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<br />Prepared June 15, 1992
<br />AN ORDINANCE
<br />AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTION 17-30 OF CHAPTER 17, AND
<br />SECTIONS 26-27, 26-30, 26-31, 26-40, 26-41, 26-61,
<br />26-66, 26-68, 26-70 OF CHAPTER 26, AND ADDING NEW
<br />SECTIONS NUMBER 26-71 AND 26-72 TO CHAPTER 26, OF THE CODE
<br />OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1990, AS AMENDED,
<br />RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE.
<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville,
<br />Virginia that Section 17-30 of Chapter 17, and Sections 26-27, 26-
<br />30, 26-31, 26-40, 26-41, 26-61, 26-66, 26-68, 26-70 of Chapter 26,
<br />are hereby amended and reordained, and two new sections number 26-
<br />71 and 26-72 are hereby added to Chapter 26, of the Code of the
<br />City of Charlottesville, 1990, as amended, to read as follows:
<br />OFFENSES - MISCELLANEOUS
<br />Sec. 17-30. Unlawful accumulations of garbage, refuse, etc.
<br />. (a) It shall be unlawful and a Class 1 misdemeanor for any
<br />person to allow to accumulate on private premises any of the
<br />following: Refuse, garbage, rubbish, paper, trash, manure, offal,
<br />ashes, vegetable matter, broken glass, stagnant water or any other
<br />matter or substance calculated to render the premises unclean or
<br />unsafe to any person or that is liable to injuriously affect
<br />publish health or safety.
<br />(b) Whenever the city manager determines that any condition
<br />exists in violation of this section, the manager shall notify the
<br />property owner of record of such determination by first class mail,
<br />sent to the address listed in the real estate tax records,
<br />requiring such property owner to correct the condition. An
<br />affidavit shall be prepared evidencing such mailing. If the
<br />condition is not corrected w}th}n-ten-{4A+-days after the mailing
<br />of eaeh reasonable notice, the city manager may order such
<br />condition to be removed or corrected, either by city forces or by
<br />a private contractor. The cost thereof, together with an
<br />administrative handling charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00), shall
<br />be billed to the property owner and if not paid shall be added to
<br />and collected in the same manner as the real estate tax on such
<br />property where the violation occurred.
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