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ORDINANCE NO. 69-11-261
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3 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 LAST AMENDED
ON MARCH 7, 1967
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 3 of an ordinance containing the title
quoted above, which was adopted on December 30, 1937 and last amended
on March 7, 1967, be further amended and reordained so that said section
as amended and reordained shall read as follows:
"SECTION 3. The license tax required to be paid hereunder
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Sub -section (a)
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For each motorcycle - - - - - - - - - - - $5.00
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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 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 pounds 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.
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Sub -section (d)
The City Treasurer is authorized, empowered and directed to
collect the license tax provided for in Sub -section (a) and (b) of
this Section, which tax shall be payable on or before the first day
of March in each year.
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 -sections (d) and (e) of this
Section, there shall be added thereto a penalty of $2.00.
Sub -section (q)
The tax upon any vehicle acquired and operated after the date
mentioned in Sub -sections (d) and (e) of this Section, whichever date
is applicable, in any calendar year, shall be due and payable at the
end of thirty (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 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
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Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners November 11, 1969
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, November 11, 1969.