[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Page as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-21-2006[1]; amended in its entirety 10-18-2016]
A.
The owner of every motor vehicle for which a current state license
is displayed and which is normally garaged, stored or parked within
the County shall pay an annual County license fee for such vehicle.
B.
The situs for the imposition of licensing fees under this article
shall in all cases, except as hereinafter provided, be the locality
in which the motor vehicle is normally garaged, stored, or parked.
If it cannot be determined where the vehicle is normally garaged,
stored or parked, the situs shall be the domicile of its owner.
There is hereby assessed to any person owning a motor vehicle
normally garaged, stored or parked in Page County on January 1 of
each year a Page County motor vehicle license fee.
A.
On each and every motor vehicle there shall be an annual license
fee of $30, and on each and every motorcycle an annual license fee
of $12.50.
B.
The amount of the license fee imposed by Page County under this article
shall not be greater than the amount of the license fee imposed by
the commonwealth on that vehicle.
A.
The provisions of this article shall not be construed as to impose
a license fee upon any motor vehicle when:
(1)
The Chief of each volunteer fire department and volunteer emergency
rescue squad prepares and certifies a list of active members of the
respective departments or squads who regularly respond to calls or
perform other duties for the department or squad and who reside in
the County outside the corporate limits of the Towns of Luray, Shenandoah
and Stanley. The certified list will include the complete name of
each individual, his/her residence address, and the identification
number, and description of the vehicle owned or leased by such active
member and to be certified for exemption. Each individual so certified
will complete the required application form, submit it to the Chief
who will attach all individual applications to the certified listing
and submit to the Treasurer of the County. After reviewing and comparing
the certified listings and applications with the personal property
tax rolls, the Treasurer will issue one exempt license without charge
to each certified member. No member of a volunteer rescue squad or
volunteer fire department shall be issued an exemption for more than
one vehicle.
(2)
The motor vehicle is operated by a common carrier of persons or property
operating between cities and towns in the commonwealth and not in
intracity transportation or between cities and towns on the one hand
and points and places without cities and towns on the other not intracity
transportation.
(3)
Antique motor vehicles and antique trailers, as defined in § 46.2-100,
Code of Virginia 1950, as amended, registered and licensed by the
state in accordance with § 46.2-730A, Code of Virginia 1950,
as amended, shall be exempt from the payment of the license fee levied
under this article, provided that other statutory conditions are met.
In order to qualify for exemption, an antique motor vehicle and antique
trailer registered and licensed under § 46.2-730, Code of
Virginia 1950, as amended, shall not be used for general transportation
purposes, including, but not limited to, daily travel to and from
the owner's place of employment, but shall only be used:
(a)
For participation in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades
and similar events; and
(4)
The motor vehicle is owned and used personally by any veteran who
holds a current state motor vehicle registration card establishing
that he has received a disabled veterans' exemption from the
Department of Motor Vehicles and has been issued a disabled veterans'
motor vehicle license plate as prescribed in § 46.2-739
of the Code of Virginia.
(5)
The motor vehicle is owned and operated by a person who has been
issued license plates evidencing the person was a prisoner of war.
B.
All fees collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited by
the Treasurer in the general fund of the County.
A.
Upon request of the Page County Treasurer, no motor vehicle shall
be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles until such applicant
for a license has paid all personal property taxes and the license
fee assessed hereunder upon the motor vehicle to be licensed and until
the Department of Motor Vehicles has been provided satisfactory evidence
by the Treasurer of Page County that any delinquent motor vehicle,
personal property taxes or license fees which have properly assessed
or are assessable against the applicant by the County has been paid.
B.
Upon request of the Page County Treasurer, no motor vehicle license
shall be issued by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles unless
the tangible personal property taxes properly assessed or assessable
by the County on any tangible personal property used or usable as
a dwelling and owned by the taxpayer have been paid.
C.
Upon request of the Page County Treasurer, no motor vehicle license
shall be issued by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to an
owner of a motor vehicle where a fee is required to be paid pursuant
to this article but qualified under the provisions hereof for a waiver
of the fee until the applicant for such license or registration from
the Department of Motor Vehicles has produced before the Page County
Treasurer, or the Treasurer's agent, satisfactory evidence that
all personal property taxes upon the motor vehicle have been paid
and satisfactory evidence of any delinquent personal property taxes
due with respect to the vehicle which have been properly assessed
or are assessable against the owner have been paid.
The license year with respect to which the fee required to be
paid under this article is assessed shall be January 1 through December
31 of each year. The fee assessed under this article shall be assessed
to the owner of each motor vehicle as provided in this article for
motor vehicles owned January 1 of each year. The fee shall be payable
on or before June 5 of each year. The fees assessed by this article
will be based upon ownership of vehicles on fee assessment day, that
is January 1 of each year, and the period for which the license is
effective shall be January 1 through December 31.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as imposing a license
fee on any such vehicle in excess of the amount authorized by state
law.
The Treasurer shall, after the due date of any license fee required
by this section, collect such license fee in accordance with the provisions
of § 58.1-3919, Code of Virginia 1950, as amended, and any
other applicable state law. Additionally, the Treasurer shall have
the authority to take any action authorized by § 46.2-752J,
Code of Virginia 1950, as amended.
Any person failing to pay the fee imposed by this article on
or before the due date shall incur a late payment penalty thereon
of 10% of the tax due and payable, together with interest on the late
payment of the tax from the due date until the date of payment at
a rate of 10% per annum.
[Adopted 1-18-2011; amended in its entirety 10-18-2016]
Every person operating a moped, as defined in § 46.2-100,[1] on a public street or highway shall wear a face shield,
safety glasses, or goggles of a type approved by the Superintendent
or have his moped equipped with safety glass or a windshield at all
times while operating such vehicle, and operators and passengers thereon,
if any, shall wear protective helmets of a type approved by the Superintendent.
A violation of any such ordinance shall not constitute negligence,
be considered in mitigation of damages of whatever nature, be admissible
in evidence or be the subject of comment by counsel in any action
for the recovery of damages arising out of the operation, ownership,
or maintenance of a moped or motor vehicle, nor shall anything in
this section change any existing law, rule, or procedure pertaining
to any such civil action. Any person who knowingly violates any such
ordinance shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and be subject to
a fine of not more than $50.
[1]
Editor’s Note: See Code of Virginia.
