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sufficient to cover the costs, the applicant shall pay the difference within 30 days of the billing date. No refund of the cost of an engineering study shall be made where, for any reason, the permit apphed for is uot issued. (e) Permit in vehicle. Every permit issued under this section shall be carried in the vehicle to which it refers and shall be available for inspection by any law enforcement er by the City Manager Or his designee. (f) Reduced speed. Each vehicle, when loaded according to the provisions of a permit issued under this section, shall be operated at a reduced speed. The reduced speed limit shall be ten miles per hour slower than the legal speed limit in 55, 45 and 35 mile per hour speed limit zones. (g) Conformity to legal limits. No pen-mit shall be issued for any vehicle or load which reasonably can be reduced to the limitations of the size and ~veight contained in Code of Virginia, so as not to require a penuit under this sectiun~ The weight and size must be reduced to the absolute minimum and loaded in such a manner that will most nearly conform to legal limits. (h) Exemption. No permit shall be required under this section for vehicles exceeding maximum size requirements where such vehicles are exempt from size limitations under the Code of Virginia. (i) Violation; penalty. It shall be a class 1 misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the terms of the permit or of this section. In addition, the permit may be revoked for any such violation, upon convictiou thereof, absenta showing that the violation was based upon emergency or extenuating circumstances. A permit shall not be reissued within six months of revocation. Sec. 22-266.2. Police escort for certain ovenveight and oversize vehicles. Whenever a special permit is issued by City Manager or his designee for overweight and oversize vehicles pursuant to this chapter or to the Code of Virginia, and whenever it is determined that a police escort for such vehicles is required, a fee in the amount $50.00 plus the actual costs of each police officer and equipment so required shall be charged to the holder of such special permit. A police escort shall be required for movement of 14 feet or greater width loads on all two lane roads. Sec. 22-268.1. Vehicles hauling excavated material. The City Manager or his designee, upon written application made by the owner or operator, shall issue overweight permits for operation of certain vehicles hauling excavated material from construction-related land-clearing operations. Permits shall be issued under this section only for vehicles that have either (i) four axles with more than twenty-two feet between the first and last axle of the vehicle or (ii) three axles. Any