[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Flossmoor as Ch. 17 of the 1964 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this chapter:
Every motorcycle, every motor scooter, or every bicycle with
motor attached, with less than 150 cubic centimeter piston displacement.
Every vehicle which is self-propelled, but not operated upon
rails. For this chapter, motor vehicles are divided into two divisions:
FIRST DIVISIONThose motor vehicles which are designed for the carrying of not more than 10 persons.
SECOND DIVISIONThose motor vehicles which are designed for carrying more than 10 persons, those designed or used for living quarters and those motor vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying freight or cargo, and those motor vehicles of the First Division remodeled for use and used as motor vehicles of the Second Division.
Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of
the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in
contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
A motor vehicle of the First Division, that is, designed
for carrying not more than 10 persons.
Every motor vehicle originally designed or permanently converted
and used for living quarters or for human habitation and not used
as a commercial vehicle.
No person residing or having his principal place of business
within the Village shall own, operate or use a motor vehicle, and
no person shall operate or use a motor vehicle owned by any person
residing or having his principal place of business within the Village,
upon the roadways, streets and alleys of the Village unless such vehicle
is licensed as hereinafter provided, and the license is properly displayed.
Any person desiring a license for any such vehicle shall file
an application with the Village Clerk, upon such forms as the Village
Clerk shall prescribe, setting forth the name and address of the applicant,
a description of the vehicle for which the license is desired, the
place where such vehicle is to be kept when not in use, and such additional
information as may be required on said forms.
[Amended 4-21-2003 by FMC-386; 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
The annual fee to be paid for vehicle licenses shall be set forth in Chapter 150, Fees, Fines and Charges, Article 4. A senior is an owner who is 65 years of age as of April 15 of any calendar year. A senior fee shall apply to only one vehicle per household and upon furnishing satisfactory evidence of age.
[Amended 11-19-1990 by FMC-258; 12-15-1997 by FMC-338; 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
Such license fee shall be due and payable annually in advance on or before April 15 of each year, and the license shall be for one year. On or after October 15 in any year, the vehicle license fee (as shown in Chapter 150, Article 4) shall be reduced as provided below; provided, however, that this reduced rate shall apply only to the following "qualifying events": a person whose residency or business in the Village commenced on or after said date. Satisfactory proof of any qualifying event must be furnished by the applicant or no reduction is permitted.
A.
If purchased
within 30 days of the qualifying event, then 50% of the amount shown
in the "Fee" column.
B.
If purchased
after 30 days but less than 60 days after the qualifying event, then
50% of the amount shown in the "After 4/15" column.
C.
If purchased
60 days or more after the qualifying event, then 50% of the amount
shown in the "After 5/15" column.
[Amended 5-5-1986 by FMC-210; 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
Upon proper application and payment of the license fee, the
Village Clerk shall deliver to the applicant a sticker identifying
the category to which the said vehicle belongs, and bearing a number
and the year for which the said license is issued. It shall be the
duty of the applicant to affix such sticker on the front windshield
of the licensed vehicle in the lower right-side corner where it can
be readily seen but not so as to obstruct the vision of the driver,
except that a sticker issued for a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle
shall be conspicuously displayed on the rear of such vehicles. Vehicle
license stickers from prior years or other communities shall be removed
at the time the current sticker is affixed. It shall be unlawful for
any motor vehicle, although duly licensed, to be used upon the streets,
avenues or alleys of the Village unless such sticker for the current
year is so affixed.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
A.
Whenever the owner of a licensed vehicle transfers or assigns his
title, or interest thereto, the license to use such vehicle within
the Village shall expire and the owner shall not be entitled to any
refund of the license fee. The owner shall remove or mutilate the
vehicle license sticker, and so notify the Clerk.
B.
Such license may be transferred to another vehicle owned or operated by the same licensee upon proper application, surrender of the removed sticker or a portion thereof sufficient to identify it, and payment of a transfer fee as set forth in Chapter 150, Article 4, with such adjustment as may be necessary for differences in the motor vehicle category, whereupon the Clerk shall issue a new sticker.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
A fee as set forth in Chapter 150, Article 4, shall be charged for issuing a vehicle license sticker to replace any previously issued current vehicle license sticker. The Village Clerk shall, before issuing such replacement sticker, require satisfactory proof by the applicant that the sticker originally issued has been lost, destroyed or is no longer usable.
All revenues derived from such license fees shall be used only
for the purpose of improving, paving, repairing or maintaining the
streets, alleys and other public roadways within the Village, provided
that the actual cost of collecting and disbursing such fees may be
deducted from the total amount collected, and further provided that
35% of such fees may be used also for payment of salaries and wages
of policemen engaged in the regulation of traffic.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 17.010, Penalty, of the
1964 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 7-7-2014
by Ord. No. 2014-1783.
