For the purpose of paying the cost and expenses of enforcing and administering the law provided for in Ohio R.C. 4504.171; to supplement revenue already available to the City under Ohio R.C. 4504.04, 4504.06, 4504.17, or 4504.172; and to provide additional revenue for the purposes set forth therein, including, but not limited to, the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; and for planning, constructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing public roads, highways and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying this City’s portion of the cost and expense of cooperating with the Department of Transportation in the planning, improvement, and construction of State highways; paying the City’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 this City under Ohio R.C. 4907.47; paying debt service charges on notes or bonds of this City issued for such purposes; purchasing, erecting and maintaining traffic lights and signals; and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes; there is hereby levied an annual license tax, in addition to the tax levied by Ohio R.C. 4503.02, 4503.07, and 4503.18 and Ordinances Nos. 85-5421, 87-5646 and 2006-65, upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads and highways. Such tax, beginning January 1, 2008 and continuing each registration year thereafter, to be at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per motor vehicle on all motor vehicles, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 and 4505.01, in the district, the registration of which, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4503.10, is in the City. Such tax levied shall be in addition to the taxes at the rate specified in Ohio R.C. 4503.04 and 4503.16, subject to reductions in the manner provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.11 and the exemptions in Ohio R.C. 4503.16, 4503.17, 4503.171, 4503.41 and 4503.43.
(Ord. 2006-66. Passed 10-24-06.)