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GARBAGE AND TRASH COLLECTION: CHARLOTTESVILLE DISTRICT OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY WHICH THE CITY DESIRES TO ANNEX. MOST OF THE TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED HAS NO PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM OF ITS OWN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXTEND THESE SERVICES INTO ALL THE AREAS PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION. GARBAGE AND TRASH COLLECTION: CHARLOTTESVILLE OPERATES AND MAINTAINS COORDINATED AND INTEGRATED FACILITIES FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND TRASH THROUGHOUT THE CITY CONSISTING OF ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL FOR PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. GARBAGE AND TRASH ARE COLLECTED AT FREQUENT AND CLOSELY SPACED INTERVALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANNED WORK SCHEDULES FROM ALL PRIVATE HOMES. NO SEPARATE CHARGE BEING MADE FOR SUCH SERVICE, BUT THE OPERATION BEING FINANCED FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY. HOTELS? PUBLIC PLACES, ETC., ALSO USE THE FACILITIES. CHARLOTTESVILLE WOULD EXTEND THE SAME SERVICE NOW RENDERED TO ITS CITIZENS TO THE TERRITORY SOUGHT FOR ANNEXATION WHERE THE CITIZENS ARE NOW SERVED BY PRIVATE COLLECTORS UNDER PRIVATE CONTRACTS. FIRE FIGHTING: CHARLOTTESVILLE MAINTAINS COORDINATED AND INTEGRATED FACILITIES FOR FIGHTING FIRE AND HAS A PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT HOUSED IN TWO FIRE STATIONS WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY. EACH STATION HAS MODERN FIRE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINED PERSONNEL AND IS SO LOCATED THAT THE CHARLOTTESVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO ALARMS OF FIRE AND COMBAT FIRE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AT ANY LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY. IN ADDITION, THE CITY MAINTAINS ONE ENGINE COMPANY FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHIN ALBEMARLE COUNTY, FOR WHICH THE COUNTY PAYS THE WAGES OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE CREW. WHEN A FIRE IN THE COUNTY IS BEYOND THE ABILITY OF THIS ENGINE COMPANY, CHARLOTTESVILLE’S EQUIPMENT CUSTOMARILY BACKS IT UP WITH ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. ALBEMARLE COUNTY HAS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS LOCATED IN PLACES REMOVED FROM THE BUILT-UP AREAS AROUND THE CITY, WHICH ARE ASSISTED BY THE COMPANY MAINTAINED BY THE CITY FOR THE COUNTY AND SOMETIMES BY THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THESE URBAN AND URBANIZING AREAS LOCATED IN THE ANNEXATION AREA ARE IN NEED OF, OR ARE DEPENDENT UPON, THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE FOR IMPROVED FIRE FIGHTING WHICH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IS IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE. FIRE PREVENTION: CHARLOTTESVILLE MAINTAINS A PROGRAM FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS ADOPTED TO PREVENT FIRE, TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF FIRES AND TO INSPECT BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY AND TO EDUCATE CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYEES OF BUILDINGS USED BY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION. ALBEMARLE COUNTY DOES NOT PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES SUBSTANTIALLY IN ANY OF THE AREAS OF THE COUNTY. POLICE PROTECTION: THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE MAINTAINS A COORDINATED AND INTEGRATED POLICE ORGANIZATION WITH PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LAW AND ORDER AND THE DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF CRIME IN THE URBAN COMMUNITY AND THE PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF ITS INHABITANTS AND PROPERTY. THE POLICE FORCE IS ADEQUATE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY. THE COUNTY HAS NO POLICE FORCE AS SUCH BUT RELIES ON THE STATE POLICE AND AN ELECTED SHERIFF AND DEPUTIES APPOINTED BY HIM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES: CHARLOTTESVILLE MAINTAINS AGENCIES TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ITS INHABITANTS. REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS ARE PRESCRIBED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR AND DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, ALTERATION AND OPERATION OF BOILERS AND UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSELS, FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL WIRING, APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENTS, ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS, AND WATER AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. PLANS FOR SUCH WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED TO INSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS. PERMITS ARE REQUIRED BEFORE SUCH WORK IS COMMENCED AND FREQUENT PERIODIC INSPECTIONS BY TRAINED INSPECTORS ARE MADE AS THE WORK PROGRESSES. PERSONS WHO ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESSES AND TRADES OF INSTALLING ELECTRIC WIRING, APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT, PLUMBING AND WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ARE REQUIRED TO PASS EXAMINATIONS BEFORE BEING LICENSED. SUCH REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL IN URBAN AND URBANIZING COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS. ALBEMARLE COUNTY DOES NOT PROVIDE EXAMINATIONS OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF LICENSEES NOR INSPECTION SERVICES DURING