A. Except as specifically otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles do not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, or agricultural tractors except as made applicable to such articles of machinery.
B. Nothing contained in this traffic code shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this traffic code. (R.C. §4513.02) (Ord.729-1973)

The Traffic Section of the Police Division shall have authority to conduct brake, light, and signal device tests at such times and places and as it may designate. All operators of vehicles shall submit to these tests when so directed by a police officer. Penalty, see §70.99.

A. Except when parked and subject to the regulations governing lights on parked vehicles, every vehicle upon a street or highway within the municipality during the time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and at any other time when there are unfavorable atmospheric conditions or when there is not sufficient natural light to render discernible persons, vehicles, and substantial objects on the street or highway at a distance of one thousand feet ahead, shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by the provisions of this chapter, for different classes of vehicles; except that every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted lights meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety under R.C. §4511.521. No motor vehicle, during such times, shall be operated upon a street or highway within the municipality using only parking lights as illumination.
B. Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible, or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, this distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted street or highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different condition is expressly stated.
C. Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the mounted height of lights or devices, it shall mean from the center of such light or device to the level ground on which the vehicle stands. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.03)

A. Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least two headlights with at least one near each side of the front of the motor vehicle.
B. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights.
C. At all times mentioned in this section at least two state approved lighted lights shall be displayed conforming to state regulations, one near each side of the front of every motor vehicle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the regulations governing lights on parked vehicles. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.04) (Ord. 729-1973)

Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in §74.05, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons, vehicles, and substantial objects at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, except that whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.15) (Ord. 729-1973)

Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in §74.05 when it is equipped with two lighted lights on the front thereof capable of revealing persons and substantial objects seventy-five feet ahead, provided that such vehicle shall not be operated at a speed in excess of twenty miles per hour. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.16) (Ord. 729-1973)

No person shall use any lights mentioned in this chapter on any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless these lights are equipped, mounted, and adjusted as to focus and aim in accordance with regulations which are prescribed by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.19) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one taillight mounted on the rear which, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the taillight on the rearmost vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
B. Either a taillight or a separate light shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate, when such registration plate is required, and render it legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any taillight, together with any separate light for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the headlights or auxiliary driving lights are lighted, except where separate lighting systems are provided for trailers for the purpose of illuminating such registration plate. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.05) (Ord. 416-1987)

A. Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a street or highway, other than a commercial tractor, to which a trailer or semitrailer is attached, shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section, except that vehicles of the type mentioned in §74.20 shall be equipped with reflectors as required by the regulations provided for in that section.
B. Such reflectors shall be of such sizes and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet from such vehicle. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.06) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. All motor vehicles when operated on a street or highway shall be equipped with at least one stoplight mounted on the rear of the vehicle which shall be actuated upon application of the service brake, and which may be incorporated with other rear lights. Such stoplights when actuated shall emit a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, provided in the case of a train of vehicles only the stoplights on the rearmost vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
B. Such stoplights when actuated shall give a steady warning light to the rear of a vehicle or train of vehicles to indicate the intention of the operator to diminish the speed of or stop a vehicle or train of vehicles.
C. When stoplights are used as required by this section, they shall be constructed or installed so as to provide adequate and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate rules and regulations established under §74.09.
D. Historical motor vehicles as defined in R.C. §4501.0l are not subject to this section. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.071) (Ord. 729-1973)

