§ 74.59. Maximum width, height, and length.

A.

No vehicle shall be operated upon the public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within the municipality, whose dimensions exceed those specified in this section.

1.

No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of:

a.

One hundred four inches for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within the municipality;

b.

One hundred two inches, excluding such safety devices as is required by law, for passenger bus type vehicles operated over freeways, and such other state roads with minimum pavement widths of twenty-two feet, except those roads or portions thereof over which operation of one hundred two-inch buses are prohibited by order of the Director of the State Department of Transportation;

c.

One hundred thirty-two inches for traction engines;

d.

One hundred two inches, including load, for all other vehicles, except that the Director of the State Department of Transportation may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of one hundred and two-inch vehicles on such state streets or highways or portions thereof as the Director designates.

2.

No such vehicle shall have a length in excess of:

a.

Forty-eight feet for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within the municipality;

b.

Forty feet for all other passenger bus type vehicles;

c.

Fifty-three feet for any semitrailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer combination, with or without load, except that the Director may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor-semitrailer combination on such state streets or highways or portions thereof as the Director designates;

d.

Twenty-eight and one-half feet for any semitrailer or trailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor-semi-trailer-semitrailer combination, except that the Director may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination on such state streets or highways or portions thereof as the Director designates;

e.

Sixty-five feet for any other combination of vehicles coupled together, with or without load, except as provided in subsections (A)(2)(b) and (c), and in (A) (4) of this section;

f.

Forty feet for all other vehicles, except trailers and semitrailers, with or without load.

3.

No such vehicle shall have a height in excess of thirteen and one-half feet, with or without load.

4.

Any automobile transporter or boat transporter shall be allowed a length of sixty-five feet and any stinger-steered automobile transporter or stinger-steered boat transporter shall be allowed a length of seventy-five feet, except that the load thereon may extend no more than four feet beyond the rear of such vehicles and may extend no more than three feet beyond the front of such vehicles, and except further that the Director may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of any stinger-steered automobile transporter, stinger-steered boat transporter, or a B-train assembly on any state highway or portion thereof that the Director designates.

B.

The lengths prescribed in subsections (A) (2) (a) through (f) of this section shall not include safety devices, bumpers attached to the front or rear of such bus or combination, B-train assembly used between the first and second semitrailer of a commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination, energy conservation devices as provided in any regulations adopted by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, or any noncargo-carrying refrigeration equipment attached to the front of trailers and semitrailers. In special cases, vehicles whose dimensions exceed those prescribed by this section may operate in accordance with rules promulgated by the Director of the State Department of Transportation.

C.

This section does not apply to fire engines, fire trucks, or other vehicles or apparatus belonging to any municipality or to the volunteer fire department of any municipality or used by such a department in the discharge of its functions. This section does not apply to vehicles and pole trailers used in the transportation of wooden and metal poles, nor to the transportation of pipes or well-drilling equipment, nor to farm machinery and equipment. The owner or operator of any vehicle, machinery, or equipment not specifically enumerated in this section but the dimensions of which exceed the dimensions provided by this section, shall when operating the same on the highways and streets of this state comply with the rules of the Director governing such movement, which rules the Director may adopt and promulgate. R.C. §§ 119.01 to 119.13 apply to any rules adopted under this section, or the amendment or rescission thereof, and any person adversely affected shall have the same right of appeal as provided in such sections.

D.

This section does not require the state, this municipality, or any county, township, railroad, or other private corporation to provide sufficient vertical clearance to permit the operation of such vehicle, or to make any changes in or about existing structures now crossing streets, roads, and other public thoroughfares in this state.

E.

Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for a first offense; for a second offense within one year thereafter, such person shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both; for a subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. (R.C. § 5577.05)

(Ord. 12-1991)