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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 16, Page 70, No Ordinance Number70/ nGw" AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3 AND 4 OF AN 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 COMMISSIONERS ON DECEMBER 30, 1937, AND AMENDED ON FEBRUARY 22, 1966, AND RECORDED IN ORDINANCE BOOK 15, PAGE 833 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 February 22, 1966, and recorded in Ordinance Book 15, page $33, be further amended and reordained so that said sections as amended and reordained shall read as follows: "SECTION 3. The license tax required to be paid hereunder is as follows: Sub -section (a) For each motorcycle - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $2,00 Sub -section (b) For each and every passenger vehicle - - - - - - - - - - - 10.00 Sub -section (c) For each truck operated in the City of Paducah for business or for hire, and for the purpose of raising revenue for exercising regulations 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 trailers loadinff 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 18,000 to 21,000 " 16.00 21,000 to 24,000 " 19.00 24,000 to 27,000 " 22.00 27,000 to 32,000 " 25.00 32,000 to 36,000 " 28.00 36,000 to 42,000 " 31.00 42,000 and over 34.00 When trailers are attached to trucks or motor vehicles and used 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. Sub -section (d) The City Treasurer is authorized, empowered and directed to collect the license tax provided for in Sub -sections (a) and (b) of this Section, which tax shall be payable on or before the first day of March in each year. 71 Sub -section (e) The City Treasurer is authorized, empowered and directed to collect the license tax provided for in Sub -section (c) of this Section, which tax shall be payable on or before the first day of April in each year. Sub -section (f) If the license tax required by this Section is not paid before the applicable date as set forth in Sub -section (e) and (f) of this Section, there shall be added thereto a penalty of $2.00. Sub -section (a) The tax upon any vehicle acquired and operated after the date mentioned in Sub -section (d) and (e) of this Section, whichever date is applicable, in any calendar ,year, shall be due and payable at the end of thiryt (30) days from the date it was acquired. Sub -section (h) The license certificate or sticker issued by the City Treasurer shall be displayed in the lower right corner of the windshield of the licensed vehicle. "SECTION 4. Any person, corporation or company acquiring a motor vehicle after the first day of April shall pay the following pro rata portion of the applicable license tax: April (after the first day of April May and June 75% of the license tax July, August and Spetember 5% 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 automobile 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 extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. 72 SECTION 3, This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and shall be retroactive to March 1, 1967. ayor Passed by the Board of Commissioners March 7, 1967 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, March 7, 1967.