Except in case of an emergency, whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway open to traffic or a shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the times mentioned in §74.05, such vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lights which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle, and a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear. No lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when it is stopped or parked within the municipal corporation where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such street or highway. Any lighted headlights upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.10) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with side cowl or fender lights which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.
B. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with lights on each side thereof which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.
C. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with backup lights, either separately or in combination with another light. No backup lights shall be continuously lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.13) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. Any motor vehicle may he equipped with not more than one spotlight and every lighted spotlight shall be so aimed and used on approaching another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle, nor more than one hundred feet ahead of the vehicle.
B. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than three auxiliary driving lights mounted on the front of the vehicle. The Ohio Director of Highway Safety shall prescribe specifications for auxiliary driving lights and regulations for their use, and any such lights which do not conform to these specifications and regulations shall not be used. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.12) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlights is also equipped with any auxiliary lights or spotlights or any other light on the front thereof projecting a beam of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower, not more than a total of five of any such lights on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when the vehicle is upon a street or highway.
B. Any lighted light or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than headlights, spotlights, signal lights, or auxiliary driving lights, which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle.
C. Flashing lights are prohibited on motor vehicles, except as a means for indicating a right or a left turn, or in the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, or overtaking or passing. This prohibition does not apply to emergency vehicles, road service vehicles servicing or towing a disabled vehicle, traffic line stripers, snow plows, rural mail delivery vehicles, public safety vehicles, school buses, Department of Transportation maintenance vehicles, funeral hearses, funeral escort vehicles, and similar equipment operated by the Department or local authorities, which shall be equipped with and display, when used on a street or highway for the special purpose necessitating such lights, a flashing, oscillating, or rotating amber light, but shall not display a flashing, oscillating, or rotating light of any other color, nor to vehicles or machinery permitted by §74.19 to have a flashing red light.
D. Except a person operating a public safety vehicle, or a school bus, no person shall operate, move, or park upon or permit to stand within the right-of-way of any public street or highway, any vehicle or equipment which is equipped with and displaying a flashing red or a flashing combination red and white light, or an oscillating or rotating red light, or a combination red and white oscillating or rotating light. Except a public law enforcement officer, or other person sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the state, operating a public safety vehicle when on duty, no person shall operate, move, or park upon or permit to stand within the right-of-way of any street or highway, any vehicle or equipment which is equipped with, or upon which is mounted, and displaying a flashing blue or a flashing combination blue and white light, or an oscillating or rotating blue light, or a combination blue and white oscillating or rotating light. This section shall not prohibit the use of warning lights required by law or the simultaneous flashing of turn signals on disabled vehicles. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.17) (Ord. 729-1973)

Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any light, except taillights, which by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination need not be lighted, but this section does not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lights be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lights or that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.08) (Ord. 729-1973)

Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in §74.05, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern required by this section is in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle. At any other time there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less than sixteen inches square. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.09) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. All vehicles other than bicycles, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in §74.01, not specifically required to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices by this article shall, at the times specified in §74.05, be equipped with at least one lamp displaying a white light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the front of the vehicle and shall also be equipped with two lamps displaying red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear of the vehicle, or as an alternative, one lamp displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear and two red reflectors visible from all distances of six hundred feet to one hundred feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps. Lamps and reflectors required or authorized by this section shall meet standards adopted and promulgated by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety.
B. All farm machinery and other machinery including all road construction machinery, on a street or highway, except when being used in actual construction and maintenance work in an area guarded by a flagman, or where flares are used, or when operating or traveling within the limits of a construction area designated by the Director of Transportation, the City Engineer, or the County Engineer, when such construction area is marked in accordance with requirements of the Director and the manual of uniform traffic control devices, as set forth in R.C. §4511.09, which is designed for operation at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour or less, shall be operated at a speed not exceeding twenty-five miles per hour, and shall display a triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem (SMV). The emblem shall be mounted so as to be visible from a distance of not less than five hundred feet to the rear. The Ohio Director of Highway Safety shall adopt standards and specifications for the design and position of mounting the SMV emblem. The standards and specifications for SMV emblems referred to in this section shall correlate with and, so far as possible, conform with those approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. As used in this subsection "machinery" does not include any vehicle designed to be drawn by an animal.
C. The use of the SMV emblem shall be restricted to animal-drawn vehicles, and to the slow-moving vehicles specified in subsection B of this section operating or traveling within the limits of the street or highway. Its use on slow-moving vehicles being transported upon other types of vehicles or on any other type of vehicle or stationary object on the street or highway is prohibited.
D. No person shall sell, lease, rent, or operate any farm machinery or other machinery defined as a slow-moving vehicle in subsection B of this section, except those units designed to be completely mounted on a primary power unit, which is manufactured or assembled on or after April 1, 1966, unless the vehicle is equipped with a slow-moving vehicle emblem mounting device as specified in subsection B of this section.
E. Any farm machinery or other machinery or other machinery defined as a slow-moving vehicle in subsection B of this section may, in addition to the use of the slow-moving vehicle emblem, be equipped with a red flashing light which shall be visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear at all times specified in §74.05. When a double-faced light is used, it shall display amber light to the front and red light to the rear.
F. Every animal-drawn vehicle upon a street or highway shall at all times be equipped in one of the following ways:
1. With a slow-moving vehicle emblem complying with subsection B of this section;
2. With alternate reflective material complying with rules adopted under this subsection;
3. With both a slow-moving vehicle emblem and alternate reflective material as specified in this subsection.
G. The Director of Highway Safety subject to R.C. Chapter 119, shall adopt rules establishing standards and specifications for the position of mounting of the alternate reflective material authorized by this subsection. The rules shall permit, as a minimum, the alternate reflective material to be black, gray, or silver in color. The alternate reflective material shall be mounted on the animal-drawn vehicle so as to be visible, at all times specified in R.C. §4513.03, from a distance of not less than five hundred feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.11) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. When the Ohio Director of Highway Safety prescribes and promulgates regulations relating to clearance lights, marker lights, reflectors, and stoplights on buses, trucks, commercial tractors, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers, when operated on any street or highway, these vehicles shall be equipped as required by such regulations, and such equipment shall be lighted at all times mentioned in §74.05, except that clearance lights and side marker lights need not be lighted on any such vehicle when it is operated within the municipal corporation where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object on the street or highway at a distance of five hundred feet.
B. Such equipment shall be in addition to all other lights specifically required by this chapter.
C. Vehicles operated under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission are not subject to this section. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.07) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, owned, leased, or hired by a nursery school, kindergarten, or daycare center, while transporting preschool children to or from such institution unless the motor vehicle is equipped with and displaying two amber flashing lights mounted on a bar attached to the top of the vehicle, and a sign bearing the designation "Caution -- Children," which shall be attached to the bar carrying the amber flashing lights in such a manner as to be legible to persons both in front of and behind the vehicle. The lights and sign shall meet standards and specifications adopted by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety pursuant to R.C. §4513.182.
B. No person shall operate a motor vehicle displaying the lights and sign required by this section for any purpose other than the transportation of preschool children as provided in this section. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.182)

