Chapter 160 VEHICLES, LICENSING OF.
160-2 EXEMPTIONS
A. No
license fee shall be required for any motor
vehicle, trailer or semitrailer exempt from state and local licenses or
fees
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or owned by a nonprofit
educational corporation or institution.
B. A
license fee shall not be imposed on any motor
vehicle, trailer or semitrailer when the vehicle is owned by a
non-resident of
the town and is used primarily to transport the owner to and from his
place of
business or employment in the town and not used in any other manner in
connection with such employment or business.
C. No
license fee shall be required for any one- or
two-wheel trailer of a cradle, flatbed or open pickup type which has a
body
width no greater than the width of the motor vehicle to which it is
attached at
the time of operation, which is pulled or towed by a passenger car or
station
wagon or a pickup or panel truck having an actual gross vehicle weight
not
exceeding five thousand (5,000) pounds and which is used for carrying
property
not exceeding one thousand (1,000) pounds at any one (1) time.
D. As
provided in the Code of Virginia Section
46.1-65, no town license fee shall be greater than the amount of the
license
tax imposed by the commonwealth for the same motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer. In the event that the town license fee, as stated
herein, is
greater than any commonwealth license tax for the same vehicle, then
the town
license fee as stated shall be void, and a town license fee equal to
the amount
of the commonwealth license tax shall be imposed.
(Ord.
No. 1-89 Added
4-24-89-Effective Upon Passage)
E. Volunteer
Fire Department and Rescue Squad
members. No license fee shall be required for a motor vehicle
registered
in the Town of Front Royal which is owned and regularly used by an
active
member of an eligible Volunteer Fire Department or Volunteer Rescue
Squad
Company to respond to calls to perform other official Fire Department
or Rescue
Squad duties, provided as follows:
1. Eligible
Volunteer Fire
Departments and Rescue Squad Companies shall be those which receive
annual
financial support from the County of Warren, Virginia.
2. Eligible
active members of Volunteer
Fire Departments and Rescue Squad Companies shall be those meeting the
specific
eligibility standards promulgated by the Warren County, Virginia Board
of
Supervisors in accordance with Warren County Code Section 10-40.1.
In
addition, to be eligible hereunder, said Fire Department and Rescue
Squad
members must have paid all town taxes then due and owing, both real and
personal.
3. Only
one (1) motor vehicle per
active Volunteer Fire Department or Rescue Squad member shall be exempt
from
the license fee. If any active Volunteer Fire Department or
Rescue Squad
member shall be granted a license exemption in accordance with the
provisions
of Warren County Code Section 10-40.1 for a vehicle registered in
Warren
County, said member shall not be eligible for a license fee exemption
for
another vehicle registered in the Town of Front Royal.
4. Application
for a fee-exempt
motor vehicle license must be made at the Front Royal Town Hall
annually
between January 15 and February 15 or for new vehicle registration,
within
thirty (30) days of registration with the Commonwealth of Virginia.
(Ord.
No. 6-90 Added
“E” 6-11-90-Effective Upon Passage)
(Ord.
No. 14-96
Amended “4” 12-30-96-Effective 1-10-97)
F.
Disabled Veterans. No license fee shall be required for a
motor vehicle registered in the Town of Front Royal which is owned and
regularly used by persons qualified to receive special state license
plates as
disabled veterans or their un-remarried surviving spouses under Section
46.2-739 of the Code of Virginia.
(Ord.
No. 2-06 Added (F) 2-13-06-Effective
Upon Passage)