§ 7.02.33. Operation of vehicles in excess of prescribed weights; definitions.

(A)

No traction engine or steam roller, and no other vehicle, load, object or structure, whether propelled by muscular or motor power; not including vehicles run upon stationary rails or tracks or fire engines, fire trucks or other vehicles, or other apparatus belonging to the municipal fire department or used by such department in the discharge of its functions, shall be operated or moved over or upon the improved public streets and highways, bridges or culverts, in this city, upon wheels, rollers or otherwise, weighing in excess of the weights prescribed in this Code, including the weight of vehicle, object, structure, or contrivance and load, except upon special permission granted as provided by Section 7.02.38, herein.

(B)

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall be construed to mean as follows:

(1)

"Axles", means one or more load-carrying wheels mounted in a single transverse vertical plane.

(2)

"Spacing between axles", means the distance from axle center to axle center of any two successive axles.

(3)

"Maximum axle load", means the gross weight of vehicle and load imposed by any axle upon the road surface.

(4)

"Maximum wheel load", means the proportionate gross weight of vehicle and load imposed by any wheel upon the road surface.