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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1992 being no other public comment, Mayor McClain declared the public hearing closed. Vice-Mayor Adams made a motion to change the penalty for noncompliance from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 2 misdemeanor. This motion died for lack of a second. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the Ordinance on first reading with a minor amendment regarding the minimum penalty for late remittance of the tax° Council conducted a public hearing and considered approval, on first reading, of Ordinance No. 92-15 amending the City's Zoning Ordinance regarding transient storage of hazardous waste. Ms. Michelle H. Smith, 749 Indian Trail, read a prepared statement regarding environmental issues and urged Council to support the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. Revo William Barber, 413 Fayette Street, asked several questions in order to clarify the scope of the Ordinance and stated that he was still not satisfied with this measure. Rev. Barber, reading a prepared statement, asked that Council declare illegal the temporary storage of hazardous waste at the old R. P. Thomas trucking terminal on Fayette Street. Rev. James Hagwood, Rt. 1, Box 286, spoke in favor of the Ordinance, characterizing it as a "step in the right direction." Malvester Dixon, 622 Watt Street, made comments generally expressing concern for the potential danger of the use of the old R. P. Thomas terminal for the transient storage of hazardous waste. There being no other public comment, Mayor McClain declared the public hearing closed° Vice-Mayor Adams read a prepared statement detailing the actions of both the City and the task force which was established to examine this issue and summarized the results of the investigation of the possible actions the City could take. Based upon this investigation, Vice-Mayor Adams recommended that Council take no legal