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TUESDAY AUGUST 24, 1982 introduced July 27, 1982) which, if adopted, will replace Chapter 8 (of the City Code) in its entirety by establishing new regulations pertaining to trash and weeds, the burning thereof, and to refuse collection. Of a number of citizens who appeared before Council on this matter, none seemed to be in opposition to the ordinance and/or to its thrust toward achieving or maintaining clean, attractive and safe premises, as advocated by members of the Martinsville--Henry County Clean Community Commission (represented by Mrs. Ivey Stone, Chair- man; Mrs. Sallie Clark; and Mrs. Nancy Henderson); however, other citizens present raised questions concerning the interpretation and enforcement of specific sections of the proposed ordinance. For example, Mr. Herbert P. Dillon, of 402 Minor Street, cited the possibility of continuing safety-and-air pollution problems, already prevalent under current regulations, with the trash burning and leaf disposal section of the proposed ordinance; the reported inability, financially and otherwise, of some citizens, particularly some elderly citizens, to maintain vacant lots they own; certain ramifications, as pointed out by Mr. Brent Westwood of the Lester Group, relating to this firm's large tracts of forested lands which, in some cases, abut residential properties within the City; the fact that, as pointed out by Mr. Harvey T. Compton (of 124 Salmons Street), there is considerable vegetative over- growth, at times, along the rights-of-way of various City streets; hazards, as mentioned by Mrs. B. Cullinane (of 711 Spruce Street), from uncontrolled growth of poison ivy; questions as to the recommended 2~ feet limitation on vegetative plants proposed, as raised by one or more citizens (a Mrs. Virginia Wigginton and Mr. James D. Coleman, Jr., the latter being President of Rives S. Brown, Realtor); and questions concerning the pro- posed trash regulations, as posed by Mr. Posie F. Shropshire, of 1102 Douglas Street. In addition, Councilman Reed cited problems and inconveniences the proposed 9-to-S hours for burning of trash would cause many citizens who generally are at their places of employment during these hours, on which Commonwealth's Attorney J. Randolph Smith, Jr., pointed out that the hours for burning of trash are set by the State Air Pollution Board, noting, too,