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22 of 1918 - Amending Section 886, relating to vehicle license ROLL CALL VOTING AYE NAY Salt Lake City,Utah,__March -4, Crabbe I move that the ordinance be passed. Green Neslen Scheid Mr. Chairman__ _, Result -.._____ //1-Y AN ORDINANCE An or dinance amending Section 886 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, as contained in Chapter 33 of said Revised Ordinances, relating to licenses, as amended by an ordinance passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, December 24, 1913, and repealing Section 868 of said chapter, relating to motor cycles. Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. That Section 886 of the Revised. Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, as contained in Chapter 33 of said Revised. Ordinances, relating to licenses, us amended by an ordinance passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, December 24, 1913, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 886. VEHICLES. LICa'NSES. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, operate or run, or to cause or permit any of his agents or employees to use, operate or run, upon the streets, avenues or alleys of Salt Lake City, a wagon, truck, van, carriage, automobile, motor- cycle or other vehicle of any description, dr wn or oper- ated by animal or motor powe-r, or any bicycle, without first obtaining a license for each vehicle so used and operated. sF°} fa fs1 The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to vehicles used for business purposes by any person, firm or corporation who pays a license tax to Salt Lake City under the ordinances thereof for the privilege to engage in or carry on the business in which such vehicle is principally used: nor to police, fire and other department vehicles of any city, road rollers, street cars, interurban or rail- road oars, hospital ambulances, and vehicles owned by the State of Utah or a county of said state, and used exclu- sively for official business, nor to motor vehicles bearing the registration number of another state and temporarily using the streets of Salt Lake City while passing through said city. The license tax for the use, operation and running of vehicles on the streets of Salt Lake City shall be paid annually in advance into the city treasury, in the sums and according to the following schedule, to-wit: Passenger vehicles: For license to run a public passenger vehicle drawn by one horse 0.00 For license to run a public passenger vehicle drawn by two horses 10.00 For license to run a street stand automobile for public hire, carrying 7 or less persons, including the driver 25.00 For license to run a street stand automobile for public hire, carrying more than 7 persons, including the driver 45.00 For private motor passenger vehicle weighing 3000 pounds or less 5.00 For license to run a private motor vehicle weighing more than 3000 pounds 10.00 Freight vehicles: For license to run a two-horse vehicle for the carriage of brick, coal, lumber, ice, stone, earth, gravel, sand, cement, lime, tiling, steel beams and other steel and iron products, oil, gasoline, goods, wares, merchandise, manufactured articles, express matter, baggage, freight and material of any and every kind 4 6.00 For license to run a one-horse vehicle for the carriage of material of any and every kind as described above 5.00 For license to run a three-horse or four-horse vehicle for the carriage of material of any and every kind, as described above 10.00 -2- For license to run a motor truck or other motor vehicle of the capacity of one ton or less, for the carriage of material of any and every kind, as described above 10.00 For license to run a motor truck or other motor vehicle, of the capacity of more than one ton and less than three tone, for the carriage of material of any and every kind, as described above 15.00 For license to run a motor truck or other motor vehicle, of the capacity of more than three tons, for the carriage of material of any and every kind, as described above 20.00 Provided that where more than one trailer is hauled by such motor vehicles there shall be paid an additional license tax of yp'1.00 for each trailer. For license to run a motor cycle, with or without extra wheel attachment 3.00 For license to run a bicycle or any other vehicle not hereinbefore provided for 1.00 A license for any vehicle under the provisions of this ordinance, may be issued for a term of six months upon the payment of one-half of the amount of the annual license plus ten per cent additional. provided, however, that when an application is made after the first day of July of any year, the licensee shall be required to make payment only for the unexpired portion of such half-yearly period, and the certificate of license shall be for such period. All revenues derived from such license fees shall be kept as a separate fund and used only for the cost and expenses of street or alley maintenance or repair. Upon the issuance of said license the License Assessor and Collector shall deliver to the applicant a metal plate, bearing a number and the name of the class to which said vehicle belongs and the year for which said license is issued, and all vehicles except automobiles and motorcycles, shall have such plate attached thereto in such manner that the same may be plainly seen; for such plate the licensee shall pay the sum of twenty-five cents; and it shall be unlawful to use, operate or run any such vehicle upon which such plate is required to be attached, although the same -3- be duly licensed, upon the streets of Salt Lake City unless such plate is attached thereto; and it shall be unlawful for any person, upon the expiration of such license, or upon the revocation of the same, to permit or suffer said license number to be or remain attached to his vehicle, or to operate or run his vehicle after his license has expired or has been revoked; and each day any wagon, automobile or vehicle is used, operated or run upon the streets of Salt Lake City without the owner thereof having procured a license therefor in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, shall constitute and be considered a separate and distinct offense hereunder. Applications for license under this ordinance shall be made to the License Assessor and Collector upon forms pro- vided by him for such purpose, setting forth the name and address of the applicant, a description of the vehicle for which the license is desired, the place where it is to be kept and the use which is to be made of the same , together with a statement showing whether such vehicle is to be operated by the owner, and if not so operated, the name of the person operating or intending to operate such vehicle, together with the state registration number, if such vehicle is registered under the state motor vehicle law. It shall be unlawful for any licensee to sell, transfer or assign any license issued under the provisions of this ordinance, except by permission of the Board of Commissioners. Any person having a residence or place of business without the limits of Salt Lake City, who shall use, operate or run a vehicle as herein described, on the streets of said city for the purposes of his business, shall be required to procure a license for each such vehicle, according to the schedule and provisions of this ordinance:, -4- I�f ijjiy • It shall be unlawful for the owner, driver or person in charge of an automobile to carry passengers for hire, to stand or permit the same to stand upon any street in the congested district of this city, as defined by ordinance, within fifty feet of another automobile licensed to carry passengers for hire, longer than is necessary to take on or discharge passengers, not exceeding ten minutes; To clean or repair the same on any street of this city, except in case of an accident, in which case only such repairs shall be made thereto as will enable the same to be moved off the street; To at any time engage in loud conversation with another person, or to indulge in any noisy or boisterous conduct; At any time to start the motor of such vehicle or • permit the same to run more than two minutes before leaving the place where the same is standing; or to permit the motor of such vehicle to run after such vehicle has been brought to a stop, except when about to leave the place where such vehicle is standing. In case of the conviction of any person the second time for violating the provisions of this section, relating to standing fifty feet from another licensed automobile, or in cleaning. or repairing an automobile on the street, or engaging in loud conversation or other noisy or boisterous conduct, or as to starting the motor of an automobile , except when about to leave the place where the same is standing, or allowing the motor to run after the vehicle has been brought to a stop, the court in passing sentence, in addition to the sentence pronounced under Section 688 of the Revised Ordinances of 191b, may enter as part of the judgment that the license for the automobile in charge of such person at the time of the commission of such second • offenUe be revoked. • -5- • • • a'' • • • ‘,..... SECTION 2. That Section 868 of Chapter 33 of the Revised ' Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, relating to licensing of motorcycles, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty-one days after its passage. ,,_ N---•-•,.. , '. ,Passed by the Board of CommIlits0.4ersAkf Salt,,aake City, .. Utah, March, , 1918. .::1 ,,. ltyor ---4 /, , ''t±ty-14cto4c1.944 -6- li 1, l.f. ig- r • .!.i Cii '4,. y, ex : ..t ,. s II Q 1. �— .. c,,,• W p4a