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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 65-~ Page 3 (3) Forty (40) feet for the semitrailer of a commercial tractor and semitrailer combinations; (4) Fifty-five (55) feet for the overall length of a commercial tractor and semitrailer combination, with or without load; (5} Sixty (b0) feet for any other combination of vehicles coupled together, with or without load; (6) Thirty-five (35) feet for all other vehicles. t {c} He~ fight. No such vehicle shall have a height in excess of thirteen (13) feet six (6) inches, with or without a load. The length as prescribed by subsection (b) (3) of this section, shall be the extreme overall 1'ength of such semitrailer and shall not include load thereon, safety devices, refrigeration or heating devices attached to the front of such :emitrailer, or safety devices or bumpers attached to the rear of such semitrailer. In special cases, vehicles whose dimensions exceed those prescribed by this section may operate, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Ohio Director of Highways, upon State routes. This section does not apply to fire engines, fire trucks or other vehicles or apparatus belonging to any municipal corporation or to the volunteer fire department of any municipal corporation or salvage company organized under the laws of Ohio or used by such department or company> 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, machiner or equipment not specifically enumerated in this section but the dimensions c which exceed the dimensions provided by this section, shall when operating the same on the streets and highways of this Municipality comply with the rules and regulations of the Director governing such movement, which rules and regulations the Director may adopt and promulgate. Ohio R. C. Sections 119. O1 and 119. 13, inclusive, apply to any rules or regulations 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. This section does not require the State, the Municipality, County, Township or any railroad or private corporation to provide suffi- cient 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 Municipality. (ORC 5577.05) Section 2: That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare by virtue of the fact that Section 339.03 prior to this amendment is in conflict with the provisions of the State Statutes, enacted by the 1965 State Legislature. WHEREFORE, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage, otherwise, at the earliest period allowed by law. PASSED: 1 Z `%Z ! G Francis J. O'Neill, President of Council ATTEST: Margaret T. West, Clerk of Council APPROVED: Ralph E. Christman, Mayor