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REGULAR MEETING, NOVEMBER 28, 1960
After notice duly given by publication in a newspaper
having general circulation in the Town of Leesburg, a public
hearing was held by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in
Virginia, on November 28, 1960 at 7 : 30 P . M. to consider the
rezoning from a R-1 District to an R-2 District , of forty
seven acres of land belonging to Walter Phillips , located in
the northeast section of the Town of Leesburg. All interested
persons were heard and it was the sense of the Council that
further study should be given to this matter before a deter-
mination was made .
The regular meeting of the Council was called to order
. by George J. Babson, Mayor, at 10 :50 P. M. There were present :
C. Maloy Fishback, George E. Isaacs , Emerson H. James , Hunter
M. Leach, John W.. Pumphrey and Austin J. Wright , Councilmen.
Upon motion of Mr . Isaacs , seconded by Mr. Wright , and
unanimously adopted, the minutes of the regular meeting of
` . November 14, 1960 approved and read .
were 1p
,.� Upon motion of Mr . Fishback, seconded by Mr. Pumphrey,
the following Ordinance was unanimously adopted :
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/IAN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WATER
SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS AND PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO
CONFORM THEREWITH
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Council for the Town of Leesburg, in
Virginia, that the ordinance providing for standards for the in-
stallation of water supply and sewage disposal systems and
penalties for failure to conform therewith adopted November 14,
1960, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows :
SECTION I .
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any house or other
building where human beings congregate or are employed, to use
or lease said house or building for human occupancy unless and
until the premises shall have been connected to an adequate
water supply and an approved method of disposal of human excrement .
SECTION II . DEFINITIONS
A. For the purposes of this ordinance a water supply shall
be deemed adequate when provided :
(1) by connection to the Town of Leesburg public water
supply system, or
(2) by connection to a private water supply capable
of furnishing a flow of fifty gallons per capita
per day at pressures equivalent to the Town ' s
public water system.
B. For the purposes of this Ordinance an approved method
of disposal of human excrement shall be by means of a flush
toilet connected to an adequate water supply as defined in
• Section II-A above and flushing into :
(1) the Town of Leesburg' s sanitary sewer system, or
(2) a private septic tank system installed in accordance
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with Loudoun County Sanitation Ordinance , when and
3 only when :
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(a) no public sewer is provided in any street ,
public right of way, or easement adjoining
or traversing the premises , or when
(b) compliance with Section II-B-(1) above would
require a private sewer line greater than
. 200 feet in length, or
(3) a private septic tank system conforming to the
requirements of the Loudoun County Sanitation
Ordinance installed at the time of the effective
date of this Ordinance and thereafter maintained
in accordance with said Loudoun County Sanitation
Ordinance .
SECTION III .
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections I and II . •
above , whenever the conditions of II-B-(2)a and II-B-(2)b
- obtain and when a septic tank- system cannot be installed in
accordacne with the Loudoun County Sanitation Ordinance , then
and only then, and upon the recommendation of the Town Health
Officer and approval by the Town Health Officer and approval
by the Town Council , a pit privy installed and maintained in
accordance with State of Virginia Standards will be considered
an approved method of disposal of human excrement , and the
requirements for an adequate water supply will be waived.
SECTION IV.
Any violation of this Ordinance shall be deemed a mis-
demeanor, and the violator, upon conviction, shall be fined
not less than Five Dollars (55 .00) nor more than- Twenty Five
• Dollars ($25 .00) and a separate violation shall be deemed
committed on each day during, or on which a violation continues
or occurs .
SECTION V.
All contrary enactments of the Leesburg Town Council are
herewith rescinded and revoked .
SECTION VI .
The effective date of this Ordinance shall be 12 :01 A. M. ,
BEST, March 1 , 1961 .
Upon motion of Mr. Fishback , seconded by Mr. James, the
following resolution was adopted by a vote of five to one ; Mr.
Isaacs abstaining:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council for the Town of Leesburg, -
in Virginia, that the resolution readopted at a regular meeting
of the Council held on August 22, 1960, appearing on Page 351 of
the Current Minute Book , be and the same is amended . to read
-as follows on the last line thereof:
"due four, five , six, seven and eight years after date , "
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the English Construction
Company ' s unit price bid based on the existing contract with
the Town, be,and the same is hereby declared acceptable for
the installation of the "Dry Mill Subdivision" water line,
extending from the terminus of the present water line at the
Loudoun County High School to the property line of the sub-
dividers , G. Shirley and E. Frank Myers , III
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Upon motion of Mr . Fishback, seconded by Mr . Pumphrey,
the following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council for the Town of Leesburg,
in Virginia, that free parking be, and it is hereby permitted
on the parking lots and streets of the Town of Leesburg, ssaiJd
free parking to commence December 15 , 1960 and terminate at
12 :01 A. M. , December 25 , 1960.
Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. Wright ,`
the. following resolution was unanimously adopted :
• BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council for the Town of Leesburg,
in Virginia, thatthe sum of One Hundred Twenty FiveDollars
(5125:00) be, and the same shall be paid to Elizabeth B. Riley
for a sewer line easement as shown on the plat of Walter K.
Phillips , dated November 19, 1960.
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Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. Leach, the
Q following resolution was adopted by a vote of four to one,
James and Isaacs abstaining:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council for t - Town of Leesburg,
in Virginia, that the Treasurer be , and le is hereb r cted
to pay the George Jason Corporation the um-•. to�,Do lars
($18.00) for the easement across,.saic . . e
Upon motion of Mr . James , s -conded 'b . �/ acs , the meet-
ing adjourned at 11 :25 P. ii. = =
ver, gar.
' • / Mayor .
REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER.119,_1960 . .-
..,. A ,regular meeting of ttTe C ncil for. the Town of Leesburg
was to- be-held December 19, 1960, at George J.
Babson, cMayor, called the meeting to order at 9 :45 P. M. There
were present.: C. Maloy .Fishback, George: E. Isaacs, Emerson H. .
-James--and. John .W. .Pumphrey, Councilmen.
On motion of C. Maloy Fishback, seconded by Emerson,:H..
- James, George E. Isaacs was• nominated•. Recorder•-pro_\tem.
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The minutes of the regular meeting held , . 1960,
were approved. as read.
On motion of Emerson H. James, seconded.by C. Maloy Fish-
back, . the following rezolatl.on_;:was. _unanitnousl-y..sdapted.:. _ . . •
WHEREAS,• the Council of the Town .of. Leesbur.g,. in- Virginia,, .
has. made. application to the Virginia Electric and Power Company .
for permission to•attach certain wires and other fixtures
necessary to. provide decorative .lighting.. for the. Christmas .
- holiday period, and, - . . _ , . . .
WHEREAS, in consideration of :the agreement with-the Virginia
Electric and Power Company to permit ..such fixtures, the Town.of
. . - Leesburg .assumes all - responsibility for such. .installations and
agrees to save Virginia Electric and Power Company harmless from
any loss, cost, injury or damage to persons or property result-
ing out -of ,or arising from the installation of such installations,
and,