The fees for vehicle licenses shall be due and payable annually in advance on January 1 of each year, on the date of purchase of the vehicle and/or on the date of becoming a resident or opening a place of business in the city, whichever comes first, in the following manner and amounts.
(A) For any vehicle under a gross weight of 10,000 pounds, the annual license fee shall be as follows:
(1) Five dollars, except as hereinafter provided for residents over 62 years of age, if the license is applied for and issued:
(a) Before February 1 of each license year;
(b) Within 30 days of the date of purchase of the vehicle; or
(c) Within 30 days of the date of becoming a resident of or opening a place of business in the city, whichever is later.
(2) Ten dollars, except as hereinafter provided for residents over 62 years of age, if the license, is applied for and issued:
(a) After February 1 of each license year;
(b) After 30 days of the date of purchase of the vehicle; or
(c) Thirty or more days after the date of becoming a resident of or opening a place of business in the city, whichever is later.
(B) For any person having attained the age of 62 before January 1 of any particular license year and who is licensing his or her, as the case may be, passenger car and who gives satisfactory proof of his or her age, ownership of the passenger car by proper state registration and residence in the city at the time the application for the license is made, the annual license fee and limitations shall be as follows:
(1) Free, if the license is applied for and issued:
(a) Before February 1 of each license year;
(b) Within 30 days of the date of purchase of the vehicle; or
(c) Within 30 days of the date of becoming a resident of the city, whichever is later.
(2) Five dollars, if the license is applied for and issued:
(a) After February 1 of each license year;
(b) After 30 days of the date of purchase of the vehicle; or
(c) Thirty or more days after the date of becoming a resident of the city, whichever is later.
(3) Only one license (free and/or $5) is permitted to any one person in any particular license year regardless of how many passenger cars that person may own.
(C) For any vehicle over a gross weight of 10,000 pounds the annual license fee shall be $25.
(Ord. 1156, passed 9-5-1989; Am. Ord. 1450, passed 8-5-1998)