The following requirements govern as to brake equipment on vehicles:
A. Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operated on a street or highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the motor vehicle, including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels. If these two separate means of applying the brakes are connected in any way, then on such motor vehicles, manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1942, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
B. Every motorcycle when operated on a street or highway shall be equipped with at least one adequate brake, which may be operated by hand or by foot.
C. Every motorized bicycle shall be equipped with brakes meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety under R.C. §4511.521.
D. Every trailer or semitrailer, except a pole trailer, of a gross weight of two thousand pounds or more, manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 1942, when operated upon the streets or highways of the municipality shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle and so designed as to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle from its cab, and the brakes shall be so designed and connected that, in case of a breakaway of the towed vehicle, the brakes shall be automatically applied.
E. In any combination of motor-drawn trailers or semitrailers equipped with brakes, means shall be provided for applying the rearmost brakes in approximate synchronism with the brakes on the towing vehicle, and developing the required braking effort on the rearmost wheels at the fastest rate; or means shall be provided for applying braking effort first on the rearmost brakes; or both of the above means, capable of being used alternatively, may be employed.
F. Every vehicle and combination of vehicles, except motorcycles and motorized bicycles, and except trailers and semitrailers of a gross weight of less than two thousand pounds, and pole trailers, shall be equipped with parking brakes adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is operated, under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from snow, ice, or loose material. The parking brakes shall be capable of being applied in conformance with the foregoing requirements by the driver’s muscular effort or by spring action or by equivalent means. Their operation may be assisted by the service brakes or other source of power provided that failure of the service brake actuation system or other power assisting mechanism will not prevent the parking brakes from being applied in conformance with the foregoing requirements. The parking brakes shall be so designed that when once applied they shall remain applied with the required effectiveness despite exhaustion of any source of energy or leakage of any kind.
G. The same brake drums, brake shoes and lining assemblies, brake shoe anchors, and mechanical brake shoe actuation mechanism normally associated with the wheel brake assemblies may be used for both the service brakes and the parking brakes. If the means of applying the parking brakes and the service brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part shall not leave the vehicle without operative brakes.
H. Every motor vehicle, or combination of motor-drawn vehicles shall be capable at all times and under all conditions of loading of being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from loose material, upon application of the service or foot brake, within the following specified distances, or shall be capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate corresponding to these distances:
1. Vehicles or combinations of vehicles having brakes on all wheels shall come to a stop in thirty feet or less from a speed of twenty m.p.h. (deceleration of fourteen feet per second per second.)
2. Vehicles or combinations of vehicles not having brakes on all wheels shall come to a step in forty feet or less from a speed of twenty m.p.h. (deceleration of 16.7 feet per second per second.)
I. All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
J. The usage of any and all special engine brakes is prohibited within the City of Akron except when used on public safety vehicles. For purposes of this section, special engine brakes shall be defined to include, but are not limited to, C brakes, pacbrakes, tekbrakes, or any other type of engine retarder commonly utilized within the commercial trucking industry. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.20) (Ord. 656-2001)

