Minutes 05/11/1954 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

~28 TUESDAY MAY ll, 19.54 Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimous~ carried, the Council adopted the following amendment to its Admission Tax Ordinance effective July 1, 19.54: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this eleventh day of May, 19.54, that it doth hereby and herein amend Section 2 (TAX) of the Amusement Tax Ordinance of said City of Martinsville to read as follovfS: Section 2 - TAX There is hereby levied and there shall be collected a tax of five per centum (5%) of the amount paid for the admission to any place of amusement or entertainment where the admission charge is 15~ or more, to be paid by every person who pays such an admission charge to such place. In case of any person (except those set forth in Section 9 of this ordinance) being admitted to arw place of arrmsement of entertain- ment at arw time when an admission charge is made to other persons, an equivalent tax is hereby levied and sh~11 be collected based on the price charged to such other persons of the same class for the same or similar accommodations, said taxto be paid by the person so admitted. Where the admission charge is less than 1.5~ the tax shall be ! of l~ for admission or entertainment charge. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this amendment shall become effective on July 1, 19.54. In receiving and acknowledging the following Planning Connnission report regarding a recent request from Mr. J. G. Houck, Council instructed that, through public notice, bids be called for on proposed sale of the property described in said report: The Planning Commission of the City of Martinsville, at a call meeting on Wednesday, ~~y 5, 1954, considered a request from the Reverend J. G. Houck referred to them by the City Council. This request was far the purchase by Reverend Houck of a triangular portion of property lying on the south side of the 220 Thoroughfare and bounded on three sides by--On the North, by the 220 Thoroughfare; On the South, by Lavinder Street; On the West, by the new Lavinder Street connection with the Thoroughfare. It is the Commission's understanding that if this request were granted, Fceverend Houck would, at his own expense, move this new connection street approximately 3.5 feet west. After due consideration of this request, the Commission voted unanimously to recommend to City Council that this request be granted, retaining however, certain utility easements to protect water and sewer lines already in place on a portion of this property.