§ 14-1. Tires, wheels, etc., with flanges, cleats, etc., prohibited; exceptions.

No tire, wheel, sled, track or other object, on any vehicle, machine or implement, upon any county highway which has been paved with asphalt, bitumen or concrete shall have on its periphery or surface contacting such highway any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, bead, disc, edge or any other protuberance or device, that will cause or have a tendency to cause damage to the surface of such highway.

This section shall not apply to the following:

(a)

Tire chains of reasonable size used to prevent skidding when upon wet surfaces or when upon snow or ice.

(b)

Pneumatic tires which have embedded therein wire not to exceed .075 inch in diameter and which are so constructed that under no conditions will the percentage of metal in contact with the roadway exceed five (5) percent of the total tire area in contact with the roadway, except that during the first one thousand (1,000) miles of use or operation of any such tire, the metal in contact with the roadway may exceed five (5) percent of the tire area in contact with the roadway, but shall in no event exceed twenty (20) percent of such area.

(c)

Vehicles operated upon unimproved roadways when necessary in the construction or repair of highways.

(d)

Traction engines or tractors when operated under the conditions of a permit first obtained from the department of public works of the county.

The director of the department of public works of the county is authorized to issue permits of exemption from the provisions of this section; provided, that there is contained and stated in such permit the means to be employed by the permittee to avoid damage to the paved county highways.

(Ord. No. 675, § 2)

  Cross reference —Penalty, § 1-7(b).