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~ lo) J.. ... TUESDAY JULY 14, 1970 Route 57 improvements and relocation. Meanwhile, in response to Councilman Hobson's inquiry as to whether curb-and-gutter project requests are building up an increasing back-log as compared to construction completed each year, it was indicated that the back-log is now diminishing to the extent that, perhaps, in three years there should be no back-log. Councilman Hobson also pointed out that the more quickly such projects are completed the sooner property owners can make planned improvements to their properties. Council acknowledged receipt of--and referred to the Planning Commission for its consideration and recommendation--a petition filed by the R. H. Wimbish Corporation (Mr. R. H. Wimbish, President), requesting permission to connect--at petitioner1s expense--the Mount Olivet Court Subdivision, out- side the City's corporate limits at or near the intersection of State Route 57 with State Secondary Route 917, to the City's water system now serving the Woodland Heights Subdivision, that petitioner's subdivision and residents might be supplied water from the City1s system. Upon inquiry of (to) Council as to its wishes with regard to Section 7-2 of the City Code, i.e., whether to revise said section to parallel Section 15.1-11(2) of the CODE OF VIRGINIA, 1950 (and as amended) wherein a governing body may require owners of vacant lots to keep such lots free of excessive growth of grass, weeds, etc., or the governing body may remove such growth at owner's expense, Council adopted the following ordinance so revising said Section 7-2 as to parallel said Section 15.1-11(2) of the State Code, meanwhile determining that reasonable notice of intent to such property owners shall be in the form of verbal contact and persuasion, written notice by letters, and/or public newspaper notice: