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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1953_12_24SPEC 102 . SPECIAL DECEMBER-24, 1953 - At;a special meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in the. Council Chamber, _Thursday December 24, 1953, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., there were present William W. Nichels, Mayor, Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, Reginal K. Gheen, Howard B. Gill, Maurice R. Lowenbach, Jr; Frank Raflo and Morton Riddle, 3rd; Councilmen. On motion of Councilman Morton Riddle, seconded by Councilman Frank Raflo, and unanimously carried, a majority of the Council of the Town of - Leesburg in Virginia being present and• yoting, the following ordinance was adopted.:. -' WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 24 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, and all acts amendatory thereof, the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, 111. ado-'ted a Zoning ordinance for the purpose of establishing zoning districts within the said Town: and WHEREAS, by virtue of the said ordinance the Circuit Court of Loudoun County has heretofore appointed members of a Board of Zoning Appeals for •said Town; and WHEREAS, by an order of record in the Clerk's Office of said Court in Common Law Book 20, at Page 249, John Allen Johnston, John W. Clemens, R. K. Gheen, Howard B. Gill, and Richard Burbank, were appointed as the.Board of Zoning Appeals for said Town; and WHEREAS, John Allen Johnston, John W. Clemens, R. K. Gheen and Howard B. Gill, have tendered their resignations as members of Said Board and the Council is willing to accept said resignations; and • WHEREAS, the Council of the said Town desires that the four vacan- cies shall be filled by the appointment of Lawrence Muse, William J. Cox, Fred A. Brock and John W. Pumpheey, and that Richard W. Burbank shall be contin- ued as a member of said Board of Zoning Appeals; and WHEREAS, the Council of the 'said Town recommends to the Court the appointment Of Lawrence Muse, William J. Cox, Fred A. Brock, John W. Pumph- rey and Richard W. Burbank as the Board of Zoning Appeals for said Town, which Board shall be empowered with all the authority and charged with the same duties recuired under Chapter 24 of the 1950 Code of Virginia and all acts amendatory thereof, and whose terms of office shall expire three years ftom the date of the appointment by the Court; which Board of Zoning Appeals shall be empowered with all the authority' provided under the laws of the -Commonwealth of Virginia relating to Boards of Zoning Appeals for Towns in this State; and • WHEREAS, the said Council is advised that in order to fill the vacancies on this Board of Zoning Appeals it is necessary to institute pro- ceedings in the Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Virginia, for the purpose -of re-uesting the appointment of members of the Board of Zoning Appeals; and WHEREAS, the Council of said Town has requested Stilson H. Hall, Town Attorney, to present this ordinance and to ipetition the Court to enter an order appointing members of the Board of Zoning Appeals for said Town. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Lees- burg, •in Virginia, as follows: (1) That the resignations of John Allen Johnston, John W. Clemens, R. K. Gheen, and Howard B. Gill as members of the Board of Zoning Appeals for said Town be, and the dame hereby, are accepted. (2) That Stilson H. Hall, Attorney be, and he hereby is, authorized, ' instructed and directed to institute and prosecute all necessary and proper - proceedings for the purpose of the -appointment' of Lawrence Muse, William J. Cox, Fred A; Brock, John W. Pumphrey and Richard W. Birbank as the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, for a term of three years beginning with the date of the order of appointment to be made by bald Court. (3) That the-aforesaid Lawrence Muse, William J. Cox, Fred A. Brock, John W. Pumphrey, and Richand W. Burbank, shall constitute the Board of Zoning Appeals for the said Town, and said Board shall be vested with all the power and authority and shall be subject-to all restrictions provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia for Board of Zoning Appeals for towns in this State. 1 .03 . (4) That the Auditor-Treasurer, be, and he hereby is,-authorized, instructed and directed to advance and pay all necessary costs for the pur- pose of instituting and prosecuting these proceedings in the Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Virginia. (5) That the Recorder of said Town be, and he hereby is, author- ized and instructed to deliver two certified copies of this ordinance to Stilson H. Hall, Attorney, Leesburg, Virginia TO OF LEESBURG, IN VIRGINIA . By /, Mayor Leesburg, Virginia December 23, 1953 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance regularly and duly adopted by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, at a special meeting held at its Council Chambers on Wednesday 23, 1953. Recorder Town of Leesburg, in Virginia I ask for this: Stilson H. Hall Leesburg, Virginia Counsel for the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING LOAN OF $15, 000.00 ON TOWN HALL PROPERTY ON EAST SIDE OF KING STREET IN THE TOWN OF LEESBURG, VIRGINIA. Upon motion of Frank Raflo, seconded by Reginal K. Gheen and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: BE •IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Vir- ginia, that the resolution relating to the borrowing of money on the Town Hall Building, which was passed by this Council on Noven@er 9; 1953, be, and the same is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that William W. Nickels, Mayor, be and he hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed for and on behalf of said Town to borrow the sum of $15.000.00 to be secured by a first deed oftrust on that certain parcel or lot of land described as follows: • That certain tract of land situated on the southwest . corner of King and Loudoun Streets, in the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, adjoining the lands of Meade, Fadeley, et al. ; being the same land conveyed unto the Town of Leesburg in Virginia by Henry Heaton, Special Commissioner in ghe Chancery suit of Meade v. ` Boss, by deed dated July 8, 1979, of record in the • Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Loudoun County, , Virginia, in Deed Book No. 6 N's at Page 289. BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that William W. Nickels, Mayor, be and he hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed for and on behalf of said Town to execute a negotiable and promissory note, under seal, bearing date of the 4tlt: day of Uanuary,, T.95tL, made payable to the order of The Peoples National Bank of Leesburg, Leesburg, Virginia , for the sum of $15,000.00, with interest from date at the rate of 3% per annum, payable semi-annually, said note to be made payable to The Peeples National Bank of Leesburg, Lees- burg, Virginia, on or before August 20, 1955, and to be secured by a first deed of trust note. BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that the deed of trust herein authorized shall be a lien on the following land: That certain lot of land on the East side •of King Street in the Town of Leesburg, Loudoun County; Virginia; adjoining the land of Fadeley and Boss (now the property of said Town) . Being the same land conveyed to the said Town by William B. Carr, et al. , by deed dated August 6, 1887, recorded in the Clerk' s office aforesaid in Deed Book 6 Z' s, at Page 407.