[Adopted 7-11-1991 as Ch. 57 of the Code of Ordinances]
This article shall be known as the "Motor Vehicle
Size, Weight and Load Restriction Ordinance."
The following words and phrases, when used in
this article shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in this section, and Act 300 of the
Public Acts of 1949, as amended, being § 257.1 through § 257.82
of the Michigan Compiled Laws, except where the context clearly indicates
a different meaning:
The common axis of rotation of one or more wheels whether
power driven or freely rotating, and whether in one or more segments
and regardless of the number of wheels carried thereon.
An act or omission prohibited by law which is not a crime
as defined in Section 5 of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931,
as amended, being § 750.5 of the Michigan Compiled Laws,
and for which civil infractions may be ordered.
Every person who drives or is in actual control of a vehicle.
The weight of the vehicle without load plus the weight of
the load thereon.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
Every vehicle which is designed for agricultural purposes
and used exclusively in agricultural operations.
The gross weight over the axle which includes vehicle and
load.
Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or
corporation and their legal successors.
A person who is trained and certified pursuant to Act No.
203 of the Public Acts of 1965, being §§ 28.601 and
28.616 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
That portion of the highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel. In the event a highway includes two or
more separate roadways, the term "roadway," as used herein, shall
refer to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways
collectively.
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a
pole-trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its
weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
The distance from axle center to axle center.
Every vehicle which is not designed or used primarily for
the transportation of persons or property and which is incidentally
operated or moved over the highways, including but not limited to,
farm tractors, road construction or maintenance machinery, mobile
office trailers, mobile toolshed trailers, mobile trailer units used
for housing stationary construction equipment, ditch-digging apparatus,
and well-servicing apparatus.
Two axles spaced more than three feet six inches and less
than nine feet apart.
Two axles spaced more than three feet six inches and less
than nine feet apart, one axle in front of the other and so attached
to the vehicle wherein an attempt is made by connecting mechanism
to distribute the weight equally between the two axles.
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a
pole-trailer, designed for carrying property or persons and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight
rests upon the towing vehicle.
Every motor vehicle designed and used to maintained primarily
for the transportation of property.
Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing
other vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry a load other than
a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
Every device in, or by which any person or property is or
may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
A peace officer designated by the Supervisor and approved
by the Township Board to enforce the provisions of this article.
Unless specifically declared in this article
to be a civil infraction, it is a misdemeanor for a person to drive
or move or for the owner to cause or permit to be driven or moved,
on a highway, a vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight or otherwise
exceeding the limitations stated in this article. The provisions of
this article governing size, weight and load shall not apply to fire
apparatus, or to an implement of husbandry incidentally moved upon
a highway, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit
issued as herein provided.
A.
The total outside width of a vehicle or the load on
a vehicle shall not exceed 96 inches except as otherwise provided
in this article.
B.
The total outside width of a farm tractor or farm
implement or machinery shall not exceed 188 inches. An agricultural
implement wider than 108 inches shall not be moved on the highway
between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
C.
The total outside width of the load of a vehicle hauling
concrete pipe, agricultural products, or unprocessed logs, pulpwood,
or wood bolts shall not exceed 108 inches.
D.
Whenever pneumatic tires, in substitution for the
same type or other type of tiers, have been or are placed upon a vehicle
in operation on a highway, the maximum width from the outside of one
wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite wheel and tire shall
not exceed 102 inches but the outside width of the body of the vehicle
shall not exceed 96 inches.
E.
The total outside width of a bus shall not exceed
102 inches.
F.
A vehicle or farm tractor, farm implement or machinery shall not extend beyond the center line of any highway in the Township, except when authorized by law. If the width of the farm equipment or machinery would make it impossible to stay away from the center line, a permit shall be obtained under § 113-39.
G.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the Township Engineer may designate a highway on which a person may operate a vehicle or vehicle combination, the operations of which would otherwise be prohibited under this section, upon the Engineer's determination that the highway is capable of being utilized for such purposes without injury to the public or the highway. The outside width of the vehicle or of each vehicle in the vehicle combination shall not exceed 102 inches including the load on the vehicle. However, the Engineer may require that the owner or lessee of the vehicle or of each vehicle in the vehicle combination secure a permit under § 113-39. This subsection does not restrict the issuance of a special permit under § 113-39 for the operation of a vehicle or vehicle combination.