A Every motor vehicle when operated upon a street or highway shall be equipped with a horn which is in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible, under normal conditions, from a distance of not less than two hundred feet.
B. No motor vehicle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use on a vehicle, any siren, whistle, or bell. Any vehicle may be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which shall be so arranged that it cannot be used as an ordinary warning signal. Every emergency or public safety vehicle shall be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell, capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than five hundred feet and of a type approved by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety. Such equipment shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or is in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which case the driver of the emergency vehicle shall sound such equipment when it is necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.21) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. Whenever any motor truck, bus, commercial tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is disabled upon any freeway, expressway, throughway and connecting, entering, or exiting ramps within the municipality, at any time when lighted lamps are required on vehicles, the operator of such vehicle shall display the following warning devices upon the street or highway during the time the vehicle is so disabled on the street or highway except as provided in subsection B of this section:
1. A lighted fusee shall be immediately placed on the roadway at the traffic side of such vehicle, unless red electric lanterns or red reflectors are displayed.
2. Within the burning period of the fusee and as promptly as possible, three lighted flares or pot torches, or three red reflectors or three red electric lanterns shall be placed on the roadway as follows:
a. One at a distance of forty paces or approximately one hundred feet in advance of the vehicle;
b. One at a distance of forty paces or approximately one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, except as provided in this section, each in the center of the lane of traffic occupied by the disabled vehicle
c. One at the traffic side of the vehicle.
B. Whenever any vehicle used in transporting flammable liquids in bulk, or transporting compressed flammable gases, is disabled upon a street or highway at any time or place mentioned in subsection A of this section, the driver of such vehicle shall display upon the roadway the following warning devices:
1. One red electric lantern or one red reflector shall be immediately placed on the roadway at the traffic side of the vehicle;
2. Two other red electric lanterns or two other red reflectors shall be placed to the front and rear of the vehicle in the same manner prescribed for flares in subsection A of this section.
C. When a vehicle of a type specified in subsection B of this section is disabled, the use of flares, fusees, or any signal produced by flame as warning signals is prohibited.
D. Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this section is disabled upon any freeway, expressway, throughway, and connecting, entering, or exiting ramps within the municipality, at any time when the display of fusees, flares, red reflectors, or electric lanterns is not required, the operator of such vehicle shall display two red flags upon the roadway in the lane of traffic occupied by the disabled vehicle, one at a distance of forty paces or approximately one hundred feet in advance of the vehicle, and one at a distance of forty paces or approximately one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, except as provided in this section.
E. The flares, fusees, lanterns, red reflectors, and flags to be displayed as required in this section shall conform with the requirements of R.C. §4513.27 applicable thereto.
F. In the event the vehicle is disabled near a curve, crest of a hill, or other obstruction of view, the flare, flag, reflector, or lantern in that direction shall be placed as to afford ample warning to other users of the street or highway, but in no case shall it be placed less than forty paces or approximately one hundred feet nor more than one hundred twenty paces or approximately three hundred feet from the disabled vehicle.
G. This section does not apply to the operator of any vehicle in a work area designated by protection equipment devices that are displayed and used in accordance with the manual adopted by the Department of Transportation under R.C. §4511.09. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.28) (Ord. 363-1964)

A. No person shall drive any motor vehicle, other than a bus, with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, sidewings, side, or rear windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to be displayed by law, except that there may be in the lower left-hand or right-hand corner of the windshield a sign, poster, or decal not to exceed four inches in height by six inches in width. No sign, poster, or decal shall be displayed in the front windshield in such a manner as to conceal the vehicle identification number for the motor vehicle when, in accordance with federal law, that number is located inside the vehicle passenger compartment and so placed as to be readable through the vehicle glazing without moving any part of the vehicle.
B. The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow, or other moisture from the windshield, which device shall be maintained in good working order and so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the operator of the vehicle. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.24) (Ord. 729-1973)

Every motor vehicle and motorcycle shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the operator a view of the street or highway to the rear of such vehicle or motorcycle. Operators of vehicles and motorcycles shall have a clear and unobstructed view to the front and to both sides of their vehicles and motorcycles and shall have a clear view to the rear of their vehicles and motorcycles by mirror. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.23) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. No person shall operate, on any highway or other public or private property open to the public for vehicular travel or parking, lease, or rent any motor vehicle that is registered in this state unless the motor vehicle conforms to the requirements concerning tinted glass and reflectorized material adopted by the Director of Highway Safety pursuant to R.C. §4513.241 and of any applicable rule adopted under R.C. §4513.241.
B. No person shall install in or on any motor vehicle, any glass or other material that fails to conform to the requirements of R.C. §4513.241 or of any rule adopted under R.C. §4513. 241.
C. No used motor vehicle dealer or new motor vehicle dealer, as defined in R.C. §4517.01 shall sell any motor vehicle that fails to conform to the requirements of R.C. §4513. 241 or of any rule adopted under R.C. §4513. 241.
D. No reflectorized materials shall be permitted upon or in any front windshield, side windows, sidewings, or rear window.
E. This section does not apply to the manufacturer’s tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or windshields that is otherwise in compliance with or permitted by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number two hundred five. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.241)

