For the purpose of this Article 7, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Hereby defined as and shall mean and include the following
vehicles propelled by mechanical power:
Vehicles designed primarily for carrying passengers, including
motorcycles and scooters.
Recreational vehicles, trucks, trailers and semitrailers designed
and primarily used for living quarters, for carrying freight or cargo
or for carrying more than 10 passengers, but not operated upon rails
or tracks.
It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle owner who resides,
maintains a business that operates a motor vehicle or that registers
a motor vehicle within the Village to use, or to cause or permit any
of his or her agents, employees, lessees, licensees or bailees to
use any motor vehicle, as herein defined, upon the public streets,
highways, alleys or public ways of the Village, unless such vehicle
is licensed as hereinafter provided.
No motor vehicle shall be licensed as herein provided unless
the same shall have been licensed by the Secretary of State as provided
by state law.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring a license for the use
or operation of a motor vehicle shall file an application therefor
with the Village Finance Director upon a form provided therefor, setting
forth the name and address of the applicant, a description of the
motor vehicle, and such other information as may be prescribed.
(B)
Certain individuals shall be entitled to a reduction of $10 in the
applicable license fee, as set forth below:
(1)
The individuals entitled to a reduced license fee under this Section 8-7-5(B) shall be those persons who qualify for benefits under the State of Illinois Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, 320 ILCS 25/1 et seq.;
(2)
To receive a reduced license fee, a qualifying person must submit
a copy of the completed Illinois Form IL-1363 circuit breaker application
filed with the state; and
(3)
The reduced license fee shall be limited to two motor vehicles
per household.
All such vehicle licenses shall expire on June 30 of the license
year to which they apply; provided, however, that while it shall be
unlawful to display such license from the first day on which it is
offered for sale for a new year, it shall not be unlawful to fail
to display such license for a new license year until the first day
of the license year.
(A)
Any owner of a motor vehicle acquired after January 1 of any license year, and any owner of a motor vehicle who becomes a resident of the Village after January 1 of any license year shall be issued a license for such motor vehicle for the remainder of the license year upon application to the Village Finance Director and payment of 1/2 of the annual fee provided in Section 8-7-5 of this Code. Such application shall be accompanied by either: (1) a bill of sale indicating that the vehicle was acquired after January 1 of that license year, or (2) proof that the applicant became a resident of the Village after January 1 of that license year.
(B)
If application for a license is not made within 30 days after the
acquisition of the motor vehicle or residency within the Village for
which a one-half-year license is sought, a late filing charge in an
amount as set forth in the Annual Fee Resolution[1] shall be assessed to all owners of a motor vehicle making
such an application.
Immediately upon the sale of any vehicle licensed under this
Article 7, when such sale is made prior to the date of expiration
of such license, the seller shall remove the license tag or sticker
from the vehicle so sold, and within three days after the date of
such sale shall send notification of such sale, showing the date thereof,
the license number of the vehicle so sold and the name and address
of the purchaser to the Village Finance Director; and thereupon such
license shall cease to apply to the vehicle so sold, except where
the seller shall apply to the Village Finance Director of his or her
desire to transfer to the purchaser of the vehicle the license issued
therefor.
Whenever the seller of any vehicle shall notify the Village
Finance Director of his or her desire to transfer to the purchaser
of any vehicle the license issued therefor, and when application for
transfer of such license is made to the Village Finance Director by
the purchaser of such vehicle, upon payment of a transfer fee in an
amount as set forth in the Annual Fee Resolution,[1] it shall be permissible for the Village Clerk, upon notification
by the Village Finance Director of the payment of such transfer fee
and upon the surrender of the old license, to transfer such license
to the assigned designated person by the seller but for use only on
the particular vehicle for which such license was originally issued.
Whenever the owner of any vehicle licensed under this Article
7, before the expiration of such license, sells or otherwise disposes
of such vehicle and notifies the Village Finance Director of such
sale, as hereinbefore provided, and thereafter acquires another vehicle,
of the same class as that for which said license was originally issued,
and desires to use said license on the new vehicle, such owner or
owners shall make application to the Village Finance Director for
transfer of said license, giving such detailed description of the
new vehicle as the Village Finance Director shall require. It shall
be permissible, upon payment of a transfer fee in an amount as set
forth in the Annual Fee Resolution[1] to the Village Finance Director, for the Village Clerk,
upon notification by the Village Finance Director of the payment of
such transfer fee and upon surrender of the old license, to authorize
the transfer of such license to the vehicle designated.
[Amended 10-16-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3020; 11-16-2021 by Ord. No.
2021-3574]
Upon the issuance of a license under the terms of this Article
7, the Village Manager shall deliver to the applicant a license sticker
which shall bear the word "Lincolnwood," and an identification number
and the year for which such license was issued.
Upon delivery of said license, it shall be the duty of such
applicant to firmly affix such license sticker on the lower left corner
of the interior side of the front windshield.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any vehicle license
sticker from any vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof.
[Amended 2-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-3661]
Duplicate vehicle licenses may be issued by the Village Finance
Director upon written request by the owner that his or her vehicle
license sticker has been lost or stolen and upon payment of an amount
as set forth in the Annual Fee Resolution[1] for the issuance of said duplicate license. It shall be
the duty of the Village Finance Director, upon receiving any such
request, to attach same to the original application and to notify
the Chief of Police that the original license number has been made
void.
The Village Finance Director shall keep an accurate record of
all licenses issued, for each license year, and shall immediately
file a copy of each license issued with the Chief of Police.
A late filing charge in an amount as set forth in the Annual
Fee Resolution[1] shall be assessed to all owners or operators of motor
vehicles within the Village for all payments received after the last
date for displaying such license has passed unless the owner or operator
was not required to purchase a license under the circumstances then
existing. Owners or operators of newly registered vehicles, either
by purchase or by change of address to within the corporate limits,
shall be subject to this late filing charge 30 days after issuance
of a license by the Secretary of State.
[Amended 11-16-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-3574]
All revenues derived from such license and transfer fees are
intended for the purpose of improving, paving, repairing or maintaining
the streets, alleys and other public roadways within the Village.
Fees may be used for the payment of salaries and wages of policemen
engaged in the duty of regulating traffic.
