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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />AUGUST 24, 1982
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville,
<br />Virginia, in regular meeting assembled, that Chapter 8 of the
<br />Code of the City of Martinsville (1971, and as amended) con-
<br />cerning the regulation of garbage, refuse and weeds be, and
<br />the same is, hereby, revised in its entirety to read as follows:
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<br />ARTICLE I
<br />TRASH AND WEEDS
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<br />Sec. 8-1
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<br />Dumping trash on or along public streets or sidewalks.
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<br />a. Any person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor
<br />who shall dump, throw, drop, deposit,or dispose of
<br />any trash, garbage, refuse, dead animal carcass,
<br />rubbish, glass, ashes, or litter on any public street,
<br />sidewalk, right-of-way, property adjacent to such
<br />street or right-of-way or on private property without
<br />the consent of the owner.
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<br />b. When a violation of the provisions of this section has
<br />been observed by any person, and the matter dumped,
<br />thrown, dropped, deposited, or disposed of on the
<br />street, sidewalk, right-of-way, property adjacent to
<br />such street or right-of-way, or property has been
<br />ejected from a motor vehicle, the owner or operator
<br />of such motor vehicle shall be presumed to be the
<br />person ejecting such trash, garbage, refuse, dead
<br />animal carcass, rubbish, glass, ashes, or litter. Such
<br />presumption may be rebutted by competent evidence.
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<br />Sec. 8-2
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<br />Removal of grass, weeds, and vegetative growth from
<br />vacant lots.
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<br />a. It shall be the duty of the owner of any vacant lot
<br />or parcel of land in the city to cut or cause to be
<br />cut all grass, weeds, or like vegetative growth which
<br />exceeds a height of three feet above the ground and
<br />which is deemed by the Director of Public Works to
<br />create a potential threat to public health or safety.
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<br />b. Should the owner of any such property fail or refuse
<br />to abide by this requirement, then the Director of
<br />Public Works shall give a l"Titten notice to such owner
<br />requiring the owner to cut or have cut such grass,
<br />weeds, or vegetative growth within fifteen (15) days
<br />after the date of the notice.
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<br />c. Such notice shall be given to the owner by personally
<br />serving a copy of such notice on the owner or his
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