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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1394 PAGE NINE Sec. 32-4. License - Tax to be paid. It shall be unlawful for any owner to drive or operate or cause or permit to be driven or operated any vehicle for hire or ambulance, on any street of the City of Santa Ana until he has complied with all provisions set forth in this Chapter and has paid the business license tax for the current calendar year, as provided in Chapter 21 of this Code. The annual tax for a vehicle for hire shall be in the amount provided in Chapter 21 of this Code; provided that, when a business license tax has already been paid on a vehicle for hire and the vehicle is within the year replaced by another vehicle, the unexpired portion of the license tax paid on the vehicle so replaced shall be credited to the license tax payable for the substitute vehicle for hire. For the purposes hereof, the unexpired portion of the license tax paid on the vehicle for hire which has been replaced shall be that portion of the annual tax which is equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of said tax multiplied by the number of full months remaining during the current licensing year. Whenever a vehicle licensed as a vehicle for hire by the provisions of this chapter is replaced by another vehicle for hire, a transfer fee as established by resolution of the city council, in addition to the license tax, shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle. The previously issued vehicle permit or device shall be surrendered at the time the transfer is made. Sec. 32.5. License - Vehicle Permit. No permit or certificate holder shall operate, or cause or permit to be operated, any motor vehicle required to be licensed under the provisions of this chapter unless the same shall have attached thereto, in a conspicuous place in the lower left hand corner of the rear window, a permit issued by the director of finance or his designated agent. Sec. 32-6. License - Record of Vehicle Permits. The director of finance or his designated agent shall maintain a record by vehicle permit number showing the type, make, passenger capacity, engine number, state license number, registered owner, legal owner, and such other information pertinent to the vehicle bearing the vehicle permit. The director of finance shall likewise maintain a list of each such permit issued, classified by the name of the holder of the permit and by the year in which the license fee is paid. A copy of such listing, or portion thereof, certified as correct by the director of finance, shall be made available upon request to the city council or to any hearing officer or interested party at any hearing upon the suspension or revocation of any permit. Sec. 32-7. Affixing of Vehicle Permit and Device Evidencing Permit. The director of finance or his designated agent shall, affix a vehicle permit to the vehicle for hire or ambulance, in the lower left hand corner of the rear window, provided, however, that he shall not affix such permit to any vehicle which does not have an unexpired sticker affixed to it by the California Highway Patrol, Santa Ana Police or Orange County Sheriff, evidencing that the vehicle has passed a safety inspection.