§ 70.20 DEVICE TO BE LEGIBLE AND IN PROPER POSITION.

   No provision of this Traffic Code for which signs or any other traffic-control device is required shall be enforceable against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation the required device was not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.

(Prior Code, § 70.20)

§ 70.21 TEMPORARY DISREGARD OF DEVICES BY POLICE OFFICERS.

   In an emergency, any police officer may, at his or her discretion, disregard traffic-control lights or signals or established regulations in order to facilitate the movement of traffic.

(Prior Code, § 70.21)

VEHICLE LICENSE TAX

§ 70.35 LICENSE REQUIRED.

   Unless exempted under § 70.36(C) of this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person residing in the city to use or operate any motor vehicle within the limits of the city or for any person residing outside of the city to use or operate or cause to be used or operated any motor vehicle within the limits of the city in connection with a regular business conducted or regular employment or occupation followed within the limits of the city without first having obtained a license to use or operate the same and paid the license fee as provided in this subchapter. The term REGULAR shall mean coming into the city on 25 or more occasions per year in connection with one’s business or employment.

(Prior Code, § 70.35) (Ord. 520.2, passed - -) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.36 APPLICATION; FEE; EXEMPTIONS.

   (A)   Each and every person owning or operating a motor vehicle in the city, except as set forth in division (C) below, shall immediately upon the acquisition thereof, make application to the City Clerk-Treasurer for a license therefor, and shall furnish to the City Clerk-Treasurer the name and address of the owner thereof, the name of the motor vehicle, the model, the capacity, and the number of the license so furnished the owner by the state.

   (B)   Each person desiring the license required by division (A) above shall pay to the city a license tax as follows:

      (1)   For each motorcycle, $15; and

      (2)   For each vehicle, $20.

   (C)   Unless exempted under this division (C), it shall be unlawful for any person residing in the city to use or operate any motor vehicle within the limits of the city or for any person residing outside of the city to use or operate or cause to be used or operated any motor vehicle within the limits of the city in connection with a regular business conducted or regular employment or occupation followed within the limits of the city without first having obtained a license to use or operate the same and paid the license fee as provided in this subchapter. The term REGULAR shall mean coming into the city on 25 or more occasions per year in connection with one’s business or employment or maintaining, parking, or storing the vehicle within the limits of the city for seven or more consecutive days.

(Prior Code, § 70.36) (Ord. 520.2, passed - -; Ord. 94.3-1, passed 3-28-1994; Ord. passed 4-27-2015; Ord. 2021.05.02, passed 5-17-2021; Ord. 2023.07.04, passed 7-17-2023) Penalty, see §  70.99

§ 70.37 TERM.

   The license required by the provisions of this subchapter shall expire on June 30 of each year. Any person acquiring a motor vehicle after June 30 shall pay the pro rata share of the license tax computed on a quarterly basis, but in no event shall such license tax be for a less period of time than three months, and if such license is not procured within 30 days after acquiring the motor vehicle, there also shall be added to the license tax a penalty of $5. If a required license tax is not paid by June 30 each year, there shall be added thereto a penalty of $5.

(Prior Code, § 70.37) (Ord. 520.2, passed - -) Penalty, see § 70.99

§ 70.38 STICKER TO BE DISPLAYED; LOST OR DESTROYED STICKER.

   The license sticker required by this subchapter shall be in the form of a sticker which the licensee shall permanently display (until its date of expiration) upon the vehicle at all times on the lower portion of the windshield on the passenger side. If the sticker is inadvertently lost or destroyed, a replacement sticker will be provided at a cost to the owner of $1. Motorcycle owners must have sticker or sticker receipt in their possession if cycle does not have a windshield.

(Prior Code, § 70.38) (Ord. 520.2, passed - -; Ord. 94. 3-1, passed 3-28-1994)

§ 70.39 TRANSFER OF VEHICLE; REPLACEMENT STICKER.

   In the event a vehicle is traded or sold, the license sticker must be removed from the windshield of that vehicle and presented at City Hall along with the original receipt in order to obtain a replacement sticker, said replacement sticker to be at a cost to the owner of $1.

(Prior Code, § 70.39)

§ 70.40 EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP.

   Possession of a state license or license tag shall be prima facie evidence of ownership and operation of any motor vehicle coming under the provisions of this subchapter.

(Prior Code, § 70.40)