File #: 24-1760    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/11/2024 In control: Common Council
On agenda: 12/17/2024 Final action: 12/17/2024
Title: Ordinance creating Chapter 3.18 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code to implement a Vehicle Registration Fee
Attachments: 1. O-24-36 - Creating Chapter 3.18 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code to implement a Vehicle Registration Fee
Related files: 24-1649
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Ordinance creating Chapter 3.18 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code to implement a Vehicle Registration Fee

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The Common Council of the City of Wauwatosa do ordain as follows:
Part I. Chapter 3.18 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby created to read in its entirety as follows:
Chapter 3.18 Motor Vehicle Registration Fee.
3.18.010 Authority.
This section is adopted pursuant to the authority granted in Wis. Stat. ? 341.35, as amended from time to time.
3.18.020 Definition.
For purposes of this section, a "motor vehicle" means an automobile or motor truck registered under Wis. Stat. ? 341.25(1)(c) at a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds that is registered in Wisconsin and customarily kept in the City of Wauwatosa.
3.18.030 Annual Registration Fee.
An annual City registration fee in the amount of $15.00 is hereby imposed on all motor vehicles registered in the State of Wisconsin and customarily kept in the City of Wauwatosa beginning on the effective date of this ordinance. Future fee amounts shall be as set in the Consolidated Fee Schedule adopted by the Common Council from time to time.
3.18.040 Collection of fee.
At the time a motor vehicle is first registered and at the time of each registration renewal, the registration applicant shall pay the vehicle registration fee in addition to any fees set by the state and required by Wis. Stat. Ch. 341. The City registration fee shall be paid as provided in Wis. Stat.
? 341.35(5), as amended from time to time.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation shall collect the City registration fee, and shall retain a portion of the moneys collected under this section equal to the actual administrative costs related to the collection of these fees, as provided in Wis. Stat. ? 341.35(6m), as amended from time to time.
3.18.050 Exemption.
The following motor vehicles are exempt from the annual vehicle registration fee:
A. All vehicles exempted by Wis. Stat. Ch. 341 from payment of a state vehicle ...

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