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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1995
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<br />to promptly remove, raze, or abate such nuisance and specify .a
<br />reasonable time for such discontinuance or abatement. Any
<br />accumulations of water shall be abated within three days of receipt of
<br />such notice. Such notice shall bein writing, and shall be served upon
<br />the owner or owners, occupant or occupants by mailing a copy thereof to
<br />the last known post office address of said person or persons, or by
<br />delivery in person or by delivering it and leaving it in possession of
<br />any person in charge of the premises, or by posting the notice in a
<br />conspicuous place on the premises if such person or persons cannot be
<br />found on said premises, and if the person or'persons receiving the
<br />notice to abate fail to comply within the given period of time the code
<br />official shall cause the corrections to be made, either through other
<br />City agencies or by contract or arrangement with private persons, and
<br />charge and collect the cost thereof from the owner or owners, occupant
<br />or occupants of the property affected in any manner provided by law for
<br />the collection of state or local taxes.
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<br />Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted, on
<br />second reading, the following Ordinance No. 95-12, to be effective
<br />January 1, 1996:
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in
<br />regular session held on December 12, 1995, that Sec, 13-36 of the
<br />Martinsville Code be, and it hereby is, amended to read as follows:
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<br /> 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
<br />keep on property zoned for residential, commercial or agricultural
<br />purposes any motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer, as such are
<br />defined in Sec. 46.2-100 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended,
<br />which is inoperative, except within a fully enclosed building or
<br />structure or otherwise shielded or screened from view. As used herein,
<br />"shielded or screened from view" means hidden from sight by plantings
<br />or fences. As used herein, "an inoDerative motor vehicle" means any
<br />motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer which is not in operating
<br />condition, or does not display valid license plates, or does not
<br />display an inspection decal that is valid or does display an inspection
<br />decal that has been expired for more than 60 days. These provisions
<br />shall not apply to a licensed business which was regularly engaged in
<br />business as an automobile dealer, salvage dealer or scrap processor on
<br />June 26, 1970.
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<br /> 2. The owner of any property which is zoned for residential,
<br />commercial or agricultural purposes, and upon which any such
<br />inoperative vehicle is located, shall shield from view such inoperative
<br />vehicle within 15 calendar days of the date of written notice to the
<br />owner delivered to said owner either by personal service, registered or
<br />certified mail, return receipt requested, or by posting upon the
<br />premises if notice does not reach said owner by either of the foregoing
<br />modes of delivery thereof, which notice shall also inform the owner
<br />that if he fails to shield from view the aforesaid vehicle or vehicles,
<br />that he shall have the duty of removing same from said premises in said
<br />fifteen day period, that in the event that he fails to remove same from
<br />said premises, that the City of Martinsville, acting through its own
<br />agents or employees, may remove any such inoperative motor vehicles,
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