(a) There is hereby levied an annual license tax upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4504.172 for the following purposes: paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section, to supplement revenue already available and that may become available to the City under Ohio R.C. 4504.04, 4504.06, 4504.17 or 4504.171, and to provide additional revenue for the purposes set forth in those sections, including without limitation, planning, constructing, improving, maintaining and repairing public roads, highways, and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying the municipal corporation’s portion of the costs and expenses of cooperating with the Department of Transportation in the planning, improvement, and construction of state highways; paying the municipal corporation’s portion of the compensation, damages, costs, and expenses of planning, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining and repairing roads and streets; paying any costs apportioned to the municipal corporation under Ohio R.C. 4907.47; paying debt service charges on notes or bonds of the municipal corporation issued for such purposes; purchasing, erecting, and maintaining street and traffic signs and markers; purchasing, erecting and maintaining traffic lights and signals; and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes.
(b) Such tax shall be at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per motor vehicle on each and every motor vehicle the district of registration of which, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4503.10, is in the City.
(c) As used in this chapter, “motor vehicle” means any and all vehicles included within the definition of motor vehicle in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 and 4505.01 and also includes motorized bicycles. (Ord. 16-93. Passed 3-15-93.)