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<br />FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FIXED METER RATES SUBMITTED AN ORAL REPORT
<br />RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING:
<br />(1) THAT IT BE UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE A TAXI IN THE CITY
<br />WITHOUT A METER.
<br />(2) THAT THE RATES BE FIXED AT FIFTY CENTS (50¢) FOR
<br />MATTER RE: FIXED METER
<br />THE FIRST ONE AND TWO-THIRDS MILES AND TEN CENTS
<br />RATES FOR LOCAL TAXI (10¢) FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ONE-THIRD MILE THEREAFTER.
<br />OPERATORS.
<br />(3) THAT ALL METERS BE SEALED AND SUBJECT TO INSPECTION.
<br />(4) THE DRIVERS AND EQUIPMENT BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE
<br />STANDARDS OF REGISTRATION, SAFETY, ETC. CURRENTLY
<br />IN FORCE.
<br />A MOTION BY MR. FORBES, SECONDED BY ISR. TEBELL, THAT THE FOREGOING
<br />REPORT BE APPROVED AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO -FORMULATE
<br />AN APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.
<br />THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS PRESENTED:
<br />CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
<br />12 MARCH 1953
<br />CITY COUNCIL
<br />CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
<br />A MATTER REFERRED TO HIM AT
<br />THE MEETING OF APRIL
<br />79 19520 AND ALSO RETURNING
<br />AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THIS BOARD ON MARCH 109 1953 YOUR COMMITTEE,
<br />THE FILE PERTAINING TO THIS
<br />CASE, WAS PRESENTED,
<br />AFTER CONSIDERABLE
<br />COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
<br />DISCUSSION THIS MATTER WAS
<br />REFERRED TO THE CITY
<br />ATTORNEY FOR INVESTIGATION •
<br />RE: COMM. ATT. - NURSING
<br />THE RECENT EXTENSION OF FIRE LIMITS AS NOW DEFINED IN THE BUILDING CODE AND
<br />BLDG. CODE -
<br />HOME - WERTLAND STREET.
<br />WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT
<br />BACK TO THE COUNCIL
<br />IF HE SO DEEMED NECESSARY.
<br />THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
<br />TO STUDY THE REQUEST
<br />OF LOCAL TAXI OPERATORS
<br />FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FIXED METER RATES SUBMITTED AN ORAL REPORT
<br />RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING:
<br />(1) THAT IT BE UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE A TAXI IN THE CITY
<br />WITHOUT A METER.
<br />(2) THAT THE RATES BE FIXED AT FIFTY CENTS (50¢) FOR
<br />MATTER RE: FIXED METER
<br />THE FIRST ONE AND TWO-THIRDS MILES AND TEN CENTS
<br />RATES FOR LOCAL TAXI (10¢) FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ONE-THIRD MILE THEREAFTER.
<br />OPERATORS.
<br />(3) THAT ALL METERS BE SEALED AND SUBJECT TO INSPECTION.
<br />(4) THE DRIVERS AND EQUIPMENT BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE
<br />STANDARDS OF REGISTRATION, SAFETY, ETC. CURRENTLY
<br />IN FORCE.
<br />A MOTION BY MR. FORBES, SECONDED BY ISR. TEBELL, THAT THE FOREGOING
<br />REPORT BE APPROVED AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO -FORMULATE
<br />AN APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.
<br />THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS PRESENTED:
<br />CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
<br />12 MARCH 1953
<br />CITY COUNCIL
<br />CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
<br />OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
<br />ORDINANCE RE:
<br />CH, 11, SEC. 14 'BULK STORAGE, KEEPING OR HANDLING IN BULK, UNDERGROUND STORAGE' ", WAS
<br />CARRIED OVER
<br />OFFERED BY MR, DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. FORBES, AND UPON BEING READ WAS CARRIED
<br />OVER FOR CONSIDERATION. •
<br />ON MOTION BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
<br />WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED:
<br />GENTLEMEN:
<br />AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THIS BOARD ON MARCH 109 1953 YOUR COMMITTEE,
<br />COMPOSED OF (-'OUNCILMEN WEINBERG AND DAVIS TOGETHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER,
<br />BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THE EXISTENCE OF A CONFLICT IN THE CODE CAUSED BY
<br />REPORT RE:
<br />THE RECENT EXTENSION OF FIRE LIMITS AS NOW DEFINED IN THE BUILDING CODE AND
<br />BLDG. CODE -
<br />CHAPTER 11, SECTION 14, RELATING TO BULK STORAGE OF INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS;
<br />CH. 11, SEC. 14
<br />THE NET RESULT BEING TO RULE OUT THE BULK STORAGE OF GASOLINE WITHIN THE CITY
<br />BULK STORAGE GASOLINE
<br />LIMITS. AS WAS EXPLAINED TO YOUR COMMITTEE, SUCH WAS NOT THE INTENT AT THE
<br />WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
<br />TIME OF THE DRAFTING OF THE NEW BUILDING LODE AND IT WAS THROUGH AN OVERSIGHT
<br />THAT THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 11 WERE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND RECOMMENDED
<br />FOR AMENDMENT AT THAT TIME.
<br />THIS BOARD CONFIRMS THE DESIRABILITY OF RETAINING ALL OF THE PROVISIONS
<br />OF THE NEW BUILDING ODE WITH RESPECT TO THE AREA COVERED BY THE RESTRICTED
<br />FIRE LIMITS AS THEREIN DEFINED.
<br />r
<br />AS REQUESTED BY YOUR COMMITTEE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE
<br />FOR THE RESOLVING OF THIS CONFLICT:
<br />O
<br />CHAPTER 11, SECTION 14, OF THE 'ODE SHOULD BE RESCINDED AND REWRITTEN
<br />TO PROVIDE:
<br />A. BULK STORAGE OF INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO LOCATIONS
<br />WITHIN THE C INDUSTRIAL ZONE AS NOW OR HEREAFTER CREATED.
<br />B. WITHIN THIS C INDUSTRIAL ZONE SUCH STORAGE FACILITIES SHOULD BE
<br />•
<br />CREATED ONLY AFTER SPECIFIC PERMIT HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. (IN
<br />THIS CONNECTION THE EXISTING CODE PROVISION FOR THE CREATION AND OPERATION
<br />OF FILLING STATIONS IS CITED AS PRECEDENT BOTH AS TO JUSTIFICATION AND
<br />PROCEDURE).
<br />C. THAT THERE BE NO AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDING CODE AT THIS TIME AND
<br />THAT THE RESTRICTED FIRE LIMITS REMAIN AS HAVE BEEN SET FORTH.
<br />BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD:
<br />RESPECTFULLY TRANSMITTED, �-
<br />MILTON L. GRIGG (SIGNED)
<br />MILTON L. GR I GG, CHAIRMAN
<br />BUILDING CODE REVIEW ROAD
<br />AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING SECTION 14
<br />OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
<br />ORDINANCE RE:
<br />CH, 11, SEC. 14 'BULK STORAGE, KEEPING OR HANDLING IN BULK, UNDERGROUND STORAGE' ", WAS
<br />CARRIED OVER
<br />OFFERED BY MR, DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. FORBES, AND UPON BEING READ WAS CARRIED
<br />OVER FOR CONSIDERATION. •
<br />ON MOTION BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
<br />WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED:
<br />
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