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CHAPTER 882: MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAX
Section
882.01 Levy of tax; purposes
882.02 Rate
882.03 Other taxes
882.04 Certification of chapter
882.05 Nonliability of city
§ 882.01 LEVY OF TAX; PURPOSES.
   There is hereby levied an annual license tax, in addition to the tax levied by R.C. §§ 4503.02, 4503.07 and 4503.18, upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways, for purposes of paying costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this chapter; for planning, constructing, improving, maintaining and repairing public roads, highways and streets; for maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; for paying the city’s portion of costs and expenses of cooperating with the Ohio Department of Transportation in the planning, improvement and construction of state highways; for paying the city’s portion of compensation, damages, costs and expenses of planning, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining and repairing roads and streets; for paying any costs apportioned to the city under R.C. § 4907.47; for paying debt service charges on notes or bonds of the city issued for such purposes; for purchasing, erecting and maintaining street and traffic signs and markers; for purchasing, erecting and maintaining traffic lights and signals; and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes.
(Ord. 90-78, passed 4-24-1978)
§ 882.02 RATE.
   The motor vehicle license tax levied by § 882.01 shall be at the rate of $5 per motor vehicle, for all motor vehicles whose district of registration, as defined in R.C. § 4503.10, is in the city, and which are not subject to a county motor vehicle license tax previously levied by a resolution adopted pursuant to R.C. § 4504.02.
(Ord. 90-78, passed 4-24-1978)
§ 882.03 OTHER TAXES.
   The motor vehicle license tax shall be in addition to the tax at the rates specified in R.C. §§ 4503.04 and 4503.16, subject to reductions in the manner provided in R.C. § 4503.13 and exemptions provided in R.C. §§ 4503.101, 4503.16, 4503.17 and 4503.171.
(Ord. 90-78, passed 4-24-1978)
§ 882.04 CERTIFICATION OF CHAPTER.
   The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to certify a copy of this chapter to the State Registrar of Motor Vehicles not later than August 1, 1978, in order to comply with R.C. § 4504.08.
(Ord. 90-78, passed 4-24-1978)
§ 882.05 NONLIABILITY OF CITY.
   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as imposing liability upon the city for injury to persons or property as a result of any defect in a street or road within the city.
(Ord. 90-78, passed 4-24-1978)