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0 <br />CITY OF NORTH OLM8TED <br />ORDINANCE N©, 65,~1,~` <br />BY <br />AN ORL)[NANCE PROHIBITING THE DRMNG OF V~IICLEB <br />IN EXCESS QF PRESCRIBED WEIGHTS; SET'PING FORTfI <br />DEFINITIONS; SETTING FORTH PERMITTED WEIGHTS, <br />IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WIDTH OF TIRES; SETTING <br />FORTH MAXIMUM AXLE LOAD, WHEEL LC?AD6, AND C.~'rAC3S$ <br />WEIGHTS; AND SETTING FOF~fI THE PENALTIES IN THE EVENT <br />A VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED WEIGHING IN EXCESS OF THE PRESCRIBED <br />WEIGHTS; AND DECLARING AN £MER'GENCY. <br />WHEREAS, the streets of the City of North Olmsted hive been <br />severely damaged by overloaded vehicles, and <br />WHEREAS, the Council now wishes to curtail the damage to the <br />streets of the City of North Olmsted by imposing a penalty on vehicles which <br />are overloaded, and <br />WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted has previously purchased <br />scales capable of weighing vehicles in order to determfne the toter weights of <br />vehicles using the streets of the City of North Olmsted, and <br />WHEREAS, Council now wishes to establish the procedure <br />necessary to prohibit the use of streets within the City of North Olmsted by <br />vehicles which weigh in excess of the permitted weights as established by <br />this ordinance. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Council of the City <br />of North Olmsted, State of Ohio: <br />Section 1: The Traffic Code of the City of North Olmsted <br />is hereby implemented by the addition of the following Sections to Chapter <br />301, Title One, Part 3 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted. <br />Section 301.021 "AXLE " <br />Means one ar more load-carrying wheels mounted <br />in a stlgle transverse vertical plane . <br />Section 301. 151 "h!,M~,T,M AXLE LOAD" <br />Means the gross weight of vehicle and load imposed <br />by an axle upon the road surface . <br />Section 301. 1S2 "MAXIMUM WHEEL LOAD" <br />Means the proportionate gross weight of vehicle and load <br />imposed by any wheel upon the road's surface. <br />Section 301.301 "SPACING BETWEEN AXLES" <br />Means the distance between any two successive such <br />planes . <br />Section 301.42 "VEHICLES" <br />Means every device in or upon, or by which any person <br />or property may be transported or drawn upon a street or hqh~ <br />way except devices other than bicycles moved by human power. <br />