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1994 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That Chapter 707 of the Acts of Assembly of 1993 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15.1-492, the governing body of the
City of Martinsville may, by amending its zoning ordinance, provide that an
existing nonconforming use may be terminated after a reasonable period of
time where such nonconforming use involves the transportation or temporary
storage of any hazardous waste, as defined in § 10.1-1400, which such
if the governing body determines poses a clear and present threat
to the health and safety of surrounding residential homeowners living
immediately finds that the transportation or temporary storage of any
hazardous waste involved in the nonconforming use poses a clear and present
threat to the health and safety of persons living or working adjacent to
such nonconforming use.
2. That this act shall expire on July 1, 1998.
3. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.