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150 TUESDAY JULY 26, 1983 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding, was held Tuesday, July 26, 1983, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members of Council being present, viz., William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Henry C. Reed; Eliza H. Severt; and Francis T. West. Following the invocation and Mayor Cole's welcome to visitors present, Council unani- mously approved--as recorded-- the minutes of its regular meeting held July 12, 1983. Continuing consideration from its July 12th meeting of a request for waiver of interest and penalties accrued against 1966 delinquent property taxes on property at 906 Spruce Street, as filed by Mr. Robert F. Becker and his wife (Mary Martha Woody), the present owners who acquired this property in 1979 from Ms. Geraldine M. Earles, Council deter- mined--on the basis of evidence presented by Mr. & Mrs. Becker--that the Beckers are not at fault for the non-payment of the 1966 taxes (in the amount of $136.00) which, at that time, were billed to the then-owners (Fred M. & Mary Ford Robbins) and, accordingly, granted the Beckers' waiver request by authorizing and directing the City Circuit Court Clerk to waive said penalties and interest upon the condition that the taxes due for 1966 be paid within thirty days. With reference to an ordinance (No. 83-4) introduced at Council's July 12th meeting, pro- posing to amend Section 5-20 of the City Code to the extent of prohibiting the keeping of livestock and fowl (except where "grandfathered") within the City, Mayor Cole reiterated his previously-expressed opinion that the proposed ordinance, if adopted, could be too restrictive--an opinion concurred in by Councilman west--as well as could adversely affect certain local school kindergarten projects (wherein baby chicks are hatched and