(a) The City Engineer may determine and declare upon the basis of an engineering investigation maximum gross weight limits for any roadway bridge within the City, and these limits shall be effective when posted upon appropriate signs adjacent to said bridges. No person, firm, association, partnership or corporation shall drive a vehicle in excess of the posted gross weight limits upon such bridges.

(b) When the Department of Transportation shall determine upon the basis of an engineering investigation maximum gross weight limits on any bridge which is on a state highway connecting link, said maximum gross weight limits shall be effective at all times when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected adjacent to said bridges.

(c) The maximum gross weight limit on any bridge not posted otherwise shall be the maximum gross weight limit as set forth in 10.01.195.

(d) Any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation driving, operating or moving any vehicle, object, or contrivance upon the bridges in this City in violation of the weight restrictions as set forth herein shall be liable for all damages which said bridges or structures may sustain. (Ord. 01-89 § 2, 2001.)