An annual license tax is hereby levied upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways of the City for the purpose of enforcing and paying the expense of administering this chapter; and for planning, constructing, maintaining, and repairing public roads, highways and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying the municipal corporation's portion of the costs and expenses of cooperating with the Department of Highways in the planning, improvement and construction of state highways; paying the municipal corporation'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 municipal corporation under Ohio R.C. 4909.47; paying debt service charges on notes or bonds of the municipal corporation issued for such purposes; purchasing, erecting and maintaining streets and traffic signals; and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes. Such tax shall be at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) for each motor vehicle having a district of registration as provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.10, in the City and shall be paid in 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.
If the application for registration is made before the sixth month of the current registration period to which the motor vehicle is assigned as provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.101 the full five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid.
If the application for registration is made during or after the sixth month of the current registration period to which the motor vehicle is assigned as provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.101 and prior to the beginning of the next such registration period, one half of the five dollar ($5.00) tax shall be paid.
(Ord. 3450. Passed 4-21-80.)