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and may require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest scales in the event the scales are within five miles. (B) When an officer, upon weighing a vehicle and load as above provided, determines that the weight of any axle exceeds the lawful weight or that the weight on any group of two consecutive axles spaced six feet or less apart exceed their lawful weight or that the weight is unlawful on any axle or group of consecutive axles on any road restricted under this chapter, the officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of the vehicle to a permissible limit. All materials so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner or driver of the vehicle at the risk of the owner or driver. (C) No vehicle driver shall fail or refuse to stop and to submit the vehicle to a weighing or to otherwise comply with the provisions of this section. § 70.22 SPECIAL PERMITS. The City Administrator or designee upon application in writing and for good cause may issue a special permit, in writing, authorizing the applicant to move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in this chapter. The application for any such permit shall specifically describe the vehicle or vehicles and loads to be moved and the particular highways for which permit to so use is requested and the period of time for which the permit is requested. The City Administrator or designee is authorized to issue or withhold the permit at discretion and, if necessary, to insure against undue damage to road foundations, surfaces or structures and may require such security as may be deemed necessary to compensate for any injury to any roadway or road structure. Every 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. No person shall violate any of the terms or conditions of the special permit. Ord. #46, adopted 08/24/1988 § 70.23 SPECIAL ROAD RESTRICTIONS. (A) The Council is authorized by resolution to prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or to impose limitations as to weight thereof on any highway, street, alley or roadway within the city whenever any such highway, street, alley or roadway, by reason of deterioration, rain, frost, snow or other climactic conditions, will be seriously damaged or destroyed, unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof reduced. Prohibitions or restrictions shall not be effective unless and until signs are posted on the designated highways, streets, alleys or roadways. (B) The Council may by resolution designate certain streets as stop streets, one-way streets and, to the extent permitted by law, regulate speeds on city streets and direct the placement of signs making notification of these regulations. Failure to obey those posted regulations is a violation of this chapter. 59 ΋tğŭĻ