11-29-1955 MinutesVIRGINIA:
Pr.sent:
Mr. lrvin (;. Homer, 0hairl~an
Mr. H. T. Goyne
Mr. J. ?. C~ul]teI'
Dr. Po~t. 0. Gill
Mr. Stau]ey IR. Hague, Jr.
Mr. R. J. l~ritton
~l~is (lay Mr. ~ldrid~je Spain, representin.~I ~Ir. ~1. L. tlolton, came before
]toa]'d s~eking thc vacation of a right of way ~00 fee% ].on;%, exter~din~ f~om Oozy
L~ne nortbwarrlly to the property of Mrs. Ellis, which Fight of way was dedicated
by plat of record ill 19~6. And i~ wi, q I)oipt(d out that the v.~c~t,on of this
road might ,lo% be in ~he iht,res% of Nood poi. icy; upon conskderation whereof
and on motion of III'. l~ritton, seconded l)}' llr. lial~ue, i% is resolved %ha~ this
I{oard view %he problem on ~he sk%e and delay a decision in t],e matt, ar Lintel
'fhi. s day ~Ir. Nor,iai1 lk~wen, reDl'esenting Mr. F. D. riley and Mr. ~. !t. C~l~heell,
req~e~ted th~,t tt~i~ be p].ace,] on the a~,mdi, for the t~l~t meetin~ of the Board.
Tl~is d ~v %ha m~,l i;er of ~he passi,~e of a r~vor~os~d o~rlinarlce pl-ovidin~l faf
lic.ns(~ tax on the operation of trailer co,lips and trailer pa~-ks came before the
l/ni~l(l t:le sitrne havin~ been duly a(lw~rti~,~d acc~rd~n~ to law.
There cam~ also Mv. 1). ~{. lklFphey, Jr., Fal~reseI~%i~]~ Massrs. ])~lvis, (}illiam,
})odd. l{eyno]ds, Si,,uo~,s ~,iI[I l~iley, Trailer 0curt Operaiors, a~,l ot;t~er trail, er
~Oullty. }lt. ?tlFDhoy stihl,ed that the S20.00 per lot is approximately ~9~ of
Mr. Vernon ~,,lxwe].l, the operc, tor of ti'la Bi-at, den Tr'aileF (h)~Ft stated that the
!ax was unfaiw and that ~l~is court was losint~ mo~ey on its ~rasent
There al~peared i~lso some forty persons catty, acted with trailer c,,,.,rts offeFin~
observations to the effect ~baf such a l)Foposed tax would be too
)Ir. (hinter slx, ted ~la~ t~e 0aunty faced scl-io~s ~roblems of gro%~th and tllat; the
proposed tax was not desiane(l to r~n business ou~ )f the County but to p~rtii~!l
pay for the services add costs of 0aunty
lit. (}oyne si'ated %hat %he Oounty needs the adctitional ~even~e ~o help ft~lance
the cost of educaLion of the ,,any soho.,1 children comiu,% from grailer
UDO[I COn'if}el''cltiOn Wh(lri~of illli[ O~ motion of Mr. [}unter, seconded by Mr. (~yne,
it is t-oso!ved th:.~t the fo]lowin~ ordinance be and ii, hereby is adopted.
nN ORDINANCE
£m Ordinance ~o provide for ~ license tax upon the operation of
trailer camps and trail, er parks and punishment for failure to comply with same.
%~llhi(h.L~,, by Chapter 592 of the ~,cts of Asseml)]y of Vi~cinia, 1952,
provide for a 'license to~ ulmn the o,~e~ation of trai]e~ camps and trailer paFks;
and ,
~HM(EAS, at a re~:u].ar me,~tin~ of the ~%oard of '.~upervLsors of Chestier-
field C,,tlnty, VivKirlia, held at the Court ][ouse of s~icl County on the qtk day
of November, 1055, al~ Ordinance %o provide for i~ license tax upon tile operation
of %~-,~i]~r camps and trailer nclF[;~ W~K [nt'roduced and descriptive notice of
intention to DroDose the same for passage wa~ l)ublished once a week for two
successive weeks in the Richmond T~mes-Oispatch, a newspaper of general circu-
lation i,i th~ Co,tory of Chesterfield, by which ail ,)~rs,,ns a, ffected by said
0nrlinailce were ~lot~ified l,o a,,De~:,P o~ Nove,~beF 29, 1955 at 8:00 p.m. at the
,neeti,]~ room of tl~e [%oard of Supervisors of ChosteFfir~ld County, Virginia
NOW, TIILI~EFORE, BE IT 01-~;)?]iNLI; BY TIlL I{O~iU) 0F 5OPt. RVi~;0R~ OF
F]};I.I) O(,UNTY, VtE(}INIA, us follows:
Section 1. Ur,!a~ otttcrwzse e>:,)~-(~ss]y st.,ted or the context c].e,trl'y
iu licates ~ different intention, the fol]o%~i~[ torres shall., for the purDose of
this 0rclkma~nce, hav(~ the mea6in~s indicated in thi~ section:
,,Tr~ile~n . ~%y vehicle used or mai.~1t.~i~ed for use
upon hi~%,.~ys so desiH~ed and so constructed as to permit occupancy thereof
a tem~)or~ry d~l]int~ or ~leepini~ bloc- for ~ne oF more p~,rsons.
