ORD-3285
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 35-280 OF THE CITY CODE
FOR LICENSE REQUIREMENT FEES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH THAT SECTION 2-246 AND 2-247 ARE AMENDED
AND REORDAINED AS FOLLOWS:
Sec. 35-280. - License requirement; imposition of fee.
(a) There is hereby imposed a requirement for a local vehicle license, for the terms as established by this Article,
on motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, regularly kept in the City and used upon public roadways of the
City. The amount of the fee for this license shall be as set forth in the following subsections of this Section, and
shall be due annually at the same time the state registration is obtained, unless specifically provided for
otherwise. A valid vehicle registration, issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles after April 21, 2003,
shall, as necessary, document compliance with the local vehicle license requirements imposed by this
ordinance and serve as a license.
(b) The license fee on a motor vehicle, designed and used for the transportation of passengers, which is selfpropelled or designed for self-propulsion, shall be, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section,
imposed in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)
Motor vehicles weighing four thousand (4,000) pounds or less, and pickup trucks with a gross
weight of four thousand (4,000) pounds or less .....$26.00 $25.00
(2)
Motor vehicles weighing more than four thousand (4,000) pounds, and pickup trucks with a gross
weight from four thousand and one (4,001) pounds to seven thousand five hundred (7,500)
pounds .....31.00 30.00
(3)
Motorcycle .....24.00 23.00
(4)
Antique motor vehicles licensed permanently pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 46.2-730
(motorcycles or cars) .....13.50
(5)
Any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon which well-drilling machinery is attached and which
is permanently used solely for transporting such machinery and any specialized mobile
equipment as defined by Code of Virginia, § 46.2-700 .....15.00
(c)
(1)
Unless otherwise specified in this Article, the license fees for trailers and semitrailers not
designed and used for the transportation of passengers on the highways in the commonwealth
shall be as follows:
Registered Gross Weight
Annual Fee
Permanent Fee
0—1,500 lbs.
$ 8.50 $7.50
$52.00
1,501—4,000
19.00 18.00
52.00
4,001 lbs and above
25.50
52.00
(2)
The license fee for each trailer or semitrailer designed for use as living quarters for human beings
shall be twenty-five dollars ($26.00) ($25.00).
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(3)
The license fee for all trailers designed exclusively to transport boats or horses shall be seven
dollars and fifty cents ($7.50).
(d) There is hereby imposed a license fee, to be paid by the owner, upon each motor vehicle not designed and
used for the transportation of passengers, whether operated under lease or not. The amount of the license
fee shall be determined by the gross weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles of which it is a part,
when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is registered and licensed by the state, according to the
following schedule:
Pounds Fee
4,000 or less .....$ 25.00 $ 24.00
4,001—16,000 .....30.00 29.00
16,001—17,000 .....31.80 30.80
17,001—18,000 .....33.10 32.10
18,001—19,000 .....34.40 33.40
19,001—20,000 .....35.70 34.70
20,001—21,000 .....37.00 36.00
21,001—22,000 .....38.30 37.30
22,001—23,000 .....39.60 38.60
23,001—24,000 .....40.90 39.90
24,001—25,000 .....42.20 41.20
25,001—26,000 .....43.50 42.50
26,001—27,000 .....44.80 43.80
27,001—28,000 .....46.10 45.10
28,001—29,000 .....47.40 46.40
29,001—30,000 .....48.70 47.70
30,001—31,000 .....50.00 49.00
31,001—32,000 .....51.30 50.30
32,001—33,000 .....52.60 51.60
33,001—34,000 .....53.90 52.90
34,001—35,000 .....55.20 54.20
35,001—36,000 .....56.50 55.50
36,001—37,000 .....57.80 56.80
37,001—38,000 .....59.10 58.10
38,001—39,000 .....60.40 59.40
39,001—40,000 .....61.70 60.70
40,001—41,000 .....63.00 62.00
41,001—42,000 .....64.30 63.30
42,001—43,000 .....65.60 64.60
43,001—44,000 .....66.90 65.90
44,001—45,000 .....68.20 67.20
45,001—46,000 .....69.50 68.50
46,001—47,000 .....70.80 69.80
47,001—48,000 .....72.10 71.10
48,001—49,000 .....73.40 72.40
49,001—50,000 .....74.70 73.70
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50,001—51,000 .....76.00 75.00
51,001—52,000 .....77.30 76.30
52,001—53,000 .....78.60 77.60
53,001—54,000 .....79.90 78.90
54,001—55,000 .....81.20 80.20
55,001—56,000 .....82.50 81.50
56,001—56,800 .....83.80 82.80
56,801 and over .....86.00 85.00
(e) In the case of a combination of a truck or tractor truck and a trailer or semitrailer, each vehicle constituting a
part of such combination shall be registered as a separate vehicle, and a separate local vehicle license fee shall
be imposed thereon, but, for the purpose of determining the gross weight group into which any such vehicle
falls pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section, the combination of vehicles of which such vehicle constitutes a
part shall be considered a unit, and the aggregate gross weight of the entire combination shall determine such
gross weight group. In determining the fee to be paid for the local license for a truck or tractor truck
constituting a part of such combination, the fee shall be assessed on the total gross weight of the combination
when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is registered and licensed. However, there shall be no
deduction from this fee for the local vehicle license fee of the trailer or semitrailer in the combination.
(f) The increases in fees authorized on May 9, 2006, shall be effective for October 1, 2006 through September 30,
2007, and the additional revenue resulting from the fee increase shall fund activities associated with the
Virginia Beach 2007 celebration to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the First Landing at Cape Henry
and subsequent settling of Jamestown as the first settlement in the New World. Absent further action by the
City Council, on October 1, 2007, all fees shall revert to those rates in effect on May 9, 2006.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: That this ordinance shall be effective on July 1, 2013.
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Adopted by the City Council of the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, on this 14 day of May, 2013.