[CC 1974 §335.010; Ord. No. 1582 §§1 — 2, 9-19-2002]
A.
Each
resident of the City owning or holding any automobile or motor truck
within the limits of the City and operated or parked on the streets
and alleys of the City on the first (1st) day of January, including
all such property purchased on that day, shall be liable for taxes
thereon during the same calendar year in the sum of four dollars ($4.00).
The license fee required under this Section and any unpaid license
fee previously required under this Section before this amendment shall
be billed by the City on the bills issued for personal property taxes
for the City and shall be collected with and in the same manner as
personal property tax as provided by State Statutes.
B.
Any
person violating the terms of this Section by failing to pay said
annual license tax as provided herein shall be punished by a fine
of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for
a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
C.
Any
person violating the terms of this Section by failing to pay said
annual license tax as provided herein shall have water service discontinued
by the City on the thirtieth (30th) day of January following the day
when said license tax was due, if the said annual license tax remains
unpaid.
