[Amended 11-16-2010 by Ord. No. 6626]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any motor vehicle or vehicles hereinafter mentioned, residing within the corporate limits of the City of Crystal Lake, to use or cause or permit any of their agents or employees to use any such motor vehicle along, upon and over the public streets, avenues or alleys and public places of said City, unless the same be licensed as hereinafter provided. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined as set forth in Chapter 248, Fines.
All vehicles whether rented by a resident of
the City or otherwise entitled to a person, firm or corporation who
is not a resident, but which are kept or used within the City by a
resident of the City for more than 30 days during the calendar year,
are hereby declared within and subject to the provisions of this article,
so long as they are driven or operated over the streets, avenues,
alleys, and public thoroughfares of the City, provided that this section
shall not apply to any vehicles which are currently licensed pursuant
to a valid ordinance of another city or village. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of carrying
passengers for hire, in motor driven vehicles, within the corporate
limits of the City of Crystal licensed pursuant to a valid ordinance
of another city or village. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to engage in the business of carrying passengers for
hire, in motor driven vehicles, within the corporate limits of the
City of Crystal Lake, without first obtaining a license in accordance
with the provisions of this article.
Whenever the term "motor vehicle" in either
the singular or plural is used in this article, it shall be construed
to include to mean vehicles propelled by automotive power, either
automobiles, motorcycles or mopeds, with the exception of traction
engines, farm tractors, road rollers and steam railways. This section
shall not apply to bicycles or other vehicles propelled by muscular
power.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to
operate any such motor vehicle or other vehicle, upon, along or over
the streets, avenues and alleys of said City shall make application
in writing to the Director of Finance of said City upon a form to
be provided by the City. Upon payment by the applicant of the license
fee hereinafter provided to the Director of Finance for the use of
said City, the Director of Finance shall issue or cause to be issued
a license which authorizes the use of such vehicle or vehicles upon,
along and over the public streets, avenues and alleys of said City,
during the period covered by such license.
[Amended 4-26-2005 by Ord. No. 5936; 2-20-2007 by Ord. No.
6161; 4-21-2015 by Ord. No. 7119]
The license fee to be paid to the Director of
Finance of said City shall include vehicle licenses for all automobiles,
motorcycles, motorbikes and trucks, and shall be fixed as follows:
A.
Commencing June 1, 2015, and continuing annually thereafter
for passenger cars, B-truck plate, motorcycles, motorbikes and mopeds:
(1)
If purchased between June 1 and July 15: $10.
(2)
If purchased between July 16 and September 30: $15.
(3)
If purchased between October 1 and May 30: $22.50.
(4)
Licenses issued on the above vehicles for a period
of less than six months: $6.75.
(5)
Applicants for motor vehicle licenses who have attained the
age of 65 shall pay a license fee of $1. One vehicle license will
be issued to each senior citizen at this reduced rate.
C.
For all vehicles of municipal corporations, for all
automobile dealer vehicles with licensed dealer plates, for all trucks
of construction businesses, including but not limited to gravel trucks,
cement trucks, road construction trucks, and all trucks of cartage
businesses and of utility companies which are stored within the City
of Crystal Lake but which are used primarily outside the City of Crystal
Lake, a license fee of $1 shall be paid.
D.
Applicants securing licenses, who have purchased motor
vehicles after the 15th day of July commencing with the year 2015,
shall have 15 days in which to secure a vehicle license, and if a
vehicle license is purchased within said fifteen-day period, the applicant
shall be entitled to the same proportionate fees as those purchasing
vehicle stickers prior to the 15th day of July of each year.
E.
A nonresident who becomes a resident of the City may,
for a period of the first 30 days of residence, operate any motor
vehicle without complying with the provisions of this article. Upon
expiration of such thirty-day period, such new resident must comply
with the provisions of this article and apply for a City vehicle license
and shall pay the fee therefor in accordance with the provisions of
this article.
A.
Upon the issuance of such licenses, the City Director
of Finance shall deliver to the applicant either a metal plate or
windshield sticker, bearing the number of the license which has been
issued for such vehicle and the year from which such license is issued.
B.
It shall be the duty of such licensee to affix such
metal plate or windshield sticker in a conspicuous place as directed
by the City on the front of any motor-propelled vehicle, where the
same may be easily seen, and it shall be unlawful to use or operate
any such licensed vehicle upon the streets, avenues and alleys of
said City unless such metal plate or windshield sticker is attached
thereto as herein provided.
