Glasgow Weight Regulations ordinance (§ 370.250)

No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated on any highway, street or alley in the City having a greater weight than that described under Section 304.180, RSMo., provided that the Governing Body and State Highway Commission or their legal agents for their respective jurisdictions, whenever by thawing or frost, rains, or soft conditions due to construction, reconstruction and maintenance, adverse critical weather conditions, or other causes detrimental to the surface or physical condition of such highways, streets and alleys in the City are hereby authorized to limit the weights described under 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 for an ordinance violation, the registered owner of any such vehicle 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, City or interested person. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Section 304.240, RSMo., and the same rates of punishment shall apply where weights are limited in excess of those posted as apply to those exceeded under Section 304.180, RSMo.