(a) Before operating any micro utility truck on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city and each calendar year thereafter, the vehicle shall be registered with the city and a license shall be obtained and placed on the micro utility truck. The license fee shall be $25 per calendar year, payable in advance to the Police Chief or other person designated by the city. The full amount of the license fee shall be required regardless of the time of year that the application is made.
(b) Application for registration of a micro utility truck shall be made by the owner or owner’s agent, in the office of the Police Chief or other person designated by the city. The application shall be made upon forms provided by the city and each application shall contain the name of the owner, the owner’s residence address or bona fide place of business, a brief description of the vehicle to be registered (including make, model and serial number, if applicable). Proof of insurance, as required in § 14-225 shall be furnished at the time of application for registration.
(c) Prior to the issuance of the registration and license, each applicant for a micro utility truck license shall first present such vehicle for an official inspection. If, upon inspection and completion of the registration application, such vehicle is found to be in safe mechanical condition, and upon establishing proof of insurance and payment of the fees herein provided, a license shall be issued to the owner who shall attach it to the vehicle. The license shall be displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the rear of the vehicle. The license number on the application will be recorded and then filed in the Police Department.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter such license during the time in which the same is operative.
(e) (1) The license issued hereunder is not transferrable. In the event of sale or other transfer of ownership of any vehicle license under the provisions of this section, the existing license and the right to use the numbered license shall expire, and the license shall be removed by the owner. It is unlawful for any person other than the person to whom the license was originally issued to have the same in his possession. In the event a license is lost or destroyed, the Police Chief or other person designated by the city, upon proper showing by the licensee and the payment of a fee of $10, shall issue a new license in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(A) Operate, or the owner thereof knowingly to permit the operation, upon public street, road, highway or alley within the corporate limits of the city any micro utility truck, as defined herein, which is not registered and which does not have attached thereto and displayed thereon the license assigned thereto by the city the current registration year;
(B) Display, cause or permit to be displayed or to have possession, any registration receipt, registration license or registration decal knowing the same to be fictions or have been canceled, revoked, suspended or altered. A violation of this division (e)(2) shall constitute an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and forfeiture of the item. A mandatory court appearance shall be required of any person violating this division (e)(2);
(C) Lend to or knowingly permit the use by one not entitled thereto any registration receipt, registration license plate or registration decal issued to the person so fending or permitting the use thereof;
(D) Remove, conceal, alter, mark or deface the license number plate, plates or decals or any other mark of identification upon any micro utility truck. Licenses shall be kept clean and placed as required by law so as to be plainly visible and legible; or
(E) Carry or display a registered number plate or plates or registration decal upon any micro utility truck not lawfully issued for such vehicle.
(2010 Code, § 14-226) (Ord. 1933, passed - -)