A. As used in this section:
1. "Gross vehicle weight rating" means the manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating established for that vehicle.
2. "Manufacturer" has the same meaning as in R.C. §4501.01.
3. "Multipurpose passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle with motive power, except a motorcycle, designed to carry ten persons or less, that is constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation.
4. "Passenger car" means any motor vehicle with motive power, designed for carrying ten persons or less, except a multipurpose passenger vehicle or motorcycle.
5. "Truck" means every motor vehicle, except trailers and semitrailers, designed and used to carry property and having a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less.
B. The Director of Highway Safety, in accordance with R.C. Chapter 119, shall adopt rules in conformance with standards of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, that shall govern the maximum bumper height or, in the absence of bumpers and in cases where bumper height has been lowered or modified, the maximum height to the bottom of the frame rail, of any passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, or truck.
C. No person shall operate upon a street or highway any passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, or truck registered in this state that does not conform to the requirements of this section or any applicable rule adopted pursuant to R.C. §4513.021.
D. No person shall modify any motor vehicle registered in this state in such a manner as to cause the vehicle body or chassis to come in contact with the ground, expose the fuel tank to damage from collision, or cause the wheels to come in contact with the body under normal operation, and no person shall disconnect any part of the original suspension system of the vehicle to defeat the safe operation of that system.
E. Nothing contained in this section or in the rules adopted pursuant to R.C. §4513.021 shall be construed to prohibit either of the following:
1. The installation upon a passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, or truck registered in this state of heavy duty equipment, including shock absorbers and overload springs:
2. The operation on a street or highway of a passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, or truck registered in this state with normal wear to the suspension system if the normal wear does not adversely affect the control of the vehicle.
F. This section and the rules adopted pursuant to R.C. §4513.021 do not apply to any specially designed or modified passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, or truck when operated off a street or highway in races and similar events.
G. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second or subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §§4513.021, 4513.99 (B)) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal-combustion engine shall at all times be equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a street or highway. Every motorcycle muffler shall be equipped with baffle plates.
B. No person shall own, operate, or have in his possession any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such vehicle, or equipped in any other way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of such vehicle, other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal-combustion engine under normal operation.
C. No person shall sell, lease, install, or replace, for use on a motor vehicle, either for himself or as the agent or employee of another, or through such agent or employee, any muffler that does not prevent excessive or unusual exhaust noise or any exhaust system component that amplifies exhaust sound or contains a cutout or by-pass or similar device.
D. No person shall operate any motor vehicle or motorcycle emitting a sound exceeding ninety decibels as measured from a point not less than twenty feet from the vehicle while the vehicle is parked with the motor running at its highest speed, or not less than twenty feet from the vehicle in motion. However, this section shall not be applicable to vehicles operated by state or local law enforcement or fire-fighting agencies. (R.C. §4513.22) (Ord. 643-1975)

Any person operating any vehicle transporting explosives upon a street or highway shall at all times comply with the following requirements:
A. The vehicle shall be marked or placarded on each side and on the rear with the word "explosives" in letters not less than eight inches high, or there shall be displayed on the rear of such vehicle a red flag not less than twenty-four inches square marked with the word "danger" in white letters six inches high, or shall be marked or placarded in accordance with §177.823 of the United States Department of Transportation Regulations.
B. The vehicle shall be equipped with not less than two fire extinguishers, filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at convenient points on such vehicle. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.29) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer, used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of which, with load, exceeds three tons, upon the public streets or highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within the municipality, unless such vehicle is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps on the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles to prevent, as far as practicable, the wheels from throwing dirt, water, 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 rearmost axle to the center of the flaps under any conditions of loading of the vehicle, and they shall be at least as wide as the tires they are protecting. If the vehicle is so designed and constructed that such requirements are accomplished by means of fenders, body construction, or other means of enclosure, then no such protectors or flaps are required. Rear wheels not covered at the top by fenders, bodies, or other parts of the vehicle shall be covered at the top by protective means extending at least to the center line of the rearmost axle.
B. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars. (R.C. §§5577.11, 5577.99 (E))

