§ 11-60-4. Registration fees.

A.

For every motor vehicle which is registered as required by this chapter, the owner thereof as classified under T.C.A. § 55-4-111 shall pay the city's registration agent fees as follows:

1.

Class (A): motorcycles, private, registration fee: $10.00.

2.

Class (B): motorcycles with three wheels, used in furtherance of a commercial enterprise, registration fee: $21.00.

3.

Class (C): passenger motor vehicles registration fee: $30.00.

B.

Registration fee for dealers, manufacturers and transporters.

1.

Any manufacturer, transporter or dealer owning a motor vehicle for the sole purpose of resale may obtain "dealer" registration of the vehicle at the hereinafter fees for the specified purpose of operating such vehicles upon the city streets. Operation upon the streets of the city under this special registration is to be limited to operation by their customers for temporary purposes, not in excess of 24 hours, or for movement of any vehicle of the like type upon the city streets solely for the purpose of delivery. The operation of service vehicles owned by a manufacturer or transporter or dealer while using special registration is not permitted. The fee for the first registration shall be at the rate of $41.00, for a passenger motor vehicle and the charge for each additional registration for the manufacturer, transporter or dealer special registration shall be at $21.00 per vehicle.

2.

Any dealer engaged in the sale of trucks (freight motor vehicles) at retail may make application for purchase of special dealer registration at a fee of $325.00 per unit. No dealer shall permit such registrations to be used by any person except one who is a prospective purchaser of such truck. All other restrictions that apply to such dealers in T.C.A. § 55-4-117 shall also apply to the city registration.

C.

Provided further there shall be no proration of fees in subsections (A) and (B) of this section, except that for every motor vehicle which is registered as required by this chapter under subsection (A) of this section, Class (A) and Class (B) may be prorated in the following manner: owners acquiring these vehicles in the period July 1 through September 30 shall pay three-quarters of the annual fee prescribed herein for the remainder of the year; in the period of October 1 through December 30, shall pay one-half of the annual fee prescribed herein for the remainder of the year; in the period January 1 through the last day of February, shall pay one-fourth of the annual fee prescribed herein.

D.

All city registrations issued for motor vehicles as registered for state purposes under chapters 1 through 6 of title 55, T.C.A., shall expire at the same date set out in T.C.A. § 55-4104 for the registration with the state.

E.

These fees shall apply to all vehicles whose registration becomes due on or after April 1, 1982.

(Code 1967, § 23-61; Code 1985, § 21-268; Ord. No. 244 § 1, 8-20-1968; Ord. No. 425 § 2, 4-1-1969; Ord. No. 462 § 2, 4-29-1969; Ord. No. 596 § 1, 12-9-1969; Ord. No. 1357 § 1, 7-5-1972; Ord. No. 1979 § 1, 3-5-1974; Ord. No. 2491 § 1, 9-7-1976; Ord. No. 2559 § 1, 2-1-1977; Ord. No. 3187 § 1(3), 2-2-1982)