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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED February 16,
95-28 ADOPTED February 14,
REQUESTING THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO APPROVE
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1590 TO AMEND THE CODE OF
VIRGINIA TO AUTHORI7J=. CERTAIN TOWN TO RAZE CERTAIN
BUILDINGS
1995
1995
WHEREAS, on December 14, 1993, the Leesburg Town Council adopted Resolution No. 93-239,
requesting the Virginia General Assembly to amend the Leesburg Town Charter relating to the authority
of the town to remove or repair certain fire damaged buildings; and
WHEREAS, Delegate Joe May introduced House Bill 50 during the 1994 General Assembly
Session in response to this resolution and request for legislative assistance; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 50 was not acted upon favorably by the House Committee on Counties,
Cities and Towns during the 1994 General Assembly Session and was continued to the 1995 Session; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 50 was removed from the 1995 session docket on December 8, 1994; and
WHEREAS, Delegate Joe May, Delegate William Mims, and Senator Charles Waddell
introduced House Bill No. 1590 on January 11, 1995, as a modified version of the previous House Bill
No. 50; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to House Bill No. 1590 in the nature of a substitute was proposed
by the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns on February 3, 1995, and was subsequently
passed by the House of Delegates; and
WHEREAS, the substitute House Bill 1590 is presently being considered for adoption by the
Virginia Senate during the 1995 Virginia General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Town Council held an additional public hearing on February 8, 1995,
in accordance with Section 15.1-835 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, to consider the requested
amendment to the Leesburg Town Charter, and the now substituted House Bill 1590; and
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RESOLUTION:
REQUESTING THE VIRIGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO APPROVE
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1590 TO AMEND THE CODE OF
VIRGINIA TO AUTHORIT~J CERTAIN TOWN TO RAZE CERTAIN
BUILDINGS
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Town Council supports the passage of the 1995 substitute House Bill
No. 1590 as being in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens:
THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
The Town Council hereby requests that the Virginia General Assembly approve substitute House
Bill No. 1590 to amend the Code of Virginia to authorize certain town to raze certain buildings as
follows:
That any town having a population between 16,200 and 20,200 according to the United
States census of 1990 in which is located one or more buildings that have been destroyed
by fire or natural disaster and have been appraised by a qualified real estate appraiser
as having no value, by ordinance, may undertake or contract to raze such buildings at the
town's expense. Prior to such razing, written notice shall be sent by certified mail to the
owners of such buildings that, after sixty days from the date of the notice, the town may
raze the buildings at the town's expense.
PASSED this 14th day of February , 1995.
ATTEST:
Clerk of'Co~ncfl~
J~mes E. Clem,
Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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