H.
A person who violates this section is responsible
for a civil infraction. The owner of the vehicle and/or the driver
may be charged with a violation of this section.
Except as provided in § 113-32, a vehicle unloaded or with load shall not exceed a height of 13 feet six inches. The owner of a vehicle which collides with a lawfully established bridge or viaduct shall be liable for all damages and injury resulting from a collision caused by the height of the vehicle, whether the clearance of the bridge or viaduct is posted or not. A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction. The owner and/or the driver of the vehicle may be charged with a violation of this section.
A truck, truck tractor, semitrailer, or trailer
manufactured on or after July 27, 1978, shall not be used to transport
flammable liquids, in bulk, having a flash point at or below 70°
F., if the truck, truck tractor, semitrailer, or trailer exceeds 11
feet 8 1/2 inches in height.
A.
A vehicle, except a truck tractor, trailer or semitrailer,
including load, shall not exceed a total length of 40 feet. The total
length of a semitrailer operating in a truck tractor and semitrailer
combination shall not exceed 53 feet, including load. All semitrailers
longer than 50 feet shall have a wheelbase of 40 1/2 feet plus
or minus 1/2 foot, measured from the kingpin coupling to the center
of the rear axles or to the center of the tandem axle assembly if
equipped with two axles. A combination of truck tractor, semitrailer,
and trailer, or truck and semitrailer or trailer, or a combination
of truck tractor and two semitrailers, including load, shall not exceed
a total overall length of 59 feet except as provided for on routes
designated and approved by the State Transportation Department and
by local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction
on which a person may operate a combination of a truck tractor, semitrailer,
and trailer or truck tractor and two semitrailers with no limit on
the overall combination length, if the length of each semitrailer
or trailer including load does not exceed 28 1/2 feet. A truck
tractor and semitrailer combination with a semitrailer length longer
than 50 feet shall not be allowed to operate with more than two axles
on the semitrailers. All truck tractor and semitrailer combinations
with a semitrailer length longer that 50 feet shall travel exclusively
on highways designated by the appropriate road authority. Township
authorities shall have the option of prohibiting stops within their
jurisdictions unless the stop occurs along appropriately designated
routes, or is necessary for emergency purposes or to reach shippers,
receivers, warehouse, and terminals along designated routes. A trailer
or semitrailer in actual and lawful use in this state on December
1, 1982, may be operated in this state for the life of the vehicle
in a combination with other vehicles in actual and lawful use in this
state on December 1, 1982, if the combination was of legal length
under the law of this state immediately preceding January 24, 1984.
In calculating the length of a trailer or semitrailer under this subsection,
the length shall be based on the cargo-carrying portion of the vehicle
only, including load. A truck tractor or other motor vehicle shall
not haul more that one trailer and one semitrailer or more than two
semitrailers in combination at any one time, except that a farm tractor
may haul two wagons or trailers or garbage and refuse haulers may,
during daylight hours, haul up to four trailers for garbage and refuse
collection purposes, not exceeding in any combination a total length
of 55 feet at a speed of not to exceed 15 miles per hour. In determining
the length of a vehicle or a vehicle combination under this subsection,
the length shall not be considered to include safety and energy conservation
devices, including but not limited to impact absorbing bumpers, rear
view mirrors, turn signals lamps, marker lamps, steps and hand holds
for entry and egress, flexible fender extensions, mud flaps or splash
and spray suppressant devices; load-induced tire bulge; refrigeration
or heating units; or air compressors. A device shall be excluded from
a determination of length only if it is not designed or used for the
carrying of cargo.
B.
If a combination of two semitrailers is pulled by
a truck or truck tractor, a fifth wheel connecting assembly which
conforms with motor carrier safety rules promulgated by the Michigan
Public Services Commission pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Act
of 1963, Act No. 181 of the Public Acts of 1963, as amended, being
§§ 480.11 to 480.21 of the Michigan Compiled Laws shall
be used on each semitrailer.
C.
A train of vehicles or a vehicle operated alone shall
not carry a load extending more than three feet beyond the front of
the train of vehicles or vehicle.
