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Home My WebLink About02-21-613324 Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held on the 21st day of February, 1961, at lt:00 P. M., in the Municipal office. There were present: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiding. Councilmen: Bi11y B. Flint, W. S. Cummings, T. J. McCarthy, Glen K. Aust, F. L. Carrico, Claude B. Gallimore, Eugene L. Nuckols, J. W. Nash Also present: Town Manager: T. B. Noland Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Police Chief: G. E. Bouldin Visitors: Bill Akers, of the Southwest Times Mrs. W. D. Macgill Mrs. John Butler Mrs. George Kelly The invocation was given by Councilman Gallimore. Minutes of a special meeting February 6th and regular meeting of February 7th, were approved. (Later in the meeting there was a resolution to correct or amend that portion of the .minutes of February 7th dealing with penalties for violations of overtime parking at meters, and is set out in said resolution following a discussion of the matter). Representing the Pulaski Garden Club, Mrs. Macgill, Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Kelly, presented a resolution adopted by that GARDEN CLUB DELEGATION Club, petitioning the Town Council to adopt an ordinance REQUEST TOWN TO ADOPT ORD. making Pulaski a Bird Sanctuary, and that such ordinance cite MAKING PULASKI A BIRD SANCTUARY that the harming of birds be an offense. They advised there MATTER TURNED OVER TO ORD. would be no cost to the Town inasmuch as the signs which would COMMITTE E erected at the corporate limits would be financed. The Committee was advised that Town Council would consider this request, and on motion of Councilman Carrico, seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried on the unanimous vote, the matter was turned over to the Ordinance Committee for action. Mayor Jackson then declared the meeting to be a public PUBLIC HEARING hearing for the purpose of hearing any person wishing to RELATIVE TO express himself either for or against the petition of Lonnie J. MR.WEDDLE'S PETITION TO Weddle for permission to place a house trailer on Macgill PARK HOUSE TRAILER OFF D 1 1 NEWBERN ROAD ~~~ Council mins. contd. 2/21/61 ~: P. M. Street at the rear of Shop Rite Cash Market on Newbern Road. No one appeared either for or against said proposal, and Town Manager Noland stated that the lot in question had been classified as a trailer lot before the adoption of the Zoning Ordinance, and recommended that this application b e approved. On motion of Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Flint, and carried unanimously, it was, RESOLVED, that a permit be granted to Lonnie J. Weddle to place a house trailer on a lot at the rear of Shop Rite Cash Market, which lot is located on Macgill Street. At the February 7th meeting Town Manager advised that it had been estimated that the one hour limit parking meters on Third COST OF CON- Street could be converted to two hour meters for approximately UFRTING 1 HR. METER~~ TO $60.00. Since that meeting Mr. Noland said it had been ascertained 2 HR. -too HIGH- NEW at the factory that it would cost approximately $9.50 per meter, or ?~TER.`~ PURCHASED TO BE ?_ HR. a total of approximately X500.00 to com~ert these meters. In view METERS of this figure, Council felt it would not be feasible to convert these meters at this time, but that as meters wore out and the Town was forced to purchase new meters, two hour meters would be purchased and would be installed on Third Street. Town Attorney Moore presented to Council for adoption an amendment to Section 12-9, of Article I of the Motor Vehicle & Tra.f.fic Code, which provides for setting penalties for parking ADOPTION OF violations, and it was at this time disclosed that the minutes of NEW OFDINANCE RE: SETTING Council's meeting of February 7th, previously approved, with regards PENALT:I' FOR OVERTIME to penalty for overtime parking violation for the second and successive 'ARKIi~ G VIOLATION hours in the sum of $1.00 was in error, and should have read 25¢. On motion of Councilman Nash, seconded by Councilman Flint, and carried unanimously, it was, RESOLVED, that the minutes of February 7th, 1961,; with regards to overtime parking penalties, be corrected or amended, to so state that the second and successive hours overtime parking violation will be 25¢ instead of $1.00. On motion of Councilman Nuckols, seconded by Councilman Gallimore, a.nd carried unanimously, the following ordinance was adopted, effective March 1, 1961: X326 PARKING METER VIOLATION PENALTY ORDINANCE ADOPTED Council rains. contd. February 21, 1961, ltP.M. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ARTICLE I OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC CODE OF THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA, AND TG PROVIDE FOR TRAFFIC VIOLA TI ON NOTICES, PROCEDURE, USE OF SLUGS OR OTHER TYPES OF COINS, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR, AS FOLLOWS: Section 12-19. TRAFFIC Violation Notices, Procedure, and Penalty. Traffic violation notices shall be issued to operators of vehicles without Town license plates and violators of parking regulations and all other non-moving regulations, with the exception of persons charged under Section 1?