(a) An annual license tax is hereby levied upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways of the Village, for the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in Ohio R.C. 4504.06, and for planning, constructing, improving, maintaining and repairing public roads, highways and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying the Village's portion of the costs and expenses of cooperating with the Ohio Department of Transportation in the planning, improvement, and construction of State highways; paying the Village'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 the Village under Ohio R.C. 4907.47; paying debt service charges on notes or bonds of the Village issued for such purposes; purchasing, erecting and maintaining street and traffic signs and markers; purchasing, erecting and maintaining traffic lights and signals; and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes. Such tax shall be at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per motor vehicle on all motor vehicles the district of registration of which is in the Village, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4503.10, and shall be paid to and collected by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the State of Ohio or Deputy Registrar at the time of making application for registration, as provided in Ohio R.C. 4504.09.
(b) The amount of tax payment is based on the date application for registration is made as follows:
Application Date | Tax Year |
Prior to July 16 | $5.00 |
July 16 to October 16 | 3.75 |
October 16 to January 16 | 2.50 |
January 16 to April 16 | 1.25 |
(Ord. 1778. Passed 4-28-76.)