"Tr~il~%r lob". A u~it of land used or intended ~o be used by one
,,Trailer park" or ,,Trailer camps". Any site, lot, field or tract of
l~nd upon which i~ located one or more trailers or ,.~hich is held out for the
location of any tra%.ler and shall include ~,ny buildin~,.struc%ure, ~ent, vehiol~
or enclosure used of ~nteilded for use as a par~ of the equipment for such park.
The word ,'person" may exte~]d a~(l be a~.~lied %o a~sociat~oms, firms,
partnershi*)s, and bodie~ l)olitic and ocr?orate as wel~as to i~dividua]_s.
Section 2. T~lere is hereby imoosed upon any person en~aged iD the
busJn~ of operating a trailer camo or tF~i]eF p~I~k in the County, am annual
license tax of $20.00 for each %Failer lot used or i,%e[~ded to be used ~s sooh.
Ceunty sha]l firs% obtain the license required by th~s Ordinance.
Section 3. A.~lic~tion for ~ ].ice~s'e under this 0rdinanoe shall be
made to the Gommissioner of Revenue and shall state the defini.te -place of busi-
ness, the full name of the aop]io~nt, the residence ~dd~ess of the applicant,
the number of trailer lots in the trailer park, ~nd the number of trailer lots
used or inte~ded to be used, and s~rall be m~,de i~ duplicate on the forms pre-
scribed by the Commissioner of Revenuo. Every a~)plioatioll for such license shall
have incorporated therein or annexed thereto the affidavit of the applicant to
the effect that the st~tements contained in the a~plicat~on are true. !f the
applicant be an individual, the affidavit must be made by him; if a firm, by
one of the membeus; ~nd if a corporation, by an officer having knowledge of the
correctness of the st~tements made in the application.
Upon receipt of such application for a license under this 0rdinanos,
the Commissioner of Revenue shall compute the tax prescribed herein .and shall
issue the lic,nse to the a~plioant. No license issued hereunder shall be valid
or have uny legal effect unless and until the tax prescribed herein shall have
bee~l paid to the Oou~ty Treasurer, and the fact of such payment~shall appear on
the face of the license, but this shall not be construed to prot~ib~t the quarter-
ly payment of the license tax under the r]~ovisions of section 5 of this Ordinance.
All license taxes and fees for issuing said licenses collected under
the terms of this 0rdknance shall be credited to the ~enera[ county fund.
Section 4. For every license, other than a qu~,rterly license, issued
1)y the Comn, issio~ler of Revenue under this Ordinance, there shall be chaF~ed a
fee of 75¢. For every quarterly ]icense issued by the 0ommissioner of Revenue
under this 0rdinal]ce , there shall be a fee of 5()~. All such fees shall be
paid by the per~,,n obtaining the license a~d such license maybe withheld u~ti]
Section 5. ~he annual license tax ])Fovided for in this Ordinance may
be p~id in quarterly installments. No ]ice~,se s~lall be t~Fanted under this
Ordinance for a period of les~ ~han three months. The license year shall be.
from Janu~,ry first thru December thirty-firs%.
Section 6. l~icen~es obtained uUder the rDovisions of this 0rdin~nce
shall be posted i~l some conspicuous place %~ithin the ~railer camp obtained %he
sa~he so as %o be e~si]y accessible for inspection by the public or by any law
~tl forc en, ent officer.
Section 7. Any !)erson viola, tin~ any provision of this 0rdinanoe
~i~all ~,e {:uilGy of a misdemeanor a~d, upon conviction ~hereof, shall be fined ~o~
]es~ than fifty Collars ncc more ~han five hundred dollars for each offense.
Section 8. This 0rdinunce shall be in full force and effect o[,
$~nua~r'y 1, 1956 and thereafteI'.
