Article 321
VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTATION
Sections:
321.02 Annual license term – Fee proration.
321.05 Transfer license and fee – Lost tag and fee – Emergency permit.
321.01 License required.
No person, firm or corporation shall operate within the city any vehicle for the transportation of passengers, goods or luggage for hire without first obtaining a license from the city clerk to do so. The city clerk is hereby authorized to issue licenses for the purposes aforesaid. (Ord. 2154 § 1, 1945)
321.02 Annual license term – Fee proration.
All licenses as prescribed in MMC 321.01 shall be issued on or before the first Monday of January of each year and shall be for a term of one year from such first Monday of January. However, if a license is issued at any time after the first Monday of January in any year, for a vehicle not operated until after the first Monday of January in such year, it shall expire on the first Monday of January following, and the fee therefor shall be the proportionate part of the annual fee fixed by this article for the time remaining in such year, without, however, making any reduction for a fractional part of a month. (Ord. 2154 § 2, 1945)
321.03 Annual license fees.
The annual license fees for the purposes set forth in MMC 321.01 are hereby established as follows:
(A) On each vehicle for carrying passengers, with a capacity of eight or more passengers, the sum of $90.00 per year for each of the first three such vehicles licensed by one person, firm or corporation and the sum of $30.00 per year for the fourth and each successive such vehicle.
(B) On each vehicle for carrying passengers, with a capacity of less than eight passengers, the sum of $45.00 per annum for each of the first five such vehicles licensed by any one person, firm or corporation and the sum of $18.00 for the sixth and each successive such vehicle. (Ord. 3176 § 2, 1988)
321.04 Card receipt and tag.
Upon the filing of the application for license and payment of the license fee, the city clerk shall issue to the licensee a card receipt which shall show the name of the licensee, the make, type, seating capacity, manufacturer’s and motor numbers of the vehicle for which the license fee was paid and gross weight capacity in case of trucks, and a tag which shall bear the same number as the card receipt. The tag shall sufficiently indicate the purpose and the year for which the same was issued and shall be firmly attached at the rear of the vehicle for which it was issued, on or near the vehicle’s state license plate, at all times that the vehicle is being operated within the city. (Ord. 2154 § 4, 1945)
321.05 Transfer license and fee – Lost tag and fee – Emergency permit.
The license issued under the provisions of this article shall not be transferable by the licensee to any other person. The license tag shall not be attached to any other vehicle than that for which the same was issued, except as hereinafter provided. In the event of the discontinuance of the operation of any vehicle for which a license was issued, and the substitution of another vehicle therefor, the city clerk shall, upon application made and payment of a fee of $1.00, issue to the licensee a transfer license, bearing like identification data and information concerning the substituted vehicle as in the case of the vehicle originally licensed, and thereupon the tag issued for the original vehicle shall be attached by the licensee to the substituted vehicle, without the payment of any further fee. In case a tag is lost or destroyed, the licensee may obtain a duplicate tag from the city clerk, for a fee of $1.00. In the event of the temporary discontinuance of the operation of any licensed vehicle due to the making of necessary repairs, and the substitution of another vehicle therefor while the licensed vehicle is undergoing repairs, a card or tag bearing the words, “emergency permit” furnished by the city shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place on the rear of the substituted vehicle while the same is in operation. (Ord. 2154 § 5, 1945)
321.99 Penalty.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this article shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00, and, in default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned not less than two days nor more than 10 days. Each day that any vehicle is operated in violation hereof shall be deemed a single and separate offense. (Ord. 2154 § 6, 1945)