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Section t03~ No passenger type vehicle shall be operated on any street with any load carried thereon extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of such vehicle. Section 102. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street uuless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom except that sand or other substance may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a street in cleaning or maintaining such street. Section 105. (a) V~hen one vehicle is towing another t~he drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength ~o pull all weight towed thereby and said drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other except the connection between any two vehicles transporting poles~ pipe, machinery or other objects of structural nature which cannot readily be dismembered, (b) Vlhen one vehicle is towing another and the connection consists only of a chain, rope, or cable, there shall be displayed ~on such connection a white flag or cloth not less than twelve inches squaree (c) In addition to such drawbar er other connection, each trailer and each semi-trailer wb. ich is not connected to a commercial tractor by means of a fifth wheel shall be coupled with stay chains or cables to the vehicle by wh~ch it is being drawn, which chains or cables shall be of sufficient size and strength to prevent parting from the drawing vehicle, should the drawbar or other connection.break or become disengaged, provided however, that in the case of a loaded pole trailer the connecting pole to the drawing vehicle shall be ¢oupledto the drawing vehicle with stay chains or cables of sufficient size and strength to prevent parting from the drawing vehicle. (d) Every trailer or semi-trailer, except pole and cable trailers and pole and cable dollies operated by a public utility as defined in Section 5415 of the General Code shall he equipped with a coupling device which shall be so designed and constructed that the trailer will follow substantially in the path of the vehicle drawing it with- out whipping or swerving from side to side. Section 106. No person shall operate a vehicle, except a bicycle, within the sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway, provided however, that the Director of Public Safety,ay issue a permit to any property owner for periods of the year when it is desired to perform building operations thereon er when it is desired to back coa!trucks onto the sidewalks while dumping coal into coal-holes located in the sidewalk area in the re~Llar course of business. Such permit may be issued con- ditioned ou the agreement of the permit holder to save the city harmless from guy and all damages resulting from such use of the sidewalks. A fee of fifty cents shall be charged for such permit to cover the city's expense of inspection and supervisione Section 10To No person shall drive or operate or cause to be driven or operated, any commercial car, trailer or semi-trailer, used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of which, with lead, exceeds three tons, upon the streets of the City of Lakewood muless such vehicle is equ~ppedwith suitable metal protectors er substantial flexible flaps on the rear-most whe~ls of such vehicle or combination of vehicles to prevent as far as practicable such wheels from throwing dirt, we~ter or other materials on the windshields of following vehicles; such protectors or flaps shall have a ground clearance of not more than one-fifth of the distance from the center of the rear-most axle to the center of the flaps under any conditions of l~ad- lng of the motor vehicle, shall be at least ~s wide as the tires they are protecting; provided, however, that if the motor vehicle is so designed and constructed that the above requirements are accomplished by means of fenders, body construction or other means of enclosure, then no such protectors or flaps shall be required; and further provided that rear wheels not covered at the top by fenders, bodies or other parts of the vehicle shall be covered at the top ~y protective means extending at least to the centerli~e of the rear-most axle~ Any person found guilty of a violation of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fiued not more than twenty-five dollars. Section 108o ~oever, being the owner or operator of a motor vehicle, trailer or semi.trailer~ the manufacturer thereof, or dealer therein fails to have the dis-