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ii ~) ii ~, TUESDAY JANUARY 22, 1985 amendments, Mayor Cole declared this public hearing closed; whereupon motion, duly seconded, Council unanimously adopted same in the form of the following ordinance: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-second day of January, 1985, that Sections II and VIII of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and are hereby--amended, as follows: (1) To Section II (Definitions), add the following: Rehabilitation Facility. A building or part thereof used as a non-profit rehabilitation facility providing any opportunity for personal adjustment to normal daily living for persons formerly suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or similar afflictions, and who are generally considered as being capable of resuming a normal living situation; provided, that the use of such facility shall be solely for living purposes and shall not be used for medical convalescing, medical treatment, psychiatric theraphy or other such treatment other than general guidance and counseling. (2) Amend sub-section C-9 of Section VIII to read as follows: Residential-Custodial Care Facility. Facilities as described in Section II (Definitions) may be allowed in the R-6 Residential, P-l Professional, P-2 Professional, and C-3 Commercial Districts, subject to this section. For the purposes of this paragraph, the title "Residential- Custodial Care Facility" shall mean any residential structure operated either as a public or private facility for the main- tenance or care of four (4) or more adults who are aged, infirm or disabled, except (1) a facility or portion of a facility licensed by the state board of health or the state hospital board, but including any portion of such facility not so licensed; and (2) the home or residence of an individual who cares for or main- tains only persons related to him by blood or marriage. (3) Amend sub-section C of Section VIII by adding, as item 10, the fo llowing: Rehabilitation Facility. Facilities as described in Section II (Definitions) may be allowed in the P-l Professional, P-2 Pro- fessional, and C-3 Commercial Districts, subject to this section. In considering further certain proposed amendments to the City's Business-Professional- Occupational License Tax Ordinance (1983), as accepted for introduction by Council at its January 8th meeting, Council received from Acting City Manager George W. Brown a substitute draft of an ordinance which incorporated all of the amendments as introduced but proposed retention of the exemption and/or exclusion from local license taxation, under certain conditions, the gross receipts of locally-based contractors derived from