Minutes 02/10/1953 (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

66 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1953 After hearing from Attorney H. H. HacBryde, Jr., cOl<nsel for Hr. S. .t. Hooker, who explained that his client had no objection to rezoning the Clark property but did object to the rezoning of other property mentioned in the Planning Commission's reco~JQendation ~mless his (Er. Hooker's) property fronting on i:ulberry Street Extended is lik81"Tise rezoned, Council unanimously accepted the Commission's recommendation and, also, called for a Public Hearing on said proposed rezoning to be held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday, Harc...~ 10, 1953 at the regular C01Jncil meeting to be held on that do. te. .........-- Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council placed the follm.,ring ordinance (providing for the levy ond collection of a license tax from owners of motor vehicles, etc., operated in the City of Hartinsville, for the year beginning Haren 15, 1953) on first reading: Be it ordained b:r the Council of the City of Hartinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting asser:bled, ths t as provided b:,r the Charter of said City, and for the purpose of providing a :t'und for the maintenance of the streets &'1d high\,mys of said City, there shall be levied and collected a license ta..'C for the City of Eartinsville from the o\mer of every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer residing in the City of Martinsville, Virginia, and from every non-resident who is the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer which is used in a business, employment or profession carried on in said City, other than those exempted by law, for the yeo.r beginning Harch 15, 1953, which license t8.X shall be as follmvs: (a) The license k.x to be paid b:,,- the ovmer of any motor vehicle 1.'sed in the transport2tion of passenGers not for compensation shall be six dollars ($6.00) per year; the fee for motorcycles shall by three dollars (~~3.00) per yeoT, ond two dollars (~~2.00) additional for each side car. (b) The license tax to be paid on each motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer kept or used for rent or hire for transDortation of passengers or property shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year. (c) The license tax to 1Je paid on each motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer used or designed for the transportation of property shall be twelve dollars ($l2.00) per year.