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') () ,..j ) TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1968 ,- which a license tax is required under this ordinance, who fails to display the license plate as required herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00). Any ordinance of the City of Martinsville heretofore passed which is in conflict with this ordinance is hereby repealed. An emergency existing, this ordinance shall be in force on March 15, 1968. Through Mr. Cary J. Randolpn, Attorney at Law, Dr. F. P. Turner, Sr., requested the rezoning of his property at 704 Starling Avenue from "H-6 Residential" to "C-2 Commercial" for the use of a local fraternal organization which has a ninety-day option (from January 9, 1968) to purchase this property to develop for its own usage provided it is so rezoned. Council referred this petition to the Planning Commission for its consideration and recommendation. Upon recommendation of Public Works Director George W. Brown, being in accordance with policy established and applied in similar instances, Council authorized the furnishing of a sewer connection (free of charge) to Martinsville Steel & Iron Company, outside the City's corporate limits, in lieu of the City's paying the standard fee for sewer line easements outside the corporate limits, as would otherwise have been necessary, for a sewer line easement across this firm's property near Jones Creek. Council's authorization included the require- ment that this connection and usage thereof conform to the City's applicable regulations and requirements, including the appropriate sewer service tariff. Mr. T. J. Childress, Jr., called Council's attention to the recently-announced statement by three area funeral establishments that they will soon discontinue ambulance service, which poses the question--if the remaining firms also