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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-16-61~3~0 Minutes of_ the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held on the 16th day of ~"ay, 1961, at ~ : GCJ P. ii. , in the Mubicipal office. There were present: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiding. Councilmen: Billy B. Flint, ?~T. S. Cummings, T. J. McCarthy Glen K. Aust, J. ti~T. RTash, Eugene L. Nuckols, Claude B. Gallimore Also present: Town A~anager: T. B. Noland Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Attorney: Garrett S. Moore Visitors: Paul Holston I~.yrtle G. Grinstead Harold C. Dalton Verta T~4. Dalton The invocation was given by Councilman Flint. Mirute,~ of the regular meeting of April 16th were approved. On behalf of the Pulaski Counts, Paul Holston appeared before Council with the request that their Baseball Club be allowed to use Calfee Park; for the upcoming season, and if possible, they. be charged less than the usual fee of $25.C0 per night as their club was experiencing financial difficulties. After a full X25.00 FEr FOR discussion of this request Councilman McCarthy moved that the USE OF CALFEE PARK GRAA?TED PULASKI Pulaski Counts be charged a fee of X25.00 per night, in advance, for the COUNTS FOR 1ST T'r10 GAT^_ES; ANY first and second games (May 20th and 27th) and in the meantime CHAD?GE TO BE RE- TROACTI VE the matter be referred to the Recreation Director and Recreation Committee for study, and should there develop a change in the X25.00 charge, such change to be retroactive to the first game, which is to be held on the 20th of ?gay. This motion Maas seconded 'by Councilman Cummings, and carried unanimously. mayor Jackson declared the meeting to be a public hearing for the purpose of hearing any one either for or against the placing of a house trailer at 936 Short Street by Edward Dalton, whose APPROVAL OF EDGTARD DALTON'S application was presented to Council at its last meeting. As APrLICATION FOR PLACING HOUSE there appeared to b~ no one present either for or against the TRAILER IN RESIDENTIAL AREA placing of this house trailer on this site, and upon the recommendation of Town Manager Noland that the permit be granted, if, upon his inspection of the trailer it met all requirements, Councilman Flint so moved that the application be approved, which motion was seconded by Councilman Nuckols, and carried unanimously. Council Mins. contd. May lh, 1961, 1a p. M. Town Manager Noland presented t'~e application of Miss Phy11_is Williams to place a house trailer at 622 Ridge Avenue. It was brought out that the applicant pl=:nned to use the trailer IIOUSD~ TRAILH~R as a bedroom only, and that it contains no inside plumbing. AP°I~ICATTON OF PIi`'hLIS After a .f_ull discussion of this application and its contents, +>+TI i.LI AT~iS DFPJI~D B'CAUSE on motion of Councilman I•?ash, seconded by Councilman lluckols, TT DID IdOT T~'r,T TRAI:LFR and carried unanimously, it was, R~~SOLb~,D, that the application ORDINAPIC' Rr•~UIRF;I-~L:P~TS of Miss Williams, to place a house trailer, be denied because it does not meet the requirements of trio trailer ordinance, ~~~rs. P•Zyrtle C. Grinstead stated that she, i°Ir. Dalton and Ifrs. Dalton were asking Council to grant them a license tc operate a "Tasty-Freeze" mobile. unit in the Town. She stated they would sell only milk products such as milk shakes, ice cream cones and sundries from the truck ~xnd they planned to have as "home base" for storage of truck and ea,uipment, at 50~ ~~•IAshington Avenue, South. Town Attorney Moore sta.t~=d the Town did not have a 1 tax license ordinance to cover this particular situation, and that similar cases have been treated as "pedlers"; that the State made a charge of ?;50.00 in such cases, and that he had prepared an ordinance for Council's-consideration, which ordinance was read to Council ORDINAN ADOPTED at this time. After a discussion of same:, Councilman Nuckols moved A:" r,?IDITI:~ L:IC. TA1> ORD. that the ordinance as read by Attorney ~•?core with the two suggested TO PROVT:DF FCR LTC~NSE conditions, concerning the Iiealt'n Depart^.ent's approval of this TC 0?ERA'I'E ICE CREAM operation and the granting of a permit by the Town P~Ianager regulating CAP~TS & :tiIOBILE UPdITS the use of sound devices on the mobile unit, be adopted, with the insertion of figures as follows: that a license tax of $50.00 be charged for the operation of each vehicle, and for each additional attendant 1 above one, an additional license tax of ~10.C0; and that a license tax of $150.00 be imposed on each such vehicle operated by outsiders, plus a X20.00 tax on each attendant above one, which motion was seconded by Councilman Flint, and carried unanimously, the following ordinance was adopted: 3362 Council l~iins. Contd. h.ay 16, 1961, ~t P. i~T. AN ORDNANCE TO AA~IdD AI~?D RE;-ENACT SECTION 3~t OF T:-IE LICETdSE TAX CODE GF T~ TCYr?i`I OF PULASKI VIRGINIA, PRO~~DIi:G LICI~iJSE UPOP1 ICE CIiEAI~i CARTS, I~TOBILE UI~~ITS, r,TC. BE IT OP.DAII~IED BY TIC COUI4CI.L OF THE TOG~N OF PULASKI, VIRQNIA, AS