§ 340.225. Weight Regulations.

A. 

No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated on any highway, street or alley in this City having a greater weight than that prescribed under Section 304.180, RSMo., 1959, as amended.

B. 

The local officials and State Highways and Transportation Commission or the legal agents for their respective jurisdiction, whenever by thawing or frost, rains or soft conditions due to construction, reconstruction and maintenance, adverse or critical weather conditions or other causes detrimental to the surface or physical condition of such highways, streets and alleys in this City, are hereby authorized to limit such weights described under Subsection (A) of this Section to such an amount and in such manner as will preserve their economical use by the general public. When posted or marked, it shall be unlawful to transport any gross load in excess of the posted notice, and in addition to conviction and punishment thereof the registered owner thereof shall be held liable in any court of competent jurisdiction for destructive damages to the surface and physical conditions pertaining, by an action of the State, County or other interested person.

R.O. 2010 §340.200; CC 1970 C20 §3; CC 1975 §2331.17