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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE <br />OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRIGINIA (1988) BY AMENDING <br />SECTIONS 22-72 THROUGH 22-80 AND 22-82 THROUGH 22-92 THEREOF <br />AND BY ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 22-93 THERETO PERTAINING TO <br />MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE FEES. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That Section 22-72 through 22-80 and 22-82 through 22-92 of Article III <br />of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) be amended and reordained to <br />read as follows: <br /> <br />ARTICLE III. LOCAL VEHICLE LICENSE FEES. <br /> <br />Sec. 22-72. Levy and purpose of fee. <br /> <br />(a) For each year beginning with January first thereof and ending with the following <br />December thirty-first until otherwise changed, there is hereby levied and there shall be <br />collected from every person owmng a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, which is <br />normally garaged, stored or parked within the city limits, a license fee on such motor <br />vehicle, trailer or semitrailer at the rates set forth in this article. In the event it cannot be <br />determined where a vehicle is normally garaged, stored or parked, or if the owner is a <br />student attending an institution of higher education, the situs for the purpose of imposing <br />the license fee shall be the domicile of the owner of the vehicle. <br /> <br /> (b) The revenues derived from the collection of the license fee shall be for the <br />purpose of prov/ding funds for the operation of the city government, the payment of the <br />city debt, and for other municipal purposes. <br /> <br />Sec. 22-73. Fee additional to other license taxes. <br /> <br /> The license fee imposed by this article shall be in addition to any other city <br />license tax. <br /> <br />Sec. 22-74. License fee for vehicles designed and used for transportation of <br />passengers-Schedule. <br /> <br /> (a) The annual license fee for motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers <br />designed and used for the transportation of passengers upon the streets of the city shall be <br />as follows: <br /> <br /> (1) ($25.00) for each private passenger car or motor home if the <br />passenger car or motor home weighs four thousand pounds or less and ($30.00) <br />for each passenger car or motor home which weighs in excess of four thousand <br />pounds; provided, such passenger car or motor home is not used for the <br /> <br /> <br />