A. No vehicle shall be operated upon the public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within the municipality, whose dimensions exceed those specified in this section.
1. No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of:
a. One hundred four inches for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within the municipality;
b. One hundred two inches, excluding such safety devices as is required by law, for passenger bus type vehicles operated over freeways, and such other state roads with minimum pavement widths of twenty-two feet, except those roads or portions thereof over which operation of one hundred two-inch buses are prohibited by order of the Director of the State Department of Transportation;
c. One hundred thirty-two inches for traction engines;
d. One hundred two inches, including load, for all other vehicles, except that the Director of the State Department of Transportation may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of one hundred and two-inch vehicles on such state streets or highways or portions thereof as the Director designates.
2. No such vehicle shall have a length in excess of:
a. Forty-eight feet for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within the municipality;
b. Forty feet for all other passenger bus type vehicles;
c. Fifty-three feet for any semitrailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer combination, with or without load, except that the Director may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor-semitrailer combination on such state streets or highways or portions thereof as the Director designates;
d. Twenty-eight and one-half feet for any semitrailer or trailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor-semi-trailer-semitrailer combination, except that the Director may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination on such state streets or highways or portions thereof as the Director designates;
e. Sixty-five feet for any other combination of vehicles coupled together, with or without load, except as provided in subsections (A)(2)(b) and (c), and in (A) (4) of this section;
f. Forty feet for all other vehicles, except trailers and semitrailers, with or without load.
3. No such vehicle shall have a height in excess of thirteen and one-half feet, with or without load.
4. Any automobile transporter or boat transporter shall be allowed a length of sixty-five feet and any stinger-steered automobile transporter or stinger-steered boat transporter shall be allowed a length of seventy-five feet, except that the load thereon may extend no more than four feet beyond the rear of such vehicles and may extend no more than three feet beyond the front of such vehicles, and except further that the Director may, by journal entry, prohibit the operation of any stinger-steered automobile transporter, stinger-steered boat transporter, or a B-train assembly on any state highway or portion thereof that the Director designates.
B. The lengths prescribed in subsections (A) (2) (a) through (f) of this section shall not include safety devices, bumpers attached to the front or rear of such bus or combination, B-train assembly used between the first and second semitrailer of a commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination, energy conservation devices as provided in any regulations adopted by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, or any noncargo-carrying refrigeration equipment attached to the front of trailers and semitrailers. In special cases, vehicles whose dimensions exceed those prescribed by this section may operate in accordance with rules promulgated by the Director of the State Department of Transportation.
C. This section does not apply to fire engines, fire trucks, or other vehicles or apparatus belonging to any municipality or to the volunteer fire department of any municipality or used by such a department 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, machinery, or equipment not specifically enumerated in this section but the dimensions of which exceed the dimensions provided by this section, shall when operating the same on the highways and streets of this state comply with the rules of the Director governing such movement, which rules the Director may adopt and promulgate. R.C. §§119.01 to 119.13 apply to any rules 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.
D. This section does not require the state, this municipality, or any county, township, railroad, or other private corporation to provide sufficient 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 state.
E. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for a first offense; for a second offense within one year thereafter, such person shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both; for a subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. (R.C. §5577.05) (Ord. 12-1991)

A. The maximum wheel load of any one wheel of any vehicle, trackless trolley, load, object, or structure operated or moved upon improved public highways, streets, bridges, or culverts shall not exceed six hundred fifty pounds per inch width of pneumatic tire, measured as prescribed by R.C. §5577.03.
B. The weight of vehicle and load imposed upon the road surface by vehicles with pneumatic tires shall not exceed any of the following weight limitations:
1. On any one axle, twenty thousand pounds;
2. On any tandem axle, thirty-four thousand pounds;
3. On any two or more consecutive axles, the maximum weight as determined by application of the formula provided in subsection D of this section.
C. The maximum overall gross weight of vehicle and load imposed upon the road surface shall not exceed eighty thousand pounds.
D. For purposes of subsection (B)(3) of this section the maximum gross weight on any two or more consecutive axles shall be determined by application of the following formula:

W = 500 ((LN/N-1) + 12 N + 36)

In this formula, W equals the overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles to the nearest five hundred pounds, L equals the distance in feet between the extreme of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N equals the number of axles in the group under consideration.
However, two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of thirty-four thousand pounds each, provided the overall distance between the first and last axles of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is thirty-six feet or more.
E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a vehicle is towing another vehicle, such drawbar or other connection shall be of a length such as will limit the spacing between nearest axles of the respective vehicles to a distance not in excess of twelve feet and six inches.
F. As used in this section, "tandem axle" means two consecutive axles whose centers may be included between parallel transverse vertical planes spaced more than forty inches but not more than ninety-six inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle.
G. Whoever violates the weight provisions of this section or the weight provisions in regard to highways under R.C. §5577.04 shall be fined eighty dollars for the first two thousand pounds, or fraction thereof, of overload; for overloads in excess of two thousand pounds, but not in excess of five thousand pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred dollars, and in addition thereto one dollar per one hundred pounds of overload; for overloads in excess of five thousand pounds, but not in excess of ten thousand pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred thirty dollars and in addition thereto two dollars per one hundred pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. For all overloads in excess of ten thousand pounds such person shall be fined one hundred sixty dollars, and in addition thereto three dollars per one hundred pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Whoever violates the weight provisions of vehicle and load relating to gross load limits shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars.
H. Whoever violates any other provision of this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for a first offense; for a second offense within one year thereafter, such person shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both, for a subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
(Ord. 856-1992; Ord. 12-1991)

