[CC 1970 §17-46; Ord. No. 680 §1, 9-20-1966]
For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on tracks and including but not limited to automobiles, motor trucks, motor buses, motorcycles, motorized bicycles and motor scooters.
TRAILER
Any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by self-propelled motor vehicles, except those running exclusively on tracks, including a semi-trailer or vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with self-propelled motor vehicles that a considerable part of its own weight rests upon and is carried by the towing vehicle.
[CC 1970 §17-47; Ord. No. 680 §2, 9-20-1966]
Every person engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles or trailers in the City shall apply to the City Clerk for a license so to do and shall, before obtaining such license, pay the license fee and post the certificate of insurance as is provided by this Article.
[CC 1970 §17-48; Ord. No. 680 §3, 9-20-1966]
Every person engaged in the business of renting or leasing such motor vehicles or trailers shall pay an annual license fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each such motor vehicle or trailer kept for hire to the public; provided, that the minimum annual license fee under the provisions of this Article shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). Motor vehicles or trailers acquired after July first (1st) of any year, the beginning of the license year, may be licensed on a pro rata basis; provided, that no license shall be issued for less than fifty percent (50%) of the annual license fee.
[CC 1970 §17-49; Ord. No. 680 §3, 9-20-1966]
Every license issued under the provisions of this Article shall expire on July thirty-first (31st) of each year.
[CC 1970 §17-50; Ord. No. 680 §4, 9-20-1966]
Any person engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles or trailers in the City shall not rent or lease any such motor vehicle to any person who does not have a valid motor vehicle driver's or operator's license issued in accordance with the provisions of the law of the State of which the person renting or leasing such motor vehicle is a resident.
[CC 1970 §17-51; Ord. No. 680 §5, 9-20-1966]
Any person renting or leasing any motor vehicle or trailer in the City shall make a permanent legible record containing the name, address and age of the person to whom such motor vehicle or trailer is rented or leased, the number and date of issue and expiration of such person's driver's or operator's license, the name of the State issuing the driver's or operator's license and a description of the person renting or leasing the vehicle as is shown by his/her driver's or operator's license. Such record shall also identify the vehicle rented or leased by the State registration or license number issued therefor. All records required by this Section shall be kept for a period of not less than one (1) year and shall at all times be open to inspection to any member of the Police Department of the City.
[CC 1970 §17-52; Ord. No. 680 §6, 9-20-1966]
Every person engaged in the business of renting and leasing a motor vehicle in the City shall file a certificate of insurance with the City Clerk for each motor vehicle to be rented or leased in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for injury or death to any one (1) person in any one (1) accident, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for injury or death to more than one (1) person in any one (1) accident and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for damage or destruction of property in any one (1) accident. This certificate of insurance shall be so conditioned that it cannot be canceled without ten (10) days' written notice of intent to cancel to the City. In case of cancellation of insurance, any license issued hereunder shall immediately become inoperative and void until another satisfactory certificate of insurance is filed with the City Clerk.