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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 15, Page 833, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3 AND 4 OF AIV ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CLASSIFYING AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES PLYING THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, AND PRESCRIBING THE PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE", 'WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COD1MTS3IONERS ON DECEMBER 30, 1937, AND AMENDED ON JULY 28, 1953 AND ON DECEMBER 21, 1957 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That Sections 3 and 4 of an ordinance containing the title quoted above, which was adopted on December 30, 1937, and amended on July 2P, 1953 and on December 21, 1957, be further amended and re - ordained so that said section as amended and reordained shall read as follows: "SECTION 3. The license tax required to be paid hereunder is as follows: For each motorcycle - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- --- $2.00 10.00 For each and every passenger vehicle - - - - - - - - - - For each truck operated in the City of Paducah for business or for hire, and .for the purpose of raising revenue for exercising regulation over said motor trucks and for policing said city, and regulating the traffic therein and keeping in repair the public ways thereof, there is hereby levied and imposed, and ordered to be collected from all persons, firms, or corporations operating said motor trucks or. trainers loading or unloading in the City of Paducah, Kentucky, a license tax or privilege license on said trucks and trailers as follows: Gross Vehicle 'Weight: 0 to 10,000 pounds $10.00 10,000 to 18,000 " " 13.00 16.00 18,000 to 21,000 " 19.00 21,000 to 2h,000 " 22.00 24,000 to 27,000 " 25.00 27,000 to 32,000 28.00 32,000 to 36,000 " 31.00 36,000 to 4.2,000 !:2,000 and over 34.00 When trailers are attached to trucks or motor vehicles and used 833/ A - %,. AN" 4 . i S 5i.. for business, or for hire, in Paducah, the ton capacity or load of such trailer shall be added to the gross vehicle weight of said truck for the purpose of classifying said trucks. The City Treasurer is authorized, and empowered and directed to collect the license tax provided herein, which tax shall he payable on or before the first day of March in each year. If such license tax is not paid on or before said date on March 1st, there shall be added thereto a penalty of $2.00. The tax upon any vehicle acquired and operated on or after March 1 in any calendar year shall be due and payable at the end of thirty (30) days from the date it was acquired;: If such license tax is not paid during such thirty (30) day period, there shall be added thereto a penalty of $2.00. The license certificate or sticker issued by the City Treasurer 831 `7 shall be displayed in the lower right corner of the windshield on the licensed vehicle." "SECTION 4. Any person, corporation or company acquirinrr. a motor vehicle after the last day of March shall pay the following pro rate portion of the applicable license tax: April, May and June 75% of the license tax July, August and September 50% of the license tax October, November and December 25% of the license tax "Possession of a state license or license tag shall be conclusive evidence of ownership and operation of any automohile coming under the provisions of this ordinance. "It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or company to transfer from one motor vehicle to another any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance, and whenever any motor vehicle for which a license has been issued changes ownership, such license shall remain on said motor vehicle as a part thereof until the expiration of the year in which same was issued." SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extnet of such conflict, hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on and after March 2, 1966. i N!ayor Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 22, 1966 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 22, 1966.