(A) For the purposes of registration and exercising a supervisory regulation over the subjects hereof, a license will be required with a fee by all persons, firms, corporations, and associations engaged in a business related activity, work related activity, or residing within the corporate city limits of Fulton, Kentucky.
(B) The starting date for said license shall be April 1, 2019. Thereafter, said licenses shall be issued annually by the City Clerk or their designee and shall extend from April 1 to the last day of March of the following year and shall be renewed each year such vehicle is operated. A city license shall be required within 30 days of becoming engaged in a business related activity, work related activity or residing within the corporate city limits of Fulton, Kentucky. The license fee shall be $25 annually and the rate shall not be prorated.
(C) The City Clerk or designee shall provide registration stickers with numbers corresponding to the number of the license issued hereunder, and the registration sticker shall always be displayed conspicuously upon the front windshield of any motor vehicle licensed. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation within the City of Fulton, Kentucky to operate a motor vehicle without the proper display of a registration sticker. The following information shall be provided to the Clerk before issuance of said license: name and address; year of vehicle manufacture; make of the vehicle; model of the vehicle; and VIN number of the vehicle.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to transfer from one motor vehicle to another any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, except on transfer of ownership of said motor vehicle as provided herein. Whenever any motor vehicle for which said license has been issued changes ownership, the transferor shall cause such license sticker to be removed from said motor vehicle and mutilated. On the transfer of another motor vehicle to said transferor and on proof of such mutilation, which may be in the form of an affidavit of said transferor, the City Clerk shall cause a license to issue and provide such transferor with a city license sticker for such vehicle without charge for the remainder of the year for which license was originally issued.
(E) The provisions of this section shall apply to any persons, individuals, firms, or corporations residing inside or outside of the corporate limits of the City of Fulton and owning or operating, or causing to be operated any automobile or motor vehicle upon or over the streets of the City of Fulton, Kentucky in connection with the business conducted or a regular profession followed within the city limits or as a means of conveyance to and from a position, job, labor, or employment for which remuneration is received from such business, profession, position, job, labor, or employment in The City of Fulton Kentucky; and the penalties herein provided shall apply to such non-residents failing to comply with the provisions of this section.
(F) Any person, firm, corporation, or association found by a Fulton City Police Officer, Safety Officer, Citation Officer, or other public official with the authority to issue a citation, to be in violation of the provisions of division (D) of this section shall be issued a warning citation and have 14 business days to obtain said city license and pay an additional penalty to said license fee of $100. If the license is not obtained within 14 days, then the violator will be summoned to court and be subject to court costs and a fine of $250 plus the cost of license with a penalty of $100.
(G) All money derived from the license fees under the provisions of this section shall be placed in the General Fund of the City of Fulton and shall be used and expended for defraying the current, general, and incidental expenses of the city.
(H) Exemptions shall include:
(1) Vehicles that have been issued a common carrier permit or certificate by the state (KRS 281.835) or a common carrier certificate from another state for which Kentucky has a reciprocal agreement (KRS 281.835);
(2) Disabled veterans as defined in KRS 186.041 and KRS 189.4595;
(3) Vehicles and trailers that are used solely for government purposes; and
(4) Trucks, trailers, and the like, operated pursuant to a Federal Interstate Commerce Commission Permit, unless such trucks are locally-owned and garaged.
(Ord. 2018-06, passed 6-18-2018)