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:
(a) Paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section;
(b) Planning, constructing, improving, maintaining and repairing public roads, highways and streets;
(c) Maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts;
(d) 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;
(e) Paying the City's portion of the compensation, damages, costs and expenses of planning, construction, reconstructing, improving, maintaining and repairing roads and streets;
(f) Paying any costs apportioned to the City corporation under Ohio R.C. 4907.47;
(g) Paying debt service charges on notes or bonds of the City issued for such purposes;
(h) Purchasing, erecting and maintaining street and traffic signs and markers;
(i) Purchasing, erecting and maintaining traffic lights and signals; and
(j) To supplement revenue already available for such purposes.
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. (Ord. 37-1990. Passed 5-14-90.)