A. No vehicle, trackless trolley, load, object or structure, having a maximum axle load greater than sixteen thousand pounds when such vehicle is operated with solid rubber tires shall be operated or moved upon the improved public highways, streets, bridges or culverts. The maximum wheel load of any one wheel of any such vehicle shall not exceed six hundred fifty pounds per inch of width of tire, measured as prescribed by R.C. §5577.03, nor shall any solid tire of rubber or other resilient material, on any wheel of any such vehicle, be less than one inch thick when measured from the top of the flanges of the tire channel.
B. The weight of the vehicle and load imposed upon the road surface by any two successive axles, spaced four feet or less apart, shall not exceed nineteen thousand pounds for solid tires, or by any two successive axles spaced more than four feet but less than eight feet apart shall not exceed twenty-four thousand pounds for solid tires; or by any two successive axles, spaced eight feet or more apart, shall not exceed twenty-eight thousand pounds for solid tires; nor shall the total weight of vehicle and load exceed, for solid rubber tires, twenty-eight thousand pounds plus an additional six hundred pounds for each foot or fraction thereof of spacing between the front axle and the rearmost axle of the vehicle; nor shall the weight of vehicle and load imposed upon the road surface by any vehicle equipped with solid rubber tires, exceed eighty percent of the permissible weight of vehicle and load as provided for pneumatic tires.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a vehicle is towing another vehicle, such drawbar or other connection shall be of a length such as will limit the spacing between nearest axles of the respective vehicles to a distance not in excess of twelve feet and six inches. If the provisions of this section are held to exceed the weight limitations or other provisions set forth in the "Federal Aid Highway Act of 1958," 72 Stat. 902, 23 U.S.C. 127, this section shall become null and void to the extent of such inconsistency.
D. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for a first offense; for a second offense within one year thereafter, such person shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both; for a subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. (Ord. 12-1991)

A. For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"Studded tire." Any tire designed for use on a vehicle, and equipped with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire.
"Traction engine" or "tractor." All self-propelling engines equipped with metal-tired wheels operated or propelled by any form of engine, motor, or mechanical power.
B. No person shall drive over the improved streets of this municipality a traction engine or tractor with tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains, or other projections of any kind extending beyond the cleats.
C. No person shall tow or in any way pull another vehicle over the improved streets of this municipality, which towed or pulled vehicle has tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains, or other projections of any kind.
D. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, other than a public safety vehicle or school bus, that is equipped with studded tires on any street or highway, except during the period extending from November 1 of each year through April 15 of the succeeding year.
E. This section does not apply to the use of tire chains when there is snow or ice on the streets or highways where such chains are being used, or in the immediate vicinity thereof.
F. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §§5589.99(B), 5589.081) (

A. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway or other public place unless the vehicle is so constructed, loaded, or covered 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 roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
B. Except for a farm vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials or a rubbish vehicle in the process of acquiring its load, no vehicle loaded with garbage, swill, cans, bottles, waste paper, ashes, refuse, trash, rubbish, waste, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, glass, solid waste, or any other material of an unsanitary nature that is susceptible to blowing or bouncing from a moving vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the load is covered with a sufficient cover to prevent the load or any part of the load, from spilling onto the highway.
C. No person shall operate any vehicle so as to track mud on any public way or place.
D. It shall be the duty of the driver of a vehicle who unlawfully drops or deposits mud or permits the load or any portion thereof to be dropped or deposited upon any public way or place to immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.31) (Ord. 729-1973)

