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54 TUESDAY JANUARY 9, 1973 In a third tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's report and recommendation dated January 5, 1973, Council called for a duly advertised public hearing to be conducted at Council's forthcoming February 13th meeting, on Lester Lumber Company's petition requesting the rezoning of an area between Northside Drive and the C & NW Railroad beginning at Jones Creek and running south approximately 800 feet, from R-9 Residential to R-6 Residential classification. Giving further consideration to a matter which had been referred to the City Attorney at its December 12, 1972 meeting, Council adopted an ordinance, on motion of Mr. Lester, seconded by Mr. Boaz, as follows: WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 58-16.3 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended and supplemented, the General Assembly of Virginia declared certified pollution control equipment and facilities, as defined therein, to be a separate class of property and to constitute a classification for local taxation separate from other such classification of real or personal property and authorized the governing body of any county, city or town by ordinance to exempt or partially exempt such property from local taxation, and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia is in accord with the purposes of Section 58-16.3 and has determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Martinsville, Virginia and its inhabitants to exempt from local taxation certified pollution control equipment and facilities as defined in Section 58-16.2 (c) (1), NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, that certified pollution control equipment and facilities, as hereinafter defined, shall be exempt from local taxation. As used in this ordinance the term "certified pollution control equipment and facilities" shall be deemed to mean any property, including real or personal property, equipment, facilities, or devices, used primarily for the purpose of abating or preventing pollution of the atmosphere or waters of the Commonwealth, which the State certifying authority having juriS- diction with respect to such property has certified to the Department of Taxation as having been constructed, reconstructed, erected, or acquired in conformity with the State program or requirements for abatement or control of water or atmospheric pollution or contamination. As used in this ordinance the term "State certifying authority" shall be deemed to mean Water Control Board for water pollution, and the State Air Pollution Control Board, for air pollution, and shall include any inter- state agency authorized to act in place of a certifying authority of the State. This ordinance shall be effective on and after 12:01 A.M. on the 20th day of January, 1973.