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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988 <br /> <br />accepted the Planning Commission's recommendations and,. in so doing, adopted <br />the following ordinance directing the vacating and closing of the aforesaid <br />street and street section, subject to the conditions set forth therein: <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br />Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this eleventh day of <br />October, 1988, that the street identified as "Old Liberty Street <br />Extension", now being replaced by "new" Liberty Street Extension, <br />plus a portion of North Townes Street, be--and they are hereby <br />declared--vacated and abandoned, subject to recordation in the <br />office of the Clerk of Martinsville City Circuit Court of <br />appropriate maps, following prior approval of such maps by the City <br />Planner or some other appropriate City official, reflecting the <br />herein-authorized closing and abandonment of said street and street <br />portion. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that, an emergency existing, <br />this ordinance shall be in force on and after October 12, 1988. <br /> <br />Council unanimously placed on first reading, for further consideration and/or <br />action at its forthcoming October 25th regular meeting, a proposed ordinance, <br />as recommended by Mr. J. Ronnie Minter, Commissioner of the Revenue, to amend <br />the City's current regulations so as to conform to State Code Section <br />58.1-3211, as amended, which permits local governments to provide tax relief <br />for qualifying elderly and/or permanently-and-totally disabled real estate <br />Owners. <br /> <br />Council also placed on first reading, for further consideration and/or action <br />at its forthcoming October 25th meeting, a proposed ordinance which, if <br />adopted, will amend Section 2 of Article II of the City's Business- <br />Professional-Occupational License Tax Ordinance, in conformance with amended <br />State Code Section 58.1-3731, whereby the City's license tax on public service <br />corporations will be based upon gross receipts accruing from sales to ultimate <br />consumers instead of, as now, upon gross receipts' accruing to persons, firms, <br />or corporations. In the case of telephone companies, charges for long distance <br /> <br /> <br />