D.
A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer whose frame
or body extends more than 60 inches beyond the rear of its rear axle
and is more than 42 inches above the roadway shall not be operated
on the highways of this state unless equipped with a fender or bumper
on the extreme rear of the frame or body. The bumper shall extend
downward from the rear of the frame or body to within 30 inches of
the roadway and be of substantial construction.
E.
A truck tractor and semitrailer combination with a
semitrailer length longer than 50 feet whose frame or body extends
more than 36 inches beyond the rear of its axle and is more than 42
inches above the roadway shall not be operated on the highways of
this Township unless equipped with an underride guard on the extreme
rear of the frame or body. The underride guard shall meet all of the
following requirements:
F.
A truck and semitrailer combination with a semitrailer
length longer than 50 feet shall not be operated on the highways of
this Township at this times specified in MCL 257.684 unless equipped
with all of the following lamps and reflectors, in addition to any
other lamps and reflectors required under this act:
(1)
Two side marker lamps which display an amber light,
one on each side of the semitrailer, located at 1/2 the distance from
the front to the rear of the semitrailer.
(2)
Two reflectors which reflect an amber light, one on
each side of the semitrailer, located at 1/2 the distance from the
front to the rear of the semitrailer as practicable.
(3)
Two clearance lamps, one on each side of the semitrailer,
located at 1/2 the distance from the front to the rear and as near
to the top of the semitrailer as practicable.
G.
A lamp required under Subsection F shall be lighted at the times specified in MCL 257.684 and shall be visible when lighted at a distance of 500 feet from the side of the semitrailer on which it is mounted. A reflector required under Subsection F(2) shall be visible at the times specified in section 684 from all distances from 50 feet to 500 feet from the semitrailer when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps.
H.
A combination of vehicles shall not have more than
11 axles.
I.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section,
a number of motor vehicles, wholly or partially assembled, may be
transported over the highways of this Township in combination, utilizing
one tow bar or three saddle mounts with full mount mechanisms and
utilizing the motive power of one of the vehicles in combination.
The combination shall not exceed the maximum length of 65 feet for
the transportation of assembled motor vehicles, and the vehicles in
the combination shall be adequately and securely fastened together
in compliance with regulations of the state and of any federal agency
having jurisdiction over the transportation. If motor vehicles are
towed by means of triple saddle mounts, the towed vehicles shall have
brakes acting on all wheels which are in contact with the roadway.
A combination exceeding 55 feet in length may be operated only on
highways approved and designated for that operation by the state transportation
department and by local authorities with respect to highways under
their jurisdiction.
J.
The total gross weight of a truck tractor, semitrailer,
and trailer combination of a truck tractor and two semitrailers combination
which exceeds 59 feet in length shall not exceed a ratio of 400 pounds
per engine net horsepower delivered to clutch or its equivalent specified
in the SAE Handbook published by the Society of Automotive Engineers,
Inc. (1977).
K.
A person who violates this section is responsible
for a civil infraction. The owner of the vehicle may be charged with
a violation of this section.
