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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 789 i � ORDINANCE NUMBER 789 An Ordihance to be entitled "AN ORDINM CE PROVIDING FOR ASSESSING AIM CC TING A LICENSE TAX FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF OPERATING VEHICLI3S• UPON THE STREETS AND ALLEYS OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,Ark . : SPECIFYING THE RATES AND TERMS ; DEFINING CERTAIN WO RDS , AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES . BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFFAYETTEVIILF, A MUANSA SECTION ONE : That a license tax for the privilege of operating vehicles on the streets and alleys of the City of Ftp etteville , Ark- ansas , are hereby assessed according to the following schedule , tve4iit For each pleasure or passenger motor car, per annum ., -- For each motorcycle , with or without side -car , per annum 5 . 00 For each truck , per each half -ton capacity, per annum-- -- -- - - 5 . 00 For each horse -drawn vehicles for hire , per annum----- - -- ---- 5 .00 For each vehicle hauling passengers for hire , per annum , - -- --25 .00 SECTION TWOo That the license tax assessed in Section One of this Ordinance applies and is intended to apply to all such vehicles owned by any citizen, resident , firm or corporation of the City of Fayetteville , aRrkansas , and operated upon the Streets .or alleys of said City . Also , said license Tax applies and is intended to apply to all such vehicles , owned by any person, persona , firm, corporation or organisation doing business or performing its functions within said City, if said vehicles are operated upon the streets or alleys of said City, making_ deliveries-_ to stores , shops , hotels , apartments , private residences or other placesg `=carrying :passengers for hire-, or operated merely as "pleasure " cars . for riding from place to place . . SECTION THREE : That the license Tax assessed in Section One of this Ordinance is for a period of one year only , said year beginning January 1st , and end ng December 31st , of each year , and is due on or before February lst , of each year . If a vehicle subject to the License Tax as herein set forth , is purchased or otherwise acquired, after the first day of February, ✓�(\ in any year , the License Tax thereon, shall become due and payable within ten days from the date of purchase or acquiring . Proff of the said date shall be presented to the collector by the applicant for the License . SECTION FOUR : That if and when the City Council , by Resolution duly adopted, shall do direct , the Mayor shall issue his proclamation, reducing the rates set forth in Section One of this Ordinance , and defining the terms upon which said reduction shall be made , and specifying the dates when such reduction shall begin and end . SECTION FIVE : That the City Collector shall issue no evidence of the payment of the License Tax herein assessed for a sum lessaian the annual license in force at the time of issuance . SECTION STX : That upon the payment of the License Tax provided for in this Ordinance , the City Clerk shall issue to the applicant , a license plate , tag, or sticker ,having thereon the name of the City and a serial number , and shall keep a record of the name of the applicant , a description of the vehicle , date of issuance , and the number of the plate, tag or sticker . Alt2QFii� r, DAT L s jy7,,E9TXON SEVEN : That it shall be the duty of the , applicant above mentioned to cause to be prominently displayed upon the front of the vehicle , the plate , tag, or sticker , intended for that vehicle . SECTION EIGHT : Any person operating a vehicle subject to the provisions , o tofthis ,Ordimance , but not having displayed thereon, the license plate , tag or sticker , provided for herein, and any person violating Ordinance Number 789-00ntinued : any of the provisions of this Ordinance , shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor , and upon conviction thereof , shall be fined in any sum no not less than One Dollar nor more than Ten Dollars ;and each day such violation shall be continued shall constitute a separate offense . SECTION I? INP : The words " resident of the City of Fayetteville "Arkansas " e for the purpose of this Ordiante means any person whose place of abode is within the limits o said City; also any person, persons , firm, corporation or organization, owning or using a place of business , warehouse , office, :factoryt _or place of abode , within t limits of sai City . The above words shall not be construed to includ�bona fide.. students in the University of Arkansas , or, in the Fayetteville Business College , nor visitors , nor tourists in the City for a period of less than three months , provided such students , visitors , and tourists , do not engage in any gainful activities or occupations within the City . SECTION TEN : That in consideration of the services rendered by Officers serving the City, either by election or appointment ; also all duly authorized employes who serve the City in the capacity as a permanent employe be and is hereby entitled to one tag, sticker or _ plate "Gratis " for his or their personal car only . Section. Eleven : That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith, be , and the same is hereby repealed . This Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace , and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Ordinance shrill be, in full force and effect , from and after passage , approval , and publication . Passedand approved this v dray of December 1935 . Attested// � � Approved City Clerk . Mayor . f ORDINANCE NUMBER 791 . AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE HUMBER 789 OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS . ' BE IT ORDAINEDDBY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE ' ARKANSAS : - . "-.s.._ _ .4"V ,.��s'.�[�_�.-. ... 4. i tea.-�•'�a Ir..^ _... � .�..��1_� .... That Section One of `Ordinance No . 789 of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , be and. it is hereby amended to include the, following sentence : . " That the maximum fee to be charged to any Truck, or Truck and Trailer, or Tractor and Trailer, is the sum of $25 . 00 per year . This Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace . health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist , and this Ordiance shall be infull force and effect from and after its passage , approval and publication . Passed February 3rd , 1936 . CO3 Attest : Otoe Phillbps . A . D . McAllister City Clerk . Mayor .