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-` ( 0 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED RE: COMM. ATTY. " NURSING HOME - WERTLAND ST. MATTER RE: FIXED METER RATES FOR LOCAL TAXI OPERATORS REPORT RE: CH. il, SEC. 14 BULK STORAGE GASOLINE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS* O RDI NANCE RE: CH. 11, SEC. 14 CARRIED OVER. REFERRED TO HIM AT THE MEETING OF APRIL 70 19529 AND ALSO RETURNING THE FILE PERTAINING TO THIS CASE, WAS PRESENTED. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION THIS MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR INVESTIGATION WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT BACK TO THE t+OUNCIL IF HE SO DEEMED NECESSARY. THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY THE REQUEST OF LOCAL TAXI OPERATORS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FIXED METER RATES SUBMITTED AN ORAL REPORT RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING: (1) THAT IT BE UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE A TAXI IN THE CITY WITHOUT A METER. (2) THAT THE RATES BE FIXED AT FIFTY CENTS (50¢) FOR THE FIRST ONE AND TWO-THIRDS MILES AND TEN CENTS (100) FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ONE-THIRD MILE THEREAFTER. (3) THAT ALL METERS BE SEALED AND SUBJECT TO INSPECTION. (4) THE DRIVERS AND EQUIPMENT BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF REGISTRATION, SAFETY ETC. CURRENTLY IN FORCE. A MOTION BY MR. FORBES, SECONDED BY MR. TEBELL, THAT THE FOREGOING REPORT BE APPROVED AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO FORMULATE AN APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS PRESENTED: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 12 MARCH 1953 CITY COUNCIL CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN: AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THIS BOARD ON MARCH 10, 1953 YOUR COMMITTEE, COMPOSED OF LOUNCILMEN WEINBERG AND DAVIS TOGETHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THE EXISTENCE OF A CONFLICT IN THE CODE CAUSED BY THE RECENT EXTENSION OF FIRE LIMITS AS NOW DEFINED IN THE BUILDING CODE AND CHAPTER 11.9 SECTION 149 RELATING TO BULK STORAGE OF INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS; THE NET R£SULT B 1AG V RULE OiTT--1-HE�TJCIC-3"TDf'AGE-�F"- 'A'�L i�E �iITH?1V THE_ CITY LIMITS. AS WAS EXPLAINED TO YOUR COMMITTEE, SUCH WAS NOT THE INTENT AT THE TIME OF THE DRAFTING OF THE NEW BUILDING CODE AND IT WAS -THROUGH AN OVERSIGHT THAT THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 11 WERE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND RECOMMENDED FOR AMENDMENT AT THAT TIME, THIS BOARD CONFIRMS THE DESIRABILITY OF RETAINING ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW BUILDING CODE WITH RESPECT TO THE AREA COVERED BY THE RESTRICTED FIRE LIMITS AS THEREIN DEFINED. AS REQUESTED BY YOUR COMMITTEE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. MADE FOR THE RESOLVING OF THIS CONFLICT: CHAPTER 11, SECTION 14, OF THE CODE SHOULD BE RESCINDED AND REWRITTEN TO PROVIDE: A. BULK STORAGE OF INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO LOCATIONS WITHIN THE C 'INDUSTRIAL ZONE AS NOW OR HEREAFTER.CREATED. B. WITHIN THIS C INDUSTRIAL ZONE SUCH STORAGE FACILITIES SHOULD BE CREATED ONLY AFTER SPECIFIC PERMIT HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. (IN THIS CONNECTION THE EXISTING -ODE PROVISION FOR THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF FILLING STATIONS IS CITED AS PRECEDENT BOTH AS TO JUSTIFICATION AND PROCEDURE). C. THAT THERE BE NO AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDING CODE AT THIS TIME AND THAT THE RESTRICTED FIRE LIMITS REMAIN AS HAVE BEEN SET FORTH. BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD: RESPECTFULLY TRANSMITTED, MILTON L. GRIGG (SIGNED) MILTON L. GR 1 GG, CHAIRMAN BUILDING CODE REVIEW BOARD AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING SECTION 14 OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 AS AMENDED, ENTITLED 'BULK STORAGE, KEEPING OR HANDLING IN BULK, UNDERGROUND STORAGE• ", WAS OFFERED BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. FORBES, AND UPON BEING READ WAS CARRIED OVER FOR CONSIDERATION, ON MOTION BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: