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CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2001-3 <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in <br />regular session assembled on May 22, 2001, that it does hereby amend <br />Chapter 13--Offenses-Miscellaneous, Article I--In General, Section 13- <br />43-Place Used for Illegal Drugs a Nuisance; Presence at such Nuisance <br />of the City Code, as follows: <br /> <br />Section 13-43. Place used for illegal drugs a nuisance; ......... <br />nuisance knowingly l~ermitting, establishing, keeping or maintaining <br />such is a Class I misdemeanor. <br /> <br /> Any office, store, shop, restaurant, dance hall, theater, poolroom, <br />clubhouse, storehouse, warehouse, dwelling house, apartment, building <br />of any kind, vehicle, vessel, boat, or aircraft, in this city, which with the <br />knowledge of the owner, lessor, agent of any such lessor, manager, <br />chief executive officer, operator or tenant thereof is .... ~ .... ;~;+o~ <br />frequented by persons under the influence.v.r"~ .~....~ ......... ~...~...~ of illegally <br />obtained ~*~ ;~ ~ ......... ; ~ ~r ..... r~ ~, ~; .... ~; ~;~,, ~;~ ~ <br /> <br />controlled substances or marijuana, or which is used Er the illeg~ <br />possession of, manufacture manufacturing, or dislribuli~ of <br />distributing con~rolled substances or m~ijuana, shall be deemed a <br />common nuisance. Any person ......~ ~ ...............~..~ ~ .... w ere <br /> <br />such owner, lessor~ a~ent of any such lessor, mana~er~ chief <br />executive officer~ operator or tenant who knowingly permits~ <br />establishes~ keeps or maintains such a common nuisance is ~il~ of <br />a Class ~ I misdemeanor. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that an emergency exists and that this <br />Ordinance shall be effective on and after this date. <br /> <br />Attest: <br /> <br />Johnathan B. Phillips, Clerk of Council <br /> <br />Date Adopted <br /> <br />Date Effective <br /> <br /> <br />