Chapter 160 VEHICLES, LICENSING OF.
Section 160-3 ANNUAL LICENSE FEES; PRORATION.
A. Annual
fees.
The annual license fee for
motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers are:
1. Upon
each
passenger automobile,
station wagon, motor home, bus, truck or similar motor vehicle:
twenty-five
dollars
($25.00).
3. Upon
each
trailer, semitrailer or any
vehicle without motive power, except mobile homes: fifteen
dollars
($15.00).
Each such trailer, semitrailer or vehicle without motive power
with a
gross weight of one thousand five hundred (1,500) pounds or less shall
be
exempt from these requirements.
(Ord.
No. 1-89 Added
4-24-89-Effective Upon Passage)
5.
Twelve
dollars ($12.00) for each motor
vehicle bearing Virginia National Guard license plates issued by the
Commonwealth of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of the Code
of
Virginia, Section 46.2-744.
(Ord. No. 1-89 Added 4-24-89-Effective Upon Passage)
6.
In
no event shall the fees described in
subsections 1-5 be greater than the amount of the license tax imposed
by the
Commonwealth of Virginia on the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer.
(Ord.
No. 1-89 Added “6” 4-24-89-Effective
Upon Passage)
(Ord.
No.
7-91 Amended Entire Section 2-25-91-Effective
3-1-91)
(Ord.
No.
8-96 Amended Entire Section
4-25-96-Effective 7-1-96)
(Ord.
No. 6-10 Amended Entire "A" 6-28-10-Effective 7-1-10)
B. Proration
of
fees. All motor vehicles
registered as of the effective date of this subsection shall pay a
registration
licensing fee equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of all fees required by
Subsection A
of this section, computed to the nearest cent, multiplied by the number
of
months in the licensing period of such motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer.
C. Refunds.
In
the event that the display of a
town motor vehicle sticker is no longer required because of sale,
destruction
or other circumstances pertaining to the motor vehicle, the owner may
surrender
the motor vehicle sticker to the Town of Front Royal and receive a
refund. The
refund will be the prorated cost of the sticker, based on the total
number of
unexpired months remaining divided by the total number of months for
which the
sticker was valid. The unexpired months shall be computed in whole
numbers, and
fractions of unexpired months shall not be counted. In order to
qualify
for a refund, the motor vehicle sticker must be removed from display on
the
windshield and surrendered at the Town Hall. No refunds shall be
paid on applications
made after November 15 of the license year.
(Ord.
No.
17-90 Added
9-24-90-Effective Upon Passage)
(Ord.
No.
14-96
Amended 12-30-96-Effective 7-10-97)
D. Transitional
Provisions.
Vehicles licensed
in the Town of Front Royal on January 15, 1997, with licenses valid
through
April 15, 1997, shall receive a pro-rata discount for the license
period to
expire February 15, 1998. Such pro-rata discount, representing
the
unexpired months remaining on the original license, shall be based upon
the
original license fee paid. The license fee for the license to expire
February
15, 1998, for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers are:
1. Upon
such
passenger automobile,
station wagon, motor home, bus, truck or similar motor vehicle:
seventeen
dollars and fifty cents ($17.50).
2.
Upon
each motorcycle, motor scooter or
other similar vehicle: ten dollars and thirty-three cents
($10.33).
3. Upon
each
trailer, semitrailer or any
vehicle without motive power, except mobile homes: ten dollars and
thirty-three
cents ($10.33). Each such trailer, semitrailer and vehicle
without motive
power with a gross weight of one thousand five hundred (1,500) pounds
or less
shall be exempt from these requirements.
4. One
dollar
($1.00) for any passenger
vehicle, pickup or panel truck bearing lawful prisoner of war license
plates
issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia in accordance with the
provisions
of the Code of Virginia, Section 46.2-746.
5. Eight
dollars
and thirty-three cents
($8.33) for each motor vehicle bearing Virginia National Guard
license
plates issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia in accordance
with
the provisions of the Code of Virginia, Section 46.2-744.
6. In
no
event shall the fees described
in subsections 1-5 be greater than the amount of the license tax
imposed by the
Commonwealth of Virginia on the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer.
(Ord.
No.
14-96 Added
Entire Section 12-30-96-Effective 7-10-97)