§ 220.217. Annual fee.

(a)

Every permit and medallion shall be annually renewed on or before the last day of the month of January, except for temporarily deactivated permits or medallions as described in paragraph (c) of this Section. The Department shall charge an annual fee for the renewal, plus a per month extra fee for late renewals as found in www.coj.net/fees . If a permit or medallion is not renewed after the expiration of three months, it shall be considered abandoned. Notwithstanding the preceding, any permit or medallion which is outstanding as of November 1, 1989, shall be considered abandoned as of January 1, 1990 if any renewal or late renewal charges are unpaid on such permit or medallion as of January 1, 1990.

(b)

The annual fee collected under this Chapter is a fee paid for the purpose of examination and inspection of vehicles for hire and the administration of this Chapter and is declared to be a regulatory fee in addition to and not in lieu of the occupational license taxes imposed by Chapters 770 and 772. The payment of an annual fee under this Chapter shall not relieve a person of liability for and the responsibility of paying an occupational license tax where it is required by Chapters 770 and 772 and for doing the acts and providing the information required by these Chapters.

(c)

Permits and medallions may be temporarily deactivated in the following manner for the purpose of being retained but not used or paid for by the owner until such time as needed. A permit or medallion owner may inform the Director in writing during the month of December each year that previously issued permits or medallions are being temporarily deactivated for the succeeding calendar year. The annual fee will not be required to be paid for identified permits and medallions thus temporarily deactivated, and the permits and medallions may not be reactivated until January of the year succeeding the calendar year of deactivation. Reactivation for the succeeding year must be requested in writing to the Director before the end of January of that year, and must be requested for blocks of ten or more permits and medallions. The cost to reactivate permits and medallions will be the annual renewal fee, as found in www.coj.net/fees , plus any fees outstanding on the permit or medallion from prior years. The reactivation request will be honored when payment is received by the City.

(d)

No permit or medallion temporarily deactivated pursuant to this Section may be utilized during the calendar year for which it has been deactivated. An owner operating or leasing a vehicle for hire utilizing a temporarily deactivated permit or medallion for commercial purposes shall be subject to a fine of $500 for each such permit or medallion used illegally.

(Ord. 82-1121-571, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 85-1561-830, § 10; Ord. 89-1118-544, § 1; Ord. 90-215-235, § 5; Ord. 2002-1214-E, § 1; Ord. 2017-665-E , § 14)

Note— Former § 426.217.