[CC 1974 §13-10.5; Ord. No. 168 §1, 11-9-1988]
A.
MOTOR VEHICLE
OWNER
REGISTER (REGISTERED)
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this Subsection:
Any self-propelled vehicle including, but not limited to,
motor bikes, mini-bikes and motorcycles, except traction engines,
road rollers, fire extinguishing apparatus and such vehicles as operate
only on rails or tracks.
Includes not only the actual owner of any motor vehicle but
also any person, firm or corporation renting a motor vehicle or having
the exclusive use thereof under lease or otherwise for a period of
more than thirty (30) days.
To obtain and complete the proper application for a municipal
motor vehicle license as provided in this Section.
B.
Municipal Motor Vehicle License Required — When. All
motor vehicles operated or owned by persons who are residents of the
City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri, or by persons who maintain a living
abode within said City, when said vehicle is not being used exclusively
outside of the City, and operation or parking of any motor vehicle
within this City without such municipal motor vehicle license shall
be a violation of this Section.
1.
Every such owner, operator, resident or business operator shall apply
for or cause to be applied for a municipal motor vehicle license annually
upon a blank furnished by the City of Lake Waukomis for that purpose.
Upon proper application as set forth under these ordinances, a suitable
license sticker shall be issued by the City of Lake Waukomis, which
shall be affixed by the applicant or owner to the lower left-hand
corner of the front windshield of such motor vehicle so as to be in
plain view, and such that the reading matter thereon shall face forward
and be readable through the glass.
2.
Such license stickers shall be affixed to the front windshield of
such motor vehicle, as provided herein, no later than January thirty-first
(31st) of the year for which said sticker was issued unless such motor
vehicle was acquired or became subject to this license requirement
after January first (1st) in any given year, in which case such license
stickers shall be affixed as aforesaid within thirty (30) days of
the date such motor vehicle became subject to this license requirement.
C.
License Issued — When. The license herein provided
for shall be issued for the period beginning January first (1st) and
shall expire December thirty-first (31st) of each year.
D.
Replacement Stickers. The license sticker issued pursuant
to this Section is not transferable from one motor vehicle to another.
If the motor vehicle for which such license sticker is issued is disposed
of and replaced by another vehicle, or a windshield is broken, a new
license sticker must be obtained by surrendering the remnants of the
old sticker to the City Collector, furnishing proof of transfer of
ownership of such motor vehicle or destruction of such motor vehicle's
windshield. Upon the transfer of the ownership of any motor vehicle
for which a motor vehicle license sticker was issued hereunder, the
license shall be void, and the license sticker shall be scraped off
and destroyed by the seller.
E.
Personal Property Taxes Must Have Been Paid. Before the
properly designated official of the City of Lake Waukomis shall issue
a motor vehicle license to the applicant, the owner or operator of
such motor vehicle must not be delinquent in his/her personal property
taxes for any preceding year in the City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri.
For the purpose of this Section, the information contained in the
records maintained by the City Collector shall be prima facie evidence
as to whether or not said owner or operator has paid all personal
property taxes for the year or years preceding, unless said applicant
shall produce an authentic receipt from the City Collector for the
year or years in question.
F.
City Collector To Issue License Sticker. The City Collector
shall be the properly designated official of the City of Lake Waukomis,
Missouri, to issue and to collect such license tax as provided for
in this Section.
G.
Remuneration. The remuneration to be paid the City Official
collecting said license tax shall be determined by the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri.
H.
Misdemeanor — Fines. Any owner, operator, resident
or business operator of any motor vehicle subject to the requirements
of this Section who shall fail to timely apply for the municipal motor
vehicle license as provided for herein, or who shall fail to display
the required license sticker as provided herein, or any applicant
who shall make false statements in the application for said motor
vehicle license as provided for herein, or who shall violate this
Section in any way shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined not less than two dollars ($2.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00); provided however, that any person
convicted of failing to timely apply for and affix such license sticker
as required by this Section shall be fined a minimum of two dollars
($2.00) for each succeeding month after January thirty first (31st)
of each year that such owner failed to timely apply for and affix
such license sticker.
