(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, individual, corporation, or company, residing in or outside of the corporate limits, to use or operate any automobile or motor vehicle for pleasure, hire business, or any other purpose within the limits of the city, without first obtaining a license to use and operate same, along with payment of the necessary license fee therefor as herein provided. Such licenses shall also be required of all persons and corporations for any automobile or motor vehicle used upon and operated over the streets thereof in connection with a business or legal occupation conducted within of the city limits or as a means of conveyance to or from a position, job, or labor for which remuneration is received from that business or occupation in the city.
(B) The owner of a motor vehicle, except for an owner of a motor vehicle who resides in the city, whose vehicle is registered in another municipality which has imposed a similar tax, which owner has paid the tax and has affixed to his motor vehicle a sticker or other receipt so indicating which is clearly displayed and apparent from without the vehicle, shall not be required to pay the tax herein, provided that the other municipality has enacted a similar reciprocity provision exempting all owners of motor vehicles registered in the City of Alexandria from like taxes in its corporate limits under the same circumstances, and further provided that all owners of a motor vehicle who reside within the corporate limits of the city shall not be exempt from the purchase of a city motor vehicle sticker even though he has registered his motor vehicle in another municipality.
(Ord. 5-70, passed 2-23-70; Am. Ord. 11-89, passed 4-26-89) Penalty, see § 70.99