[Ord. No. 85-55 §16, 4-4-1985]
For the purpose of this Article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them:
Any self-propelled motor vehicle designed or regularly used
for the conveyance of passengers.
A motor vehicle operated on two (2) or three (3) wheels.
Any self-propelled motor vehicle designed or regularly used
for carrying freight, merchandise, supplies or materials.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §17, 4-4-1985; Ord. No. 02-05, 12-1-2005]
The City motor vehicle license shall be annual and valid from
the thirty-first (31st) day of December of each year to the thirtieth
(30th) day of December following at which time any City motor vehicle
license issued during said calendar year shall expire and become void.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §18, 4-4-1985]
Owners of a motor vehicle required to purchase a City motor
vehicle license shall present to the City Collector evidence of motor
vehicle ownership, and such other information as may be required.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §19, 4-4-1985]
Parking of a vehicle on any public street without the vehicle
having the proper City license shall constitute a violation of this
Article.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §20, 4-4-1985]
No license shall be issued under this Article until all City
personal and merchant's taxes of the applicant for such license for
all preceding years, lawfully due, are paid.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §21, 4-4-1985; Amendment to Ord. No.
85-55, 7-9-1992]
Annual license fees for all automobiles and motorcycles are
hereby imposed by this Article and shall be as follows:
All license fees for cars: $3.25.
All motorcycles: $2.75.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §22, 4-4-1985; Amendment to Ord. No.
85-55, 7-9-1992]
Annual license fees for trucks are hereby imposed by this Article
and shall be as follows:
Under one (1) ton: $3.75.
One (1) ton and over: $5.25.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §23, 4-4-1985]
The City Collector is hereby authorized to prorate the fee for
the balance of the calendar year on the basis of one-twelfth (1/12)
per month. The prorating shall be based on the date the applicant
obtains the motor vehicle or becomes a resident of the City.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §24, 4-4-1985]
Upon the application thereof, and upon payment of the appropriate
fee, the City Collector shall issue a City motor vehicle license to
the applicant.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §25, 4-4-1985]
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully, by means of
false representation, or by the use of any false or fictitious name
or address, or by the use of any other deceptive means, obtain, or
induce, procure or aid in procuring the issuance of any motor vehicle
license, or to knowingly use any such license without the payment
of the license fee required.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §26, 4-4-1985]
Any person making an application for a City motor vehicle license
issued in lieu of a lost, stolen or mutilated license shall be required
to purchase a new license and shall pay the sum of fifty cents ($0.50)
for the license in lieu of the original license.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §27, 4-4-1985]
All motor vehicles shall have the required City motor vehicle
license displayed by being affixed on the inside of the glass part
of the right front window or lower right corner of the windshield
in such a manner that the reading matter thereon shall face forward
and be readable through the glass.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §28, 4-4-1985]
City motor vehicle license shall be annual and valid from the
first (1st) day of July of each year to the thirtieth (30th) day of
June following, at which time, any City motor vehicle license issued
during said calendar year shall expire and become void.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §29, 4-4-1985]
A one dollar ($1.00) per month delinquency penalty shall be
added to the regular license tax if the same be not paid on or before
thirty (30) days from the date due.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §30, 4-4-1985]
It shall be unlawful for any person to make a replica, facsimile
or counterfeit of any motor vehicle license issued by the City Collector,
or to erase or change the numbers of any such license, or to knowingly
use any replica, facsimile or counterfeit of any such license.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §31, 4-4-1985]
The City Collector is hereby authorized to transfer a City motor
vehicle license for an owner, from one vehicle to another, upon payment
of a fifty cent ($0.50) transfer fee provided that the horsepower
of the latter vehicle is in the same class as the former vehicle.
The additional cost of the new license shall not be prorated as provided
by this Article.
[Ord. No. 85-55 §32, 4-4-1985]
No City motor vehicle licensed issued under this Article shall
be transferred to any person, nor shall such license be used for any
motor vehicle other than the one for which it was issued and described
in the license receipt issued therewith.
