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Chapter 1 <br /> <br />GENERAL PROVISIONS <br /> <br />Sec. 1-1. <br />Sec. 1-2. <br />Sec. 1-3. <br />Sec. 1-4. <br />Sec. 1-5. <br />Sec. 1-6. <br />Sec. 1-7. <br />Sec. 1-8. <br />Sec. 1-9. <br />Sec. 1-10. <br />Sec. 1-11. <br />Sec. 1-12. <br />Sec. 1-13. <br />Sec. 1-14. <br />Sec. 1-15. <br />Sec. 1-16. <br /> <br />Sec. <br /> <br />1-17. <br /> <br />How Code designated and cited. <br />Definitions and rules of construction. <br />Catchlines of sections. <br />Severablitiy of parts of Code. <br />Enforcement of Code. <br />Provisions of Code considered as continuations of existing ordinances. <br />Miscellaneous ordinances not affected by Code. <br />Code does not affect prior offenses, rights, etc. <br />Supplementation of Code. <br />Copies of Code and supplements to be available for public inspection. <br />Classification of and penalties for violations; continuing violations generally. <br />Enjoining continuing violations. <br />Costs, fees, etc., for violations. <br />Dismissal of prosecutions; retraxit. <br />Special assessment for support of law library as part of costs in civil actions. <br />Special assessment for funding of courthouse security personnel as part of <br />costs in criminal and traffic cases. <br />Special assessment to defray the costs of processing arrested persons into local <br />or regional jails. <br /> <br />Sec. 1.1. How Code designated and cited. <br /> <br /> The ordinances embraced in this and the following chapters and sections shall constitute <br />and be designated the "Code of the City of Martinsville, Virginia (1983)" and may be so cited. <br />Such Code may also be cited as the "Martinsville City Code (1983)". <br />(Code 1971, § 1-1) <br /> State law reference--Authority of city to codify and recodify its ordinances, Code of <br />Virginia, § 15.1-37.3. <br /> <br />Sec. 1-2. Definitions and rules of construction. <br /> <br /> In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances the following definitions and rules <br />shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of <br />the city council; <br /> <br /> Charter. The word "charter" shall mean the Martinsville Charter of 1950~ as amended from <br />time to time. <br /> <br /> City. The words "city," ~'the city" and "this city" shall mean the City of Martinsville, Virginia. <br /> <br /> Code. Whenever the term "Code" or "this Code" is used without further qualification, it shall <br />mean the Code of the City of Martinsville, Virginia (1983), as designated in section 1-1. <br /> <br /> Computation of time. The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed by <br />excluding the first and including the last day; and if the last ~aybe Saturday, Sunday or a legal <br />holiday, that day shall be excluded. <br /> <br />Supp. No. 53 87 <br /> <br /> <br />