A.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article a person shall not operate a towing vehicle, having attached mobile home having a body length in excess of 45 feet and having a combined length of over 60 feet, a realistic body width of over 100 inches at base rail, and a height of over 12 1/2 feet in the roadways of this Township. However, the jurisdictional authority may issue permits to mobile home transport companies, or to mobile home manufacturers or dealers, for the movement, in the ordinary course of their business, of mobile homes to home transport companies or to mobile home manufacturers or dealers, for the movement, in the ordinary course of their business, of mobile homes to a width of 14 1/3 feet plus normal appurtenances not exceed six inches; of mobile homes to a realistic body length of eight feet and having a combined length of 95 feet; of combinations of prebuilt housing modules or mobile homes having a total length not to exceed 80 feet and having a combined length of 95 feet; or of prebuilt housing modules or mobile homes to a width of 14 1/3 feet plus an eave not to exceed two feet in width; over all highways, including interstate and defense highways. Special permits for the movement of prebuilt housing modules or mobile homes, whose width including an eave of two feet exceeds 14 feet and are transported on interstate highways, may be issued on a single-trip basis only in accordance with § 113-39. A prebuilt housing module or mobile home whose width including an eave of two feet exceeds 14 feet shall be moved only on the lane furthest to the right of the operator of the vehicle moving the module or mobile home shall be moved in manner so that the eave portion of the module or mobile home shall overhang on the shoulder of the highway on which the module or mobile home is moved. The permit shall provide the days and the times of the day, but not on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays or the noon before until the noon after a holiday, during which the movement shall take place. The permit shall be issued only upon condition that the permittee comply with permit requirements and limitations of law, to insure the operation of a mobile home under permit in a manner which will not impede traffic on the highways and with safety in the movement of a mobile home, and only at a safe speed and when the pavement is not slippery. A fourteen-foot wide mobile home shall not be moved when the wind velocity exceeds 25 miles per hour. On units exceeding 80 feet in overall combination length, or 12 feet in overall width, the permit shall provide that the mobile home be equipped with two flashing amber lights on the rear of the mobile home and one flashing amber light on the top of the towing vehicle and the back of the mobile home. The signs shall be of durable material, in good condition, with black lettering on interstate yellow background. Each letter shall be of block lettering not less than 12 inches high at the front and not less than 16 inches high at the rear of the unit. A vehicle escort shall be required on those roads where the state police consider escort vehicles necessary for highway safety. The distance between mobile home axle centers shall not be less than 34 inches. The axles and tires shall meet standards established by the State Transportation Department. This section shall not grant or give authority to the State Transportation Department that did not exist on May 1, 1982, in accordance with Section 1.0 of Public Law 85-767, 23 U.S.C. 127.
B.
As used in this section, "mobile home" means a prebuilt
housing module or a home which is designed to be transported by a
motor vehicle upon a public highway and designed, equipped, and used
for sleeping, eating and living quarters, or is intended to be so
used.
C.
A person who violates this section is responsible
for a civil infraction. The owner of the vehicle may be charged with
a violation of this section.
A.
The maximum axle load shall not exceed the number
of pounds designated in the following provisions which prescribe the
distance between axles:
(1)
When the axle spacing is nine feet or more between
axles, the maximum axle load shall not exceed 18,000 pounds for vehicles
equipped with high pressure pneumatic or balloon tires.
(2)
When the axle spacing is less than nine feet between
two axles but more than 3 1/2 feet, the maximum axles load shall
not exceed 13,000 pounds for high pressure pneumatic or balloon tires.
(3)
When axles are spaced less than 3 1/2 feet, the
maximum axle load shall not exceed 9,000 pounds per axle.
B.
When such normal loading is in effect, the Wayne County
Office of Public Services may designate certain highways, or sections
of those highways, where bridges and road surfaces are adequate for
heavier loading, which designation may be revised as needed, on which
the maximum tandem axle assembly loading shall not exceed 16,000 pounds
for any axle of the assembly.
C.
Except as provided in Subsection H on a legal combination of vehicles, only one tandem axle assembly shall be permitted on the designated highways at the gross permissible weight of 16,000 pounds per axle, and no other tandem axle assembly in the combination of vehicles shall exceed a gross weight of 13,000 pounds per axle. When the maximum gross weight of a combination of vehicles with load does not exceed 73,280 pounds, two tandem axle assemblies shall be permitted on the designated highways at a gross permissible weight of 16,000 pounds per axle.
D.
The normal size of the tires shall be rated size as
published by manufacturers, and the maximum wheel load permissible
for any wheel shall not exceed 700 pounds per inch of width of tire.
E.
During the months of March, April and May of each
year, the maximum axle load allowable on concrete pavements, or pavements
with a concrete base, shall be reduced by 25% from the maximum axle
loads as specified in this article, and the maximum axle loads allowable
on all other types of roads during these months shall be reduced by
35% from the maximum axle loads as specified. The maximum wheel load
shall not exceed 525 pounds per inch of tire width on all concrete
base or 450 pounds per inch of tire width on all other roads during
the period the seasonal road restrictions are in effect.
F.
The Wayne County Office of Public Services may suspend
the restrictions imposed by this section when and where, in its discretion,
conditions of the highways so warrant, and may impose the restricted
loading requirements of this section on designated highways at any
other time as the conditions of the highway may require.
