Director.
No permittee shall be required to obtain a special permit from the Ohio Director of Transportation for the movement of the vehicle or combination of vehicles on streets or highways under local jurisdiction, however, the approval of the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required for movement upon State routes as provided in Section 339.01.
The Director may grant a permit for a single or round trip, or for such period of time, not to exceed one year, as the Director in his discretion deems advisable, or for the duration of any construction project. The Director may limit or prescribe terms or conditions of operation for such vehicle or combination of vehicles by designating the route, hours, speed or such other restrictions as may be necessary for the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety. The Director may require the posting of bond or other security necessary to compensate for any damage to a roadway or road structure.
For each such permit, the Director shall charge one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Streets and highways shall be posted as may be most appropriate with signs necessary to carry out the intention of this section and plainly indicating to drivers the limitations imposed by this section. No driver shall disobey the instructions indicated on any such sign.
Violation of any of the limitations, terms or conditions of the permit granted by the Director shall be cause for immediate revocation or suspension of such permit, and denial of request for any future permit. Such violation shall also subject the violator to the penalty prescribed by subsection (c) hereof.
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.