[Code 1962, §§ 17-247, 17-248, 17-255; amended
by Ord. No. 105, 5-23-1977; Ord.
No. 201, 3-14-1983; Ord. of 4-10-1995; Ord. No. 2005-4, 2-28-2005; 2-22-2010; 6-28-2010; 11-22-2010]
(a) No person shall operate a passenger automobile, truck, bus, motorcycle,
motor bicycle, or motor scooter on the streets of the City unless
a current license fee has been collected for such vehicle by the Treasurer.
Failure to pay the license fee shall constitute a violation of this
article, whether or not the vehicle is in actual operation or on a
public road or street.
(b) This section shall not apply to a vehicle owned by a person who does
not actually reside in the City or by a firm or corporation which
does not actually maintain a place of business in the City unless
the vehicle is kept within the corporate limits of the City at least
three nights, on an average, in each week, in which case such license
fee must be collected by the City; except any owner or operator of
a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer from another locality that
is a party to the compact with the City for the regional enforcement
of local motor vehicle license requirements, provided that the owner
or operator is required by the jurisdiction of situs to obtain and
display such license.
(c) This section shall not apply to a vehicle for which has been purchased,
in addition to current state license tags of this or any other state,
a current city, town or county tag of a city, town or county in this
or any other state.
(d) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 4
misdemeanor, and each day's violation shall constitute a separate
offense. Any person desiring to pay the fine for such summons issued
for such violation shall be required to provide proof that a current
license fee, as required by this article, has been paid.
[Ord. No. 201, 3-14-1983; amended by Ord. No. 2005-4, 2-28-2005; amended 2-22-2010; 6-28-2010; 11-22-2010]
(a) The Treasurer shall exempt a license fee for one automobile or truck
weighing 6,000 pounds or less which is owned by an active member of
the City's volunteer Fire Department, by an honorary member who has
10 or more years' active service as a volunteer in the Fire Department
although presently inactive, or by a person who was an honorary member
of the Fire Department as of January 1, 1983, but who had less than
10 years' active service.
(b) Such active or honorary member shall submit a letter to the Treasurer from the City's chief of emergency services stating that the member is an active member of the Fire Department or that he is an honorary member who meets the requirements of Subsection
(a).
[Code 1962, §§ 17-249, 17-254; amended by Ord. No. 105, 5-23-1977; Ord. No. 93-8, 11-8-1993; Ord. of 8-22-1994; 6-28-2010; 11-22-2010]
(a) The license year shall commence on the first day of January of each
year and shall expire on the 31st day of December for the same calendar
year.
(b) In case a vehicle is acquired or otherwise becomes subject to the
provisions of this article during the license year, the license fee
must be paid within 30 days from the date that the vehicle becomes
subject to this article.
[Code 1962, §§ 17-246, 17-250; amended by Ord. No. 105, 5-23-1977; Ord. No. 189, 4-12-1982; Ord. No. 207, 5-31-1983; Ord. of 5-11-1987; Ord. of 4-22-1996; Ord. of 2-9-1998; 6-28-2010; 11-22-2010]
(a) There is hereby levied an annual license fee on motor vehicles required
to be licensed under this article, which fee shall be collected when
the personal property taxes are due December 5th each year and shall
be in the following amounts:
(1)
For passenger automobiles and taxicabs, as defined in §
28-1 of this Code, pickup trucks and panel trucks, the fee shall be based on the weight of the vehicles as follows:
|
Weight
(pounds)
|
Fee
|
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4,000 or less
|
$23
|
|
4,001 or more
|
$28
|
(2)
For buses, the fee shall be $0.25 per 100 pounds of weight,
or major fraction thereof, based on the manufacturer's shipping weight
or scale weigh.
(3)
For motorcycles, motor bicycles and motor scooters, the fee
shall be $8.
(4)
For trucks, other than pickup trucks and panel trucks, the fee
shall be based upon the gross weight of the vehicle when loaded to
the maximum capacity for which it is registered and licensed by the
state as follows:
|
Weight
(pounds)
|
Fee
|
---|
|
10,000 or less
|
$29
|
|
10,001 to 12,000
|
$30
|
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12,001 to 15,000
|
$32
|
|
15,001 to 20,000
|
$35
|
|
20,001 to 25,000
|
$40
|
|
Over 25,000
|
$45
|
(5)
For semitrailers, the fee shall be $15.
(6)
For other trailers, including but not limited to boat trailers
and utility trailers, the fee shall be $6.50.
(b) There shall be no refund or proration of any license fee paid for
any vehicle disposed of or moved out of the City after January 15th
of each year.
(c) No license fee pursuant to Subsection
(a) shall be required for any one motor vehicle owned and used personally by any disabled veteran as defined in Code of Virginia, § 46.2-100.
(d) The license fee for vehicles issued special state license plates for members of the Virginia National Guard pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 46.2-744, shall be 1/2 the fee prescribed in Subsection
(a). This provision shall be applicable only to passenger automobiles and pickups or panel trucks as defined in Code of Virginia, § 46.1-100.
[Code 1962, § 17-246; amended by Ord. No. 105, 5-23-1977; Ord. No. 190, 4-26-1982; Ord. No. 2005-4, 2-28-2005; 2-22-2010; 6-28-2010]
The applicant for such license fee shall produce satisfactory
evidence before the Treasurer that all personal property taxes upon
the motor vehicle to be licensed have been paid and satisfactory evidence
that any delinquent motor vehicle personal property taxes owing have
been paid which have been properly assessed or are assessable against
the applicant by the City.
[Code 1962, § 17-253; amended by Ord. No. 105, 5-23-1977; Ord. No. 2005-4, 2-28-2005; 2-22-2010; 6-28-2010]
(a) License fees paid under this article may not be transferred from
one vehicle to another.
(b) An owner who sells or transfers a vehicle which is currently licensed
under this article may apply for a license fee to be paid for another
vehicle titled in such owner's name, which is in a like vehicle category
as the original vehicle and which requires an identical license fee,
upon application to the Treasurer accompanied by a transfer fee of
$1 and the amount of the difference in licenses fees between the two
vehicles.