§ 74.73. Permit required to exceed load limits.

A.

State routes.

1.

No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in R.C. § 5577.01 through § 5577.09, or otherwise not in conformity with R.C. §§ 4513.01 through 4513.37, upon any state route within the municipality, except pursuant to special written permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation. 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.

2.

No holder of a permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required to obtain any local permit or license or pay any local fee or charge for movement on any state route within the municipality. However, no person shall operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles upon any roadway within the municipality which is not a state route, except as may be otherwise provided in any local ordinance or regulation or elsewhere in this traffic code.

B.

Local streets. No person shall operate a vehicle exceeding a gross weight of five tons upon any street designated by the Traffic Engineer pursuant to § 70.37, subject to the exceptions provided in such section. Penalty, see § 70.99. (R.C. § 4513.34)

(Ord. 729-1973)