No passenger type vehicle shall be operated on a street with any load carried on such vehicle which extends more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the vehicle’s left side. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.30) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. When one vehicle is towing another vehicle, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all the weight towed thereby, and the 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. When one vehicle is towing another and the connection consists only of a chain, rope, or cable, there shall be displayed upon such connection a white flag or cloth not less than twelve inches square.
C. In addition to such drawbar or other connection, each trailer and each semitrailer which 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 which it is being drawn. These chains or cables shall be of sufficient size and strength to prevent the towed vehicle’s parting from the drawing vehicle in case the drawbar or other connection should break or become disengaged. In case of a loaded pole trailer, the connecting pole to the drawing vehicle shall be coupled to the drawing vehicle with stay chains or cables of sufficient size and strength to prevent the towed vehicle’s parting from the drawing vehicle.
D. Every trailer or semitrailer, except pole and cable trailers and pole and cable dollies operated by a public utility as defined in R.C. §5727.01, shall be 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, without whipping or swerving from side to side. Vehicles used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between a local place of storage and supply and the farm, when drawn or towed on a public road or street or highway at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less, shall have a drawbar or other connection, including the hitch mounted on the towing vehicle, which shall be of sufficient strength to pull all the weight towed thereby, and only one such unit may be towed or drawn at one time unless the towing vehicle is an agricultural tractor as defined in §70.01. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.32) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. State routes.
1. No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in R.C. §5577.01 through §5577.09, or otherwise not in conformity with R.C. §§4513.01 through 4513.37, upon any state route within the municipality, except pursuant to special written permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation. Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer.
2. No holder of a permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required to obtain any local permit or license or pay any local fee or charge for movement on any state route within the municipality. However, no person shall operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles upon any roadway within the municipality which is not a state route, except as may be otherwise provided in any local ordinance or regulation or elsewhere in this traffic code.
B. Local streets. No person shall operate a vehicle exceeding a gross weight of five tons upon any street designated by the Traffic Engineer pursuant to §70.37, subject to the exceptions provided in such section. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.34) (Ord. 729-1973)

A. Any police officer having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and its load is unlawful may require the driver of such vehicle to stop and submit to a weighing of it by means of a compact, self-contained, portable, sealed scale specially adapted to determining the wheel loads of vehicles on street or highways; a sealed scale permanently installed in a fixed location, having a load-receiving element specially adapted to determining the wheel loads of street or highway vehicles; a sealed scale, permanently installed in a fixed location, having a load-receiving element specially adapted to determining the combined load of all wheels on a single axle or on successive axles of a street or highway vehicle; or a sealed scale adapted to weighing street or highway vehicles, loaded or unloaded. The driver of such vehicle shall, if necessary, be directed to proceed to the nearest available of such sealed scales to accomplish the weighing, provided such scales are within three miles of the point where such vehicle is stopped. Any vehicle stopped in accordance with this section may be held by the police officer for a reasonable time only to accomplish the weighing as prescribed by this section. All scales used in determining the lawful weight of a vehicle and its load shall be annually compared by a municipal, county or state sealer with the state standards or standards approved by the state, and such scales shall not be sealed if they do not conform to the state standards or standards approved by the state.
B. At each end of a permanently installed scale, there shall be a straight approach in the same plane as the platform of sufficient length and width to insure the level positioning of vehicles during weight determinations. During determination of weight by compact, self-contained, portable sealed scales, specially adapted to determining the wheel loads of vehicles on highways, they shall always be used on terrain of sufficient length and width to accommodate the entire vehicle being weighed. Such terrain shall be level, or if not level, it shall be of such elevation that the distance in elevation between the wheels on any one axle does not exceed two inches and the difference in elevation between axles being weighed does not exceed one-fourth inch per foot of the distance between said axles. In determination of all weights, except gross weight, by compact, self-contained, portable sealed scales, specially adapted to determining the wheel loads of vehicles on highways, all successive axles, twelve feet or less apart, shall be weighed simultaneously by placing one such scale under the outside wheel of each such axle. In determinations of gross weight by the use of compact, self-contained, portable sealed scales, specially adapted to determining the wheel loads of vehicles on highways, all axles shall be weighed simultaneously by placing one such scale under the outside wheel of each axle.
C. Whenever such officer, upon weighing a vehicle and load, determines that the weight is unlawful, he may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as is necessary to reduce the weight of such vehicle to the limit permitted under this traffic code. Penalty, see §70.99. (R.C. §4513.33) (Ord. 359-1964; Ord. 319-1999)

A. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"Person." Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
"Vehicle." A truck, tractor, trailer, bus, or any other instrumentality designed or used for the transportation of property and whose body weight or whose combined body and load weight exceeds five tons.
B. No person shall operate a vehicle in excess of five tons across Oviatt Place.
C. The Director of Public Service shall cause such street to be clearly posted at each end thereof by appropriate signs giving notice of such load limitation and the fact that this section is now in full force and effect.
D. Any police officer of the city shall have the authority to require any person driving or in control of any vehicle, to stop and submit to a weighing of such vehicle as provided for in §74.74. Penalty, see §70.99. (Ord. 978-1979)