G.
For the purpose of enforcement of this article, the gross vehicle weight of a single vehicle and load or a combination of vehicles and loads shall be determined by weighing individual axles or groups of axles, and the total weight on all the axles shall be the gross vehicle weight. In addition, the gross axle weight shall be determined by weighing individual axles or by weighing a group of axles and dividing the gross weight of the group of axles by the number of axles in the group. Pursuant to Subsection H, the maximum individual axle putting the gross weight of the group of axles and dividing the gross weight by the number of axles in the group. However, when determining the gross vehicle or combination of vehicles weight in accordance with the provisions of Subsection H axles spaced nine feet or more apart shall not be considered in the same group.
H.
The State Transportation Department or Wayne County
Office of Public Services with respect to highways under its jurisdiction
may designate a highway, or section of a highway, for the operation
of vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of not more that 80,000
pounds which do not exceed any of the following:
(1)
Twenty thousand pounds on any one axle.
(2)
A tandem axle weight of 17,000 pounds per axle including
all enforcement tolerances.
(3)
An overall gross weight on a group of two or more
consecutive axles equaling:
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W = 500 x (LN)
(N-1 + 12N + 36)
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Where W = Overall gross weight on a group of
two or more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds.
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Where L = Distance in feet between the extreme
of a group of two or more consecutive axles.
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Where N = Number of axles in the group under consideration, except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles are not less than 36 feet apart, and the gross vehicle weight does not exceed 80,000 pounds including all enforcement tolerances. Except for five-axle truck tractor, semitrailer combinations having a consecutive sets of tandem axles, vehicles having a gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds or in excess of the vehicle gross weight determined by application of the formula in this subsection shall be subject to the maximum axle loads of Subsections A, B and C.
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I.
A person who violates this section is responsible
for a civil infraction.
A.
All motor trucks, tractors, trailers or semitrailers, except as provided in Subsection B of this section of more than 3,500 pounds weight in operation upon public highways in the Township of Northville shall have painted upon them information relative to name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle, and lessee of vehicle if the vehicle is being operated under lease, in letters of not less than three inches in height. This information shall be conspicuously placed upon the vehicle.
B.
This section shall not apply to trucks eligible for
and equipped with farm commercial license plates.
C.
A person who violates this section is responsible
for a civil infraction.
A.
The Weighmaster, having reason to believe that the
weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful may require the driver to
stop and submit to a weighing of the vehicle by means of either portable
or stationary scales approved and sealed by the State Department of
Agriculture as a legal weighing device and may require that the vehicle
be driven to the nearest weighing station of the Department of State
Highways and Transportation for the purpose of allowing an officer
or agent of the Wayne County Office of Public Services to determine
whether the conveyance is loaded in conformity with this article.
B.
When the Weighmaster, upon weighing a vehicle and
load, determines that the weight is unlawful, the officer or agent
any require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and
remain standing until that portion of the load is shifted or removed
as necessary to reduce the gross axle load weight of the vehicle to
the limit permitted under this article. All material so unloaded shall
be cared for by the owner or operator.
C.
A driver or owner of a vehicle who knowingly fails
to stop at or who knowingly bypasses any scales or weighing station
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
D.
A driver who fails to obey the instruction of any official traffic control device prohibiting the use of streets by trucks or other commercial vehicles, or imposing limitations as to the weight of vehicles on designated streets, which is placed in accordance with Chapter 166, Uniform Traffic Code, of the Code of the Charter Township of Northville or the Wayne County Office of Public Service, is responsible for a civil infraction.
E.
The Weighmaster shall not stop a truck or vehicle
in movement upon a road or highway within the Township for any purpose
unless the Weighmaster is driving a duly marked vehicle, clearly showing
and denoting the branch of government represented.
F.
A driver or owner of a vehicle who knowingly fails
to stop when requested or ordered to do so by the Weighmaster who
is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing
of the vehicle and load by means of a portable scale is guilty of
a misdemeanor.
G.
A driver or owner of a vehicle who knowingly fails
to produce a current driver's license and current vehicle registration
when requested or ordered to do so by the Weighmaster is guilty of
a misdemeanor.
