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the road surface by any vehicle exceed, for pneumatic tires seventy-eight thousand pounds; nor shall such weight of vehicle and load exceed, for solid tires eighty per cent of th~ permissible weight of vehicle and~oad as provided for pueumatic tires~ In this section the word vehicle shall mean any single vehicle when not in combination, or any combination of vehicles~ as defined in section 6290 of the General Code of Ohio~ Section 68-1. Weighing of vehicle and load required, when: removal of excess load~ (a) Arqv police officer having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful is authorized ~o require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same either by means of portable or stationary scales and may require~ that such vehicle be driven to the nearest public scales. (b) Whenever such officer upon weighing a vehicle and load, as above provided, deter- mines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is re- moved as may be necessary to reduce the gross w~ight of such vehicle to such limit as permitted under this ordinance. Section 68-2. No vehicle shall be e~rated upon the streets of the City of Lakewood whose width is greater then ninety-six inches, except traction engines, whose width shall not exceed one h~ndred and thirSy-two inches, and no vehicle shall be operated on such streets of a greater height than twelve feet six inches, or of greater length than thirty-five feet, nor shall any commercial tractor and semi- tractor, be operated in combination of a greater length than forty feet~ including load, and no combination cf vehicles coupled together shall be so operated whose totaled length including lead, shall be greater than sixty feet. Section 68-3. The following shall be the lengths and weights of vehicles and combinations of vehicles operated under the provisions of this ordinance, subject ts the exceptions, otherwise stated in this ordinance: Each vehicle, length over all, thirty-five feet, gross weight including load, twelve tons, maximum weight per single axle nine tons; commercial tractor and semi-trailer in combination length over all~ forty feet, gross weight including load, twenty-one tons, maximum weight per single axle, nine tons; any other combination of vehicles length over all, sixty feet, grGss weight including load, thirty-three tons, maximum weight per single axle, nine tons~ Section 68-h. (a) The Director cf Public Safety may, in his discretion, upon application in writing and good cause being shown therefor, issue a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operste or move a vehicle or combins- tion cf vehicles of a size er weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximums above specified or otherwise not in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance upon any street within the City of Lakewood~ Any such permit may be issued for a single or round tripor in special instances for a certain period of timee (b) The application for any such permit shall be in such form as the Director 'of Public Safety may prescribe. (c) The Director of Public Safety is authorized to issue or withhold such permit at his d&scretion; or, if such permit is issued, to limit or prescribe con- ditions of operation of such vehicle or vehicles, and may require such bond or other security as may be deemed necessary to compensate the city for any damage to any street or street structmre. (d) Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of ve- hicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer or authorized employe of the City of Lakewood and no person shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such permit. Section 69. (a) In case of accident to or collision with persons or property upon any street of the City of Lakewood~ due to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the person so driving or operating such vehicle, and having knowledge of such accident or collision, shall stop and upon request of the person injured or any other person, give such person his name and address, and in addition thereto if not the owner, the name and address of the owner of such motor vehicle, together with the registered number of such motor vehicle.