_-15, or other ordinance on specific violations, unless circum- stances warrant other action, in which event the usual procedure of summons or arrest shall apply. Traffic violation notices given for non-moving parking violations other than those above may be settled by pay- ment thereof rot .later than 7:00 P. M. upon the day upon which said notices are given, for the sum of Twenty-five (25¢) cents for each violation notice, which payment shall be in complete satisfaction of the offense. Payment of such notice to be made by dropping the traffic violation notice or notices, together with the reauii•ed minimum penalty or penalties into one of the payment boxes provided for such purpose and found attached to meters at various places upon the streets within the Town, or pay to such persons at police headquarters as from time to time shall be designated by the Town Manager to receive such payment, or by mailing the re- quired amount of money for said minimum penalty, together with traffic violation notice or notices to the Police Department upon the same day said violation notice was received. Can- cellation date upon mail received shall be conclusive evidence as to the time when such traffic violation notices were placed in said mail. In the event traffic violation notices are not paid as above indicated, but paid thereafter and within five days of the date upon which the notice was given, then they may be paid at police headquarters for a minimum penalty of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents 02.50). The failure of any person to pay said traffic violation notices as above provided shall result in the issuance of a summons on said notice and the offense being treated as a misdemeanor, and punishable in like manner as provided for punishment of misdemeanors under the laws of the State of Virginia. It shall be the duty of the Town Manager, and he is hereby authorized, to set up, provide ,necessary tickets, summons, etc., establish and publish a full and complete procedure for handling traffic violation notices, and for such other procedure as he may deem necessary, and he shall render reports on compliance thereof at such times as he may deem it wise. All amounts paid in under this ordinance to be credited to and become a part of the general fund of the Town of Pulaski. This ordinance shall become effective upon the 1st day of March, 1961, and after due publication for at least one time, of a synopsis of the ordinance in the Southwest Times. 1 1 1 ` 32`7 ~~ Council rains. contd. Section 12-6l~. 2/21/61 Deposit of slugs, etc. ~ P. M. It shall be unlawful and an offense to deposit, or cause to be deposited, in any parking meter any slugs, bent, defaced, or a punched coin, or any device or substitute for a one cent (1¢), or five cent (5¢) coin, or for any other coin of the United States of America, authorized to be used in the Town parking meters. Town Attorney Moore then read to Council a proposed amend- ment to Section 12-;7, of the Town Code, establishing parking meter zones, and on motion of Councilman Flint, seconded by Councilman Nuckols, and carried unanimously, the following ordinance was adopted, to become effective upon passage: AI~T ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ARTICLE V OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC CODE OF THE T04JN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER ZONES. Section 12-57. Establishment of Parking Meter Zones. The following described parts of streets in the Town are hereby established as parking meter zones: The east side of Washington Avenue, north, from First Street, North to Fourth Street, North. The west side of Washington Avenue, north, from the railroad ORDINANCE crossing to Fourth Street, north. ESTABLISHING PARK7:NG METER The east side of Jefferson Avenue, north, from the north end ZONE~i of Jefferson Avenue bridge to Third Street, north. The west side of Jefferson Avenue, north, from the north end of Jefferson Avenue bridge to Third Street, north. The north side of Third Street, north, from Madison Avenue to Jefferson Avenue. The south side of Third Street, north, from Madison Avenue to Jefferson Avenue. The north side of Second Street, north, from the first alley west of Jefferson Avenue to Madison Avenue. The south side of Second street, north, from the first alley west of Jefferson Avenue to Madison Avenue. This ordinance shall become effective on passage. Councilman Aust, Chairman of the Recreation Commission, CODIWAY SMITH advis ed that the Commission had held its re-organizational meeting aid ELECT~I~ CHAIR- - MAN OF,REC, that Conway Smith had been elected Chairman of the Commission and Ned C 0?N`~1. NED BANE, VICE Bane, Vice-Chairman. CHAI RI~~AN On motion of Councilman Carrico, seconded by Councilman NRVA RESOLU- Nash, and carried on the unanimous vote, the following resolution TION REL. ` TO GR.~'~NT was a dopted: A GREEl+iENT 3328 Council minx. contd. 2/21/61 ~t P. 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M. President Jackson advised that the New River Valley Industrial Commission had met and set up an operating budget of $22,000. 1 with the Counties of Giles, Montgomery and Pulaski participating 27~ e2-ch and the City of Radford. 19~, and that this matter would be on the agenda for the next meeting of Council for discussion. He stated the Peoples National Bank of Pulaski was the first bank in Pulaski County IT:`w RIi~ER to pledge its support in raising such an operating budget, with the V~:LL EY I:I~B. COP~?~T.O~~ ?~,T- Pulaski National Bank being second. IIvG B?JD~'~T II hIv1T. or Town Manager Noland advised that it was expected that water .;~~_ , ., would run over Gatewood Dam again on the night of the meeting. He U`.C4TUV OH stated that the valve at the Reservoir had been closed from approximatAly =T~~TER ~~T GATB`u~10CD August 1, 19b0 to January 1, 1961, during which period water had been Ri'sSERVC~I:R =Tjr'A' rv drawn from this reservoir to accommodate local industries. T,~~~.I T~rrzZ, There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:30 P. M. Approved: 1 ~~/ ; ayor Attest: Clerk u