[Amended 6-16-2011]
An owner of a vehicle or a lessee of the vehicle of an owner-operator who causes or allows a vehicle to be loaded and driven or moved in a highway when the weight of that vehicle violates the provisions of this article is responsible for a civil infraction and shall be assessed a civil fine in an amount equal to $0.03 per pound for each pound of excess load over 1,000 pounds when the excess is 2,000 pounds or less; $0.06 per pound in excess load when the excess is over 2,000 pounds but not over 3,000 pounds; $0.09 per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 3,000 pounds but not over 4,000 pounds; $0.12 per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 4,000 pounds but not over 5,000 pounds; $0.15 per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 5,000 pounds but not over 10,000 pounds; and $0.20 per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 10,000 pounds. However, the court shall have discretionary power as to the amount of the civil fine within the schedule provided by this section and may impose the civil fine provided in § 113-43 for a civil infraction where at the time of the violation either the motor vehicle, motor vehicle and semitrailer, or trailer did not exceed the total weight which would be lawful for each unit by a proper distribution of the load upon various axles supporting each unit.
A.
The Wayne County Office of Public Services (WCOPS),
upon application in writing and good cause being shown, may issue
a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or
remove or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or
load exceeding the maximum specified in this article not in conformity
with this article upon a highway under the jurisdiction of the county.
B.
The application for a special permit shall be on a
form prescribed by the WCOPS and shall specifically describe the vehicle
or vehicles and load to be operated or moved and the particular highways
upon which permit to operate is requested.
C.
The WCOPS may issue special permits authorizing the
operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors having movable
tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of those movable
tracks on farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation of
which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this article.
D.
A permit shall specify the trip or trips and date
or dates for which it is to be valid and the WCOPS may restrict or
prescribe conditions of operation of the vehicle or vehicles, if necessary,
to protect the safety of the public or to insure against undue damages
to the road foundations, surfaces, structures, or installations, and
may require a reasonable inspection fee and other security as may
be considered necessary to compensate for damages caused by the movement.
A permit may be issued on an annual basis.
E.
A person may transport telephone, telegraph, or electric
poles of a greater length than otherwise authorized over the highways
in the construction, maintenance, or repair of telephone, telegraph
or electric lines, if a permit is first secured from the Wayne County
Office of Public Services.
F.
A person may transport concrete pipe of a greater
width than otherwise authorized over highways, if a permit for each
project is first secured from the WCOPS.
G.
A permit issued under this section shall be carried
in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall
be open to inspection by the Weighmaster. A person shall not violate
any of the terms or conditions of the special permit.
H.
A person who violates this section is responsible
for a civil infraction.
The Supervisor may designate, subject to the
approval of the Township Board, one or more agents who shall be called
"Weighmaster" who shall enforce the provisions of this article. Each
Weighmaster, when enforcing the provisions of this article, shall
drive a motor vehicle marked "Weighmaster." Each Weighmaster shall
carry an identification card denoting his or her title, may carry
or wear a badge and wear a shoulder patch which shall be clearly visible
and shall identify the branch of government represented. For purpose
of enforcing the sections of this article, agents designated as Weighmaster
shall be a peace officer but not be authorized to carry a firearm.
A.
The Township Board and the County of Wayne with respect
to highways under their jurisdiction, except state trunk line highways,
by ordinance or resolution, may do any of the following:
(1)
Prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial
vehicles on designated highways or streets.
(2)
Impose limitations as to the weight of trucks or other
commercial vehicles on designated highways or streets.
(3)
Provide that only certain highways or streets may
be used by trucks or other commercial vehicles.
B.
Any prohibitions, limitations, or truck route designations established under Subsection A shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on the highways or streets. The design and placement of the signs shall be consistent with the requirements of Act 300, P.A. 1949, as amended, being § 257.608 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
The Weighmaster may issue citations for violations
of this article in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections
741 to 750 of the Michigan Vehicle Code, Act 300 of the Public Acts
of 1949, as amended, MCL 257.741 to 257.750.
A.
A person found to have committed a civil infraction under this article shall be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $100, costs and excess weight fines as identified in § 113-38.
B.
A person convicted of violating a provision of this
article not consisting a civil infraction shall be punished by a fine
or not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days,
or both such fines and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
