17-89A Levy a Motor Vehicle Excise Tax

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Placed on First Reading~' '~''¢'I ;~, and referred to Committee of ~he~°le 4/17/89 Placed on Second Reading on June 5, 1989 ORDINANCE NO. 17A-89 BY: Brown, Gallagher, Gazzana, Wendling AN ORDINANCE to levy a Motor Vehicle Excise Tax pursuant to Section 4504.172 of the Ohio Revised Code for the registration year beginning January 1, 1990. WHEREAS, an emergency preservation, repair and streets; in addition to viaducts; and exists to provide for the immediate improvement of public roads, highways and the maintenance and repair of bridges and WHEREAS, in recent years revenues available for this purpose have been inadequate and the City has transferred monies from the General Fund to subsidize current revenues, within the constraints of sound fiscal management; and WHEREAS, in order to provide additional revenue for this purpose on a current basis, it is necessary to levy the tax herein provided for; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. Pursuant to Section 4504.172 of the Ohio Revised Code and enacted by Amended Substitute House Bill 419 of the 117th Ohio General Assembly and effective July 1, 1987, and for the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax levied by this ordinance, to supplement revenue already available and that may become available to this City under Sections 4504.04, 4504.06, 4504.17 or 4507.171 of the Ohio Revised Code, and to provide additional revenue for the purposes set forth in those sections; and without regard to any tax being levied pursuant to Sections 4504.06, 4504.17 :or 4504.171, or received pursuant to Section 4504.04 of the Ohio Revised Code; and in addition to the tax levied by Sections 4503.02, 4503.07 and 4503.18 of the Ohio Revised Code, there is hereby levied a tax upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways of this City on all motor vehicles in the district of registration of which, as defined in Section 4503.10 of the Ohio Revised Code, is in this City. Section 2. The tax shall be at the rate of five dollars per motor vehicle for each year while the tax is in effect, shall be in addition to the taxes at the rates specified in Sections 4503.04 and 4503.16 of the Ohio Revised Code, shall be applicable to motor vehicle registrations for the registration year beginning January 1, 1990, and shall continue in effect until repealed. Section 3. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to certify and deliver a copy of this ordinance to the State of Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles not later than July 1, 1989. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of the Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open' to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Secti on 5. the earliest 'period allowed by law. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force after Adopted: Clerk