This day the matter of securing an additional, right of way on Reames Road,
leading eastwardly from the Whitehead Road came before the Board and it was
cited thmt the necessary right of way could not be obtained from the present
property owner. Upon consideration whereof and on motion of Mr. l~ritton, second-
ed by Dr. (;ill, it is resolved t%u~t the Executive Secretary obtain a survey on
the existing: right of way and said survey to show an ultimate width of i&0 feet
from which the [1curd can ascertain the rig. bt of way which must be condemned.
This day t!,e mai;tot of drainage in Green acr,~s, leading to the west side of
Rt. 161, came before the Board and prices from the Highway Departntent indicated
that the c]~eat)est solutioll tot]~e problem would cost a?pro~'imately $1~00.00.
Upon oonsiderution whereof, it was generally agreed that this matter would be
deferred until the next regular meeting of this [$oard.
· 1 ~s d::~y thoro was read a list of raods which the State Hi~;hway Deoartment had
accepted i~to the ~t~,te Secondary Syst,~,?] of roads, which is as follows:
Add itions Resolution
Westower Drive - From a ooint on Rt. 6~3. 0.07
West of Rt. 191~, 0.1 Mi. Southwardly to a temporary
turn-around
Length 0.10 Mile
~lov rdale Subd., Wythe St. - From a point on Rt 60 9-1.3-55
0.50 ~ii. ~.{nst nf Rt. 6114 and running North 0.12 5~li. to
Cloverdale '3ubdl, Arcadia Street. - From a point on Rt. ,9-1.3-55
60, 0.34 Mi. ~.~'est of Rt. 644 to Rt. 644
1,, e n~,~ th O.M5
Additions Resolution
!}ublin Avenue
Length 0.12 Mile
Cloverdale Subd., Roselawn .,~ve. - From 0.16 Mile ;Vest
of Wythe Streets to 0.10 Mi. Eamt of Arcadia .Street
l,eD~%h 0.~ Mile
Oloverdale Subd., Dublin Avenue - From a point on Arcadia
St. 0.12 Mi. North to Rt. 60 and running West 0.16 Mi.
West to Wythe St.
Length 0.16 mile
[3roadingham Sued., t3roadingham Road - From a point on Rt..
2229, 0.17 Mi. E~st of Itt. 10, 0.06 ~Ii. North ~o dead end.
Length 0.06 Mile
01d 6regory 5ubd., .Elm Road - From end Rt. 821, 0.08 Mi.
West of Rt. 147 and runnir~g 0.09 Mi. North to ~%rklow Rd.
and thence 0.16 Mi. Wdst to 1808
Length 0.25
Ampthill tleights, Fa'lling Creek Circle - t½eginning 0.10
Mi. South of Rt. 6~? on Rt. 1685 and extending 0.10 Mi.
South to dead end
Length 0.10 Mile
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This day the Executive Secretary read a bill fromm the Highway Department in the
a,nount of $11,726.17 for work done by the State forces on County roads, and it
w~s t~e~erally at~reed that this bill was in order and had been pr~eviously pa~sed.
'l~')id (lay the m~tt~)r of renewing the insurmnce on the Volunteer Firemen tn the
G~,]nty wa.% discussed and it was generally agreed that bids be received fo~' this
icy.
This day,the County Engineer reperted that work was to begin o~] DecemberS, 1955,
on the imorovement of Rt. 161, which improvement would call for the relocation
of 3175 feet of wa~er lice-on said road, and the moving, of 57 water meterS.
He recommended that a 6" line be installed in the center of said road alld that
the existing 4" and D" water lines be salvaged. Upon considerat%on whereof,
and oD ,notion of Mr. C~oyne, seconded by Dr. C~ill, it is resolved that the matter
of the re.~ponsibility of Dayin~ for th%s proposed construction be referred to
the C, om~,onwealth's Attorney sit, ce part of the ware]- line to [)e relocated is on
DFoI~eFty dedicated for public uqe and not pFeseDtly under [l~hwa~ co~trol.
On motion of Mr. Gunter, seconded by Mr. l~ritton, it is resolved that this Board
aubhorize the (;ounty Engineer to install a 6" line for 4165 feet on Rt. 161 to
re!)]ace the existin~I 4" a~][! 3" ].inns now. in place since there is an emer/~,ency
existing due to an improvement by the [{ighway Depa~-tment of this road.
On motion of Mr. Goyne,seconded by Mr. Hague, it is resolved that this meeting
be adjourno, d until D:30 December 6, 1955, at which time the Board will view
several zouitl?f cases deferred from the last meeting.
Executive Secretary