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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14 OF THE LICENSE TAX ORDINANCE
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<br />OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE FOR THE YEAR 1944.
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that Section 14
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<br />of the ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE FOR IMPOSING AND COLLECTING LICENSES AND
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<br />TAXES FOR THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES WITHIN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE
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<br />FOR TWELVE MONTHS COMMENCING THE FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1944, AND ENDING THE THIRTIETH
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<br />DAY OF APRIL, 1945", be and the same is hereby amended and reenacted so as to read
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<br />as follows:
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<br />SEC. 14 Attorneys, Physicians, Dentists, Architects, Civil Engineers,
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<br />Surveyors, Tree Surgeons, Opticians, Oculists, Veterinary
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<br />Surgeons, Public Accountants, Chiropodists and Chiropractors, Etc.
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<br />The specific license tax on every resident or non-resident attorney-at-
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<br />law, physician, dentist, architect, civil, mechanical, or electrical engineer,
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<br />municipal consultant, surveyor, tree surgeon, optician, oculist, veterinary
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<br />surgeon, osteopath, chiropractor, chiropodist, poropathy, manipulative surgeon
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<br />or other practitioner of the art of healing and public accountants having an
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<br />office or carrying on business or practicing their art or profession in this
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<br />city shall be twenty-five dollars ($25), and in addition thereto 1/2 of 1%
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<br />(one-half of one percentum) of the gross receipts, fees or commissions for the
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<br />preceding license year in excess of $2,500.00. The gross receipts of any firm
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<br />shall, for the purpose of this section, be considered equally divided among the
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<br />members and associates of said firm required to secure licenses hereunder.
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<br />All persons who for compensation shall furnish plans and specifications
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<br />for the erection or improvements of buildings shall be deemed architects, and
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<br />all persons who examine or measure the eyes for the purpose of fitting optical
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<br />glasses to them shall be deemed opticians within the meaning of this section.
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<br />No such license shall be issued for less than twenty-five dollars ($25).
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<br />Licenses under this section are not transferable.
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<br />All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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<br />Adopted by the Council June 5, 1944.
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<br />Ayes: Mr. Adams, Mr. Gleason, Mr. Huff,
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<br />Mr. Morris and Mr. Watson.
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<br />Noes: None.
<br />Clerk Signature
<br />President Signature
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<br />AN ORDINANCE ADDING THE CITY CODE OF 1932 BY ADDING THERETO A NEW
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<br />CHAPTER NUMBERED CHAPTER XLI (a), CONSISTING OF FIVE SECTIONS, NUMBERED
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<br />497 (1) to 497 (5), INCLUSIVE, ESTABLISHING A PLANNING COMMISSION AND
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<br />PRESCRIBING THE PERSONNEL, POWERS AND DUTIES THEREOF.
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the City Code
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<br />of 1932 be amended by adding a new chapter thereto designated as Chapter XLI (a),
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<br />consisting of five sections, numbered 497 (1) to 497 (5) inclusive, which shall read
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<br />as follows:
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<br />SECTION 497 (1). City Planning Commission Established.
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<br />There is hereby created and established, pursuant to Chapter 89 of the
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<br />Acts of General Assembly of 1934, a planning commission for the City of
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<br />Charlottesville, which shall be known as the City Planning Commission.
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<br />SECTION 497 (2). Personnel and Terms.
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<br />Said Commission shall consist of seven members, all of whom shall be
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<br />appointed by the Mayor and shall serve without compensation. One of said members
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<br />shall be a member of the Council and one of said members shall be either the
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<br />City Manager or the City Engineer, as the Mayor shall designate. The remaining
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<br />members shall be qualified voters of the City who hold no other municipal office.
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<br />All members of the board shall be appointed for a term of four years except the
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<br />member from the Council and the City Manager or the City Engineer, as the case
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<br />may be, whose terms as members of the Commission shall correspond to their
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<br />respective official tenures; provided, however, that the term of office of the
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<br />first appointees to the Commission shall expire on August 31, 1945.
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<br />Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of the term of
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<br />a member shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor for the unexpired term.
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<br />SECTION 497 (3). Organization.
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<br />As soon as practicable after this ordinance becomes effective the members
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<br />of the Commission shall meet and shall elect from their number a chairman and
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<br />vice-chairman, who shall serve as such for a term of one year and shall be eligible
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<br />for re-election. They shall also select a Secretary who need not be a member of
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<br />the Commission, but shall serve without compensation unless and until payment or
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<br />compensation shall have been expressly authorized by the Council.
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