1972 Ordinances - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Section 18-323. Tax o~ certa~i tra~ The annual license tax on a one or two wheel trailer of a cradle, flatbed or open pickup ~ 7 · uype ~hlch has a body width no~ greater than the width of the motor vehicle to which i% is attach- ed at any time of operation, which is pulled or towed by a passen- ger car or station wagon, or a pickup or panel truck having an actual gross vehicle weight not exceeding five thousand pounds, and which is used for carrying~property not exceeding one thousand five hundred pounds at any one time, shall be six dollars and fifty cents. Nothing herein shall be construed as applyin~ to the fees for trailers or semitrailers designed for use as living quarters for human beings, or to those trailers or semitrailers operated under lease or rental agreement, or operated for compensation. Section 18-324. Combinations of tractor trucks and semitrailers, etc. (a) In the case of a combination of a tractor truck and a semitrailer, each vehicle constituting a part of such com~in~tion shall be registered as a separate vehicle~ and separate vehicle li- cense plates or decals shall be issued therefor, but, for the purpose of determining the gross weight group into which any such vehicle falls pursuant to section 18-322, the combination of ve- hicles of which such vehicle constitutes a part shall be consider- ed a un~t, an~ the aggregate gross ~eight ~f the entire eom~ination shall determine such gross weight group. The tax for a semitrailer constituting a part of such combination shall be seventeen dollars. Provided, however~ if Such semitrailer exceeds a gross weight of four thousand pounds such tax shall be twenty-two dollars. (b) In determining the fee to be paid for license plates or decals for a tractor truck constituting a part of such combina- tion the tax shall be assessed at the total gross weight and the tax per thousand pounds applicable to the gross weight of the com- bination when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is register- ed and licensed. However~ there shall be no deduction from this tax for the tax of the semitrailer in the combination. Section 18-325. Proration. One-half of the annual license taxes prescribed by section 18-31~ to 18-324 shall be collected whenever any license plates or decals are issued during the period beginning on the first day of July in any year, ending on the fifteenth day of October in the same license year, and one-third of such license taxes shall be collected whenever any license plates or decals are issued after the fifteenth day of October in any license year; provided, however, that the li- cense tax to ~e paid by the owner of any private motor vehicle with -4-