State Law Reference — Authority to tax, RSMo. 301.340.
Cross Reference — Abandoned vehicles §235.200.
[CC 1971 §23-25; Ord. No. 568 §12, 10-17-1967]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the words "motor vehicle" shall mean and include any vehicle with a self-contained engine
operating on gasoline, other petroleum derivatives or electric power.
[CC 1971 §23-26; Ord. No. 568 §12, 10-17-1967; Ord. No. 804 §380.020, 8-31-1993]
The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to, and licenses need not be obtained for, any motor vehicle owned by the City or farm equipment or vehicle owned by residents of "R-A" Rural Agricultural District as defined under Section 400.040 of this Code.
[CC 1971 §23-27; Ord. No. 568 §1, 10-17-1967]
Every person residing within the City who is the owner of a
motor vehicle which is in operable condition and which is operated
within the City at any time during any calendar year shall pay a license
tax or fee to the City on each and every motor vehicle so owned unless
otherwise hereinafter provided.
[CC 1971 §23-28; Ord. No. 568 §5, 10-17-1967]
Every resident of the City owning a motor vehicle for which
a license is required by this Chapter shall make application therefor
to the City Collector; which application shall contain the make of
the vehicle, type of vehicle, year of make and statement of ownership.
[CC 1971 §23-29; Ord. No. 568 §2, 10-17-1967; Ord. No. 616 §1, 10-1-1974]
A.
The
license tax or fee imposed by this Chapter shall be as follows:
1.
All motor vehicles of less than twenty-three (23) horsepower shall
pay a license fee of one-half (½) that charged for a State
license.
2.
All motor vehicles of twenty-three (23) horsepower or more, or trucks
up to one (1) ton capacity shall pay a license fee of five dollars
($5.00).
3.
All trucks, one (1) ton or more capacity shall pay a license fee
of seven dollars ($7.00).
4.
Every person who is the owner of a fleet of motor vehicles shall
pay a license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and a window sticker
shall be issued for each motor vehicle in said fleet. A fleet shall
be defined as five (5) or more vehicles, whether automobiles or trucks,
which is owned by the same person.
[Ord. No. 616 §2, 10-1-1974]
Manufacturers or dealers in motor vehicles shall not be required
to license motor vehicles considered as stock of merchandise. However,
vehicles used for the personal requirements by such manufacturers
or dealers shall be licensed as a manufacturers or dealers vehicle
for which a special number shall be issued upon the payment of a license
fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). This number shall and may be
used for demonstrators or other motor vehicles driven by such manufacturer
or dealer.
[CC 1971 §23-31; Ord. No. 568 §8, 10-17-1967]
In the event of the loss, mutilation or destruction of any license
sticker by the person to whom said sticker is issued a new sticker
may be obtained from the City Collector upon the payment of one dollar
($1.00) and filing of an affidavit showing and stating that such sticker
was lost, mutilated or destroyed and upon the presentation, where
possible, of such mutilated sticker.
[CC 1971 §23-32; Ord. No. 485 §§1,2, 4-5-1960]
A.
No
motor vehicle license sticker shall be issued under this Chapter unless
the applicant therefor shall present to the City Collector a tax receipt
showing that all of said applicant's personal property taxes have
been paid by the applicant or that no such taxes were assessed against
applicant's personal property.
B.
The
City Collector shall issue a tax receipt when taxable tangible personal
property taxes are paid; or upon request, a receipt or other evidence
showing that applicant's personal property was not assessed.
[CC 1971 §23-33; Ord. No. 568 §5, 10-17-1967]
Upon compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, the City
Collector shall issue a motor vehicle license to the applicant therefor.
Such license shall be in the form of a sticker for the windshield
of the vehicle and shall be numbered.
[CC 1971 §23-34; Ord. No. 568 §3, 10-17-1967]
All licenses issued by the City under the provisions of this
Chapter shall expire on the thirty-first (31st) of December next after
such license is issued.
[CC 1971 §23-35; Ord. No. 568 §4, 10-17-1967]
New licenses required by this Chapter may be obtained from the
City Collector after payment of the required fee on or before the
first day of March following the expiration of such previous license.
[CC 1971 §23-36; Ord. No. 568 §4, 10-17-1967]
If any person shall fail to obtain or renew a license under
the provisions of this Chapter, a penalty of fifty cents ($.50) per
month shall be added to the required license tax.
[CC 1971 §23-37; Ord. No. 568 §4, 10-17-1967]
The provisions of this Chapter to the contrary notwithstanding,
any person who shall establish residence within the City after March
1 of any year shall be permitted to purchase a license under this
Chapter at any time within sixty (60) days following such establishment
of residence without penalty; and the costs for such license shall
be pro-rated for the year as of the time that such residence is established.
[CC 1971 §23-38; Ord. No. 568 §6, 10-17-1967]
All license stickers issued under this Chapter shall be prominently
displayed on the windshield of each vehicle upon which the license
sticker is issued.
[CC 1971 §23-39; Ord. No. 568 §§ 9,11, 10-17-1967]
The license sticker issued under the provisions of this Chapter
shall be nontransferable. Upon transfer of ownership of a licensed
vehicle, the person who shall have obtained the sticker for the same
shall destroy its current sticker by removing the same from the windshield
of such vehicle. A new license sticker shall be obtained for such
vehicle by the new owner if such new owner shall be a resident of
the City.
[CC 1971 §23-40; Ord. No. 568 §9, 10-17-1967]
If a resident shall obtain a motor vehicle during the current
license year, by purchase or transfer thereof, he shall obtain a license
sticker therefor under the provisions of this Chapter. However, if
such vehicle was obtained after March 1, the license tax shall be
pro-rated for the balance of the license year. The date of pro-rating
shall be the date of the transfer of title of such vehicle.
