§ 10.04.060. Violations—Penalties.

Violation of any posted sign regulating traffic or weight limits of vehicles utilizing public rights-of-way in unincorporated areas of Porter County shall be an infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punishable as follows:

A.

For a violation of a posted vehicular weight limit, court costs and a fine as set forth in the following schedule:

1.

Overweight without a special permit: Zero to four thousand (4,000) pounds overweight, three hundred dollars ($300.00);

2.

Over four thousand (4,000) pounds overweight: five hundred dollars ($500.00) plus one hundred dollars ($100.00) additional fine for each one thousand (1,000) pounds or portion thereof above four thousand (4,000) pounds overweight;

3.

Overweight with special permit.
Any owner or operator of a vehicle which is operated on public rights-of-way in the unincorporated areas of Porter County, in violation of the weight limits imposed under a special permit granted by the supervisor of the Porter County highway department shall, upon a finding thereof, be subject to the payment of court costs and a fine pursuant to the schedule set forth in subsection (A)(1) and (2) of this section as if no special permit had been granted.

4.

Other violations. Any other violation of the terms and conditions of a special permit granted by the supervisor of the Porter County highway department shall, upon a finding thereof, be subject to the payment of court costs and a fine of no less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) and no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).

5.

Axle weight violations.

a.

The weight concentrated on the roadway surface from any tandem axle group may not exceed thirty-four thousand (34,000) pounds.

b.

The weight concentrated on the roadway surface from an individual axle (even with a tandem group) may not weigh more than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds.

c.

A vehicle may not have a maximum wheel weight, unladen or with load, in excess of eight hundred (800) pounds per inch width of tire, measured between the flanges of the rim.

d.

For a violation of a vehicle with overweight axle weights without a special permit, court costs and a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for zero to five hundred (500) pounds overweight plus one hundred dollars ($100.00) for every five hundred (500) pounds or portion thereof above five hundred (500) pounds overweight. The fine per axle may not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).

B.

For a violation of any traffic control sign for vehicles using public rights-of-way in the unincorporated areas of Porter County, other than those violations specified in subsection A of this section, court costs and a fine as set forth in the following schedule:

1.

Parking Violations. First offense: court costs plus twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fine; subsequent offenses within one year of the first offense: court costs plus sixty dollar ($60.00) fine;

2.

Stop Sign, Yield Sign, Speed Control Signs and Other Traffic Control Signs Not Previously Enumerated. First offense: court costs plus sixty dollar ($60.00) fine; second and subsequent offenses within one year: court costs and one hundred dollar ($100.00) fine.

(Ord. 94-15 § 3)

(Ord. No. 14-07, §§ 1, 2, 6-17-2014)