OF
GLASGOW, VIRGINIA
The Charter
and
The General Ordinances
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN
COUNCIL
Michie City Publications Company Charlottosville, Virginia
1972
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I.
PART II.
THE CODE.
Chapter
5. Buildings 37
9. Licenses 59
10. Motor Vehicles
and Traffic 61
13.
Peddlers and Solicitors 105
14. Sewers and Sewage Disposal 109
15. Subdivisions 117
17. Trailers
and Trailer Courts 121
18. Zoning 129
PART II.
Ordinances
and Policies
Personal Property Tax Ordinance
Sewer Discharge Control
Ordinance
Joint Powers Association Agreement
PREFACE
This volume constitutes the
first revision and codification of the general ordinances of Glasgow, Virginia
since 1952. It contains the Charter and such of the ordinances of a general
and permanent nature passed on or before June 6, 1972, as were found desirable
for retention, except those expressly saved from repeal by the Adopting
Ordinance.
The ordinances were codified,
edited and indexed by the Editorial Staff of Michie City Publications Company
tinder the supervision of Chas. W. Sublett, Stephen C. Willard and John K.
Haley.
The publishers wish to express
their appreciation for the cooperation of all the town officials and employees
during the preparation of this publication. Particular acknowledgment is due
Mr. Henry J. Foresman, Town Attorney, for his assistance during the progress of
the work.
A feature to which the attention
of the user is directed is the arrangement of the chapters in alphabetical order.
Attention is also directed to the analysis preceding each chapter which, in
many instances, will serve as an index within itself. The general index,
carried at the end of the Code, has been carefully prepared, and should serve
as an accurate medium for locating the individual sections of law with-in the
Code. In the footnotes appearing throughout the Code will be found references
to the Charter and applicable and related provisions of state law. Those notes
also contain cross references to other and related provisions in the Town Code
itself. By reference to the historical citations, appearing at the end of each
section, the user will be able to ascertain the ordinance from which the
present section has been derived.
It is a recognized fact that if
any Code is to accomplish its intended purpose it must be kept up to date by
means of an adequate supplemental service. Accordingly, the publishers point
out the advisability and necessity of keeping this Code current.
The new Town Code is presented
to the officials and citizens of Glasgow, Virginia in the belief that it will
merit their approval.
Michie City Publications Company
Charlottesville, Virginia
PART
I.
THE
CHARTER.
Editor1s note. --The Charter
herein set out is contained in an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia,
approved February 29, 1892, (Acts 1892, ch. 486), and all Acts amendatory
thereof.
Acts
amending the Charter are cited in parentheses following the section affected.
Unless so indicated, the section derives unchanged from the original Act.
Catchlines
to the sections have been added for editorial purposes and should not be
construed to restrict, limit or affect the contents of the sections. A uniform
system of capitalization has also been employed. A frontal analysis has been
added for the convenience of the user.
§ 1. Boundaries.
§ 2. Government
of town; election, qualifications and terms of mayor and council.
§ 3. Manner and place of election; filling
vacancies on council; quorum.
§ 4. Appointment, compensation, duties and
bonds of sergeant, clerk and treasurer.
§ 5. Sergeant
to have powers of sheriff as to collection of taxes, levies and fines and
service and return of processes.
§ 6.
Sergeant to have powers and
liabilities of constable as to collection of money and execution of warrants.
§ 7. Power
of sergeant to arrest persons in violation of town ordinances.
§ 8.
Civil and criminal jurisdiction of
mayor, recorder and councilmen.
§ 9.
Judicial authority of mayor,
recorder and councilmen.
§ 10.
Maintenance of public schools.
§ 11.
General powers of council; penalties
for violations of ordinances; disposition and appropriation of fines.
§ 12. Levy and collection of property taxes for
streets, sidewalks, etc.
§ 13. Deputization of citizens in case of riot or
misdemeanor.
§ 14. Officers appointed to serve until July 1,
1893.
§ 15. Effective
date.
§ 16. School
bond issues.
All of the territory in
Rockbridge County contained within the following limits, namely: Beginning at
the confluence of North and James Rivers; thence up the north bank of the James
River at low-water mark to a point opposite the extension of the western line
of Thirteenth Street; thence with the western line of said street to its
intersection with the northern line of Rockbridge Road; thence with the
northern line of Rockbridge Road to its intersection with the eastern line of
the fifty acres reservation of Mistress F. G. Johns; thence with the said line
of Mistress Johns' fifty acres tract to its intersection with the northern
boundary line of the right of way of the Norfolk and Western Railway; thence
with said line of said railway to its intersection with the western line of
Blue Ridge Road; thence with said line of Blue Ridge Road to its intersection
with the northern line of Shawnee Street; thence with the northern line of
Shawnee Street extended to its intersection with North River at low-water mark;
thence along the west bank of North River at low-water mark to the beginning
(which boundaries and those parts of North and James Rivers and said streets,
places and roads are laid off and described in the plat or map of the
sub-division of the lands of the Rockbridge Company into lots, recorded in the
clerk's office of the county court of Rockbridge County, in deed-hook number
fifty-eight at pages one and two), shall constitute the Town of Glasgow, and
the forty-fourth and forty-sixth chapters of the Code of Virginia, edition of
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as far as consistent with this Act, shall be
applicable to said town; and the council of said town may from time to time
enlarge the boundaries of said town by adding thereto the lots of such persons
as desire to be included in said corporation, and who shall make application in
writing therefor to said council. (Acts 1898, ch.
376.)
Sec. 2.
Government of town; election, qualifications and terms of mayor and
council
The government of the said town shall be vested in a
mayor and a council of six members besides the mayor (who shall be ex-officio a
member of the council and preside at all meetings thereof) who shall be
residents of said town and shall be elected at such times and for such terms as
provided for by ordinance by those qualified to vote for members of the general
assembly and who shall have been residents within the boundaries of the
corporation for three months next preceding the election and by no other
person. There shall be five days notice of all elections by posting
notices at three or more public places within the corporation. The mayor and
council shall remain in office until their successors are elected and qualified
in their stead, but no longer. (amended 2/27/2004)