Gross Weight Ordinance (No. 95-7)

Purpose
An ordinance providing for gross weights upon the county highways in Johnson County, Indiana

Section 1
Pursuant to the authority of Indiana code 9-4-1-125 (a), the County Commissioners hereby ordain as follows:

Section 2
No vehicle shall be operated or moved over any of the highways within the jurisdiction of the board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, Indiana, the gross weight per axle of which vehicle is greater than seventeen thousand (17,000) pounds.

Section 3
From January 15th to April 15th each year, the gross weight per axle shall not be greater than eleven thousand (11,000) pounds.

Section 4
Any person may upon proper application in writing to the County Highway Superintendent or engineer and upon good cause shown may be issued a permit for transporting heavy vehicles and loads or other objects not conforming to the provisions of this ordinance or posted signs in effect at the time of said application. If a permit is granted for transporting weight in excess of this ordinance, said permit must be carried in the vehicle and displayed to any authorized personnel who stops the vehicle for a suspected violation of the ordinance.

Section 5
A person who violates this ordinance commits a class “C” infraction pursuant to Indiana code 9-4-1-125 (d).

Section 6
This ordinance repeals and replaces the prior ordinance no. 70-5 and 90-4.

Dated at Franklin, Indiana, this 27th day of February 1995.

Board of Commissioners
Joe Dehart
Maurice McCarty
A.T. Chappel

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