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<br />21 <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JANUARY 22, 1974 <br /> <br />/- <br /> <br />(a) The license tax to be paid by the owner of any motor vehicle used <br />in the transportation of passengers not for compensation shall be ten <br />dollars ($10.00) per year, including leased motor vehicles rented or <br />hired by a lessee for a period of at least twelve consecutive months, <br />or longer, under a written lease or written agreement. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />(b) The license tax to be paid on each motor vehicle, trailer, or <br />semi-trailer kept or used for rent or for hire, or operated under a <br />lease without chauffeur for the transportation of passengers, shall <br />be forth-five cents (45~) per 100 pounds of weight or major fraction <br />thereof, but in no case shall the fee be less than ten dollars ($10.00). <br />This section shall not apply to motor vehicles used as common carriers <br />nor shall it apply to motor vehicles rented or hired by a lessee for a <br />period of twelve consecutive months, or longer, under a written lease <br />or written agreement. <br /> <br />(c) The license tax to be paid by the owner of any motorcycle shall be <br />three dollars ($3.00) per year, plus two dollars ($2.00) additional if <br />the motorcycle is equipped with a side-car. <br /> <br />(d) The license tax to be paid on each taxi-cab and other vehicles kept <br />for rent or hire, operated with a chauffeur for the transportation of <br />passengers, shall be ninety cents ($.90) per 100 pounds of weight or <br />major fraction thereof. This does not apply to vehicles used as common <br />carriers. <br /> <br />(e) The license tax to be paid on each motor vehicle not designed and/or <br />used for the transportation of passengers shall be determined by the gross <br />weight of the vehicle or combination of the vehicles of which it is a part <br />when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is registered and licensed <br />and shall be ten cents ($.10) per 100 pounds of weight or major fraction <br />thereof; provided, however, that in no case shall the fee be less than <br />twelve dollars ($12.00). <br /> <br />One-half of the annual tax prescribed by subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) <br />above shall be collected whenever any license plates are issued during the period <br />beginning on the 1st day of October in any year and ending on the 15th day of January <br />in the same license year, and one-third of such tax shall be collected whenever any <br />license plate is issued after the 15th day of January in any license year. <br /> <br />Provided, however, no motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall be locally <br />licensed unless and until all personal property taxes upon the motor vehicle, <br />trailer, or semi-trailer to be licensed have been paid which have been properly <br />assessed or assessable against the owner by the City of Martinsville. And the <br />City Treasurer shall compile from his records a list of all persons who have not <br />paid such personal property taxes upon such motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer <br />for the year 1973. <br /> <br />This ordinance shall not apply to residents of another city, town or county in <br />the State of Virginia who have paid a similar and current license tax to the city, <br />town or county in which they are a resident. The license tax hereby levied shall <br />be due and payable in the office of the City Treasurer or his authorized agent on <br />and after the effective date of this ordinance and the Treasurer or his authorized <br />agent shall supply each licensee with a decal sticker which shall indicate the <br />