FOLI,O~°JS: That every person, firm, company, association, or corporation, conducting or engaged in an;~r of the following acts, or endeavors shall first secure a license therefor as hereinafter provided: SECTION 3~a. (1) On every ice cream cart which sells ice cream cones or other similar products upon the streets in the Town of Pulaski, and goes from place to place on the streets of said Tot"m for that purpose, and which is not propelled or dri_vn b;y a motor, but by hand, there shall be a tax of x15.00 on each such cart. (2) On every motor-driven or self-propelled vehicle from which ice cream cones, milk: shakes, ice cream sandwiches, or other ice cream products are sold upon the streets of the Town of Pulaski, ant the vehicle goes from place to place AMEP1D SEC. 3!~ on said streets for that purpose, and where said vehicle is attended by only one person, and tl~:e owner thereof has LICENSE TAX a permanent location or place of business within the corporate limits of t'ne ToTan, there is hereby imposed a ORDINANCE FOR tax of X50.00 on each of such vehicles, and for each additional attendant above one, an adciiticnal license tax ICE CREAT~i CARTS of X10.00; in the event that the said owner does not have a permanent location or place of business within said corporate & TiOBILE UNITS .limits of the Town, there is imposed a license tax on each such vehicle of X150.00; and on each attendant above one, a tax of X20.00. (3) Any license or tag issued by the Totim under this tax ordinance shall be exhibited at all times upon or in saic vehicle and shall not be displayed or used by any other person other than the .licensee, or his agent. (!~) rdo licensee, nor any person in his behalf, shall shout, make any tryout, blow a horn, ring a bell or use any sound device, including any loud speaF;ing radio or sound amplifying system without first obtaining a permit for such use issued by the To~~rn I.7anager under the provisions of ordinances regulating the use of suc'n devices. (5) No licer.:~ee shall have f.or his vehicle any exclusive right to any location in the public streets, or to a stationary location in the public streets, nor shall licensee stop his cart or vehicle within one hundred (.100) feet of the front of any store, shop, or stand, in or from which similar merchandi:~e is sold, nor shall he be permitted to operate in any congested area where his operations might impede or inconvenience the public. For the purpose of this ordinance, the judgment of a police officer, exercised in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to whet'~er the area is congested or the public impeded or inconvenienced. (6) Applicants for the license herein provided shall furnish such information concerning his name, the company he is employed by, the ownership of the vehicle involved, character references and financial statement, and such other information as may be deemed necessary ly the Treasurer of said Town for the purpose of identifying applitant,_ and determining that he is of good character and sound financial responsibility. 1 it 1 Council Mins. Contd. T +~~' i RJ~)l./J I'~"ay 1~, l9bl, ~. °. T1. The said Treasurer may cause such investigation as he deems necessary to be made of any a~plicar.t for license ; under this ordinance. (7) All motor vehicles shall also be subject to the Town motor vehicle license Code. (8) Applicant shall comply witr. all applicabae health regulation made and provided by the Town of Pulaski, and State of Virgi nia. (9) Licenses granted hereunder shall not be pro- rated. This ordinance shall become effective upon passage. As Chairman of the Recreation Committee, Councilman Aust asked Council for permission to suggest ::.pother person to service on the Recreation Commission to replace Ned Bane, who resigned before ?~C.COT~~'~TTF,E filing his application for the position as Recreation Director, and ADVISED TO SUBN~T PAID OF Councilman Nuckols so moved that the Recreation Commission be PERSC.v TO ::;ERNE OT~I Rh C. CO"~~. instructed to present to Council at its next regular meeting, or as TO R,PLACE I`1ED BAI~TB', ti'IHO soon thereafter as is possible, the name of some person to be named R'i'.SIDIsr'ED to the Recreation Commission. This motion was seconded by Councilman T•.cCarthy, and carried unanimously. Council agreed to have a breakfast meeting at Maple Shade BREAKFAST Inn, at 7:00 A. T•. on Ivlonday, T•1ay 29, 19E~-1, to discuss the proposed "~'ETIPdG~~E T FOR BUDG~~ T budget. STUDY Council discussed recent complaints about street and drainage conditions in T',"athews Court, an:?. that there appears to be somef misunderstanding. Therefore, the Town Manager was asked to notify TC}~~IN.MGR. TO the property owners by letter that the Town is ready to install the ADVISE ~'ROPERTY 0?~1NERS OT~I drains as soon as they either furnish pipe which meets Town specif.i- MAT~~WS CT. CF PROCEDURE cations, or pay the To~,rn in advance for necessary pipe if they desire ON II~TSTALLING DRAINS Town to furnish same. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:~5 P. I'`. Approved: _ <<~~ ~~~~ ~ayor _____ ~. Attest: er `r.