New Franklin City Motor Vehicle License Tax ordinance (§ 380.170)

A. Every person residing within the City of New Franklin, owning a motor vehicle as defined by Statute, not used exclusively outside the corporate limits of the City, shall pay an annual license tax of six dollars ($6.00) for each motor vehicle owned by them.

B. The license tax year shall begin on the first (1st) day of January of each year and shall run for a period of one (1) year unless otherwise specifically provided by law or ordinance. A license may be procured for the last quarter, the last half or the last three (3) quarters of any year upon the payment of a proportionate license tax.

C. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall, upon payment of the license tax be given a tag or token which shall be displayed on the motor vehicle for which the license is purchased. If the tag is a transparent sticker, it shall be affixed to the inside of the glass of the windshield in the lower right hand corner of the windshield.

D. Said license tax shall be due and payable on the first (1st) day of January of each year and shall be delinquent thirty (30) days after the date when due. A new resident to the City of New Franklin shall have thirty (30) days in which to comply with the provisions of this Section. If within thirty (30) days after he/she moves to town, he/she has not complied with the terms of this Section, he/she shall be considered delinquent under the provisions herein stated.

E. Any owner of a motor vehicle residing within the City of New Franklin and whose vehicle is not used exclusively outside the City limits, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of five dollars ($5.00) and/or imprisonment in the City Jail not exceeding five (5) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.