(A) Every owner or operator of a regulated vehicle shall pay each year to the Clerk-Treasurer a license fee for the use of each such vehicle used on any public street or alley in the town to obtain a municipal license.
(B) The initial registration fee to be paid for such municipal license shall be $25, with a subsequent annual fee for reinspection of $5.
(C) Application for each municipal license shall be made through the office of the Town Marshal by providing the name and address of the applicant, a description of the vehicle to be licensed and proof of financial responsibility (insurance).
(D) No municipal license may be issued until the vehicle to be licensed has been inspected and found to be safe and in compliance with all applicable statutes, rules and ordinances.
(E) Upon successful completion of the annual application process, the Town Marshal shall issue or cause to be issued a municipal license authorizing the use of such vehicle within the town until the expiration of the municipal license.
(F) The annual municipal license shall be authorized through the issuance of a standardized, dated decal or sticker, of such design and material as may be approved by the Town Marshal, which decal or sticker shall be fastened in a prominent and visible place on the front of the regulated vehicle for which it was issued.
(G) Municipal license fees shall be due and payable in advance April 1 of each year and the municipal license shall be for one year, provided that if acquisition of the regulated vehicle occurs more than six months after the start of the license year, then a municipal license may be issued for the remainder of the year upon payment of one-half of the annual fee. Such license fee may also be prorated, as appropriate, for the balance of the year of passage of this provision, but, in no event shall any proration be allowed for delinquent license application. Such proration does not include the initial registration of the regulated vehicle.
(H) A municipal license may be transferred to another regulated vehicle of the same type, owned by the person to whom such license was issued, without any extra charge being made but the applicant must file an application for such transfer and comply regular inspection process.
(I) There shall be no municipal license issued if, in the previous year, the applicant was cited three or more occasions.
(Ord. 07-26-2016-01, passed 8-9-2016)