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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF <br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988, BY AMENDING SECTION 22-78, <br />THEREOF, PERTAINING TO NON-PASSENGER VEHICLES. <br /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That Section 22-78 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 22-78. Tax on vehicles not designed or used for <br /> transportation of passengers. <br /> <br />Except as otherwise provided, the license tax to be <br />paid by the owner of a motor vehicle not designed <br />and used for the transportation of passengers shall <br />be an amount to be determined by the gross weight of <br />the vehicle or combination of vehicles of which it <br />is a part, when loaded to%the maximum capacity for <br />which it is registered and licensed, according to <br />the schedule of taxes, h~rein set forth. For the <br />gross weight for which~any such vehicle is <br />registered and licensed, there shall be paid to the <br />city, the tax indicated in the following schedule <br />immediately opposite the weight group and under the <br />classification established by the provisions of <br />section 46.1-99(b) of the Code of Virginia into <br />which such vehicle, or any combination of vehicles <br />of which it is a part, falls when loaded to the <br />maximum capacity for which it is registered and <br />licensed. The tax for a vehicle not designed or <br />used for transportation of passengers, ks prescribed <br />herein, shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) if the <br />gross weight is four thousand (4,000) pounds or less <br />and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) if the gross weight <br />is four thousand one (4,001) pounds through six <br />thousand five hundred (6,500) pounds, and twenty-six <br />dollars ($26.00) for a motor vehicle with a gross <br />weight of six thousand five hundred one (6,501) <br />pounds through ten thousand (10,000) pounds. <br /> <br />Gross Weight Fee Per Gross Weight <br /> Groups Private For Rent or <br /> (Pounds) Carriers For Hire Carriers <br /> <br />10,001-25,000 <br />25,001-40,000 <br />40,001-55,000 <br />55,001-70,000 <br />Over 70,000 <br /> <br />$ 41.00 $ 62.50 <br />100.00 200.00 <br />150.00 300.00 <br />200.00 400.00 <br />250.00 500.00 <br /> <br /> <br />