02-07-1955 Regular Meeting210
The regular meeting of the Mayor and Council was held at the City
Hall. February 7,-1955,at 7:45 P.M. Mayor' James E.' Quarles presiding
with the fcrllowing� *councilmen present: N.E. Brenner, John S. Collier,
A.M. Poston, V.R. Siddall and G.R. Yarbrough. City Attorney
Harold Willingham present.
Minutes -of previous meetings of January read. Motion by N.E.
Brenner, seconded',by A.M. Poston to ,adopt minutes as read. Voted
unanimous.
Mr. Henry Withen1 of 411 Le'e St.
read, turned over to Mr. Watts,
request that his water meter be
City Supt.
Mr. A.V.'Bolton.. presented a petition to Mayor and'Council requestin,
that beer be sold in food stores.
Rev. York Chambless and Rev. Roland Walker each presented petitions
requesting that beer be kept; out of the food stores.
Councilman,A.M. Poston reported that the A.& P. Food Store had
made application for beer license.
Motion by A.N. Poston, seconded by V.R. Siddall that the business
license for the sale of beer for the A.& P. store be granted. Y
Voting for- Poston, Siddall, Brenner; and Yarbrough, Voting
against, Collier.
Finance Statement read by Councilman Collier.
Fire 'Chief John�Themas report of Feb. 1, 1955 read by Councilman
Collier.
Motion by John S. Collier,' seconded by G.R. Yarbrough that Fred
McRae be rehired as Electrical Inspector for 1955. Voted unanimous., -
Motion by John S. Collier, seconded by A.M. Poston that application
for fire protection outside city be accepted within„a 2 Mile radus
of the fife station. Fee to be $151.00 for houses and $35.00 for
business. All to expire Dec. 31, 1955. Payment for balance of
the year to be prorated on Monthly basis. Voted unanimous.
V.R. Siddall read the Street Committee report of their meeting.
Motion by G.R. Yarbrough', seconded by A.M.'Poston that Mr. Watts
be authorized to purchase a 3/4 ton pickup truck for the water
dept. to be paid for from' the water Dept'. Bids to be obtained
from not less than 3 firms. Voted unanimous.
V.R. Siddall read the Pabks and Building Committee report of
their meeting.
Motion by V.R. Siddall, seconded by N.F. Brenner that Mr. Grist
be authorized to survey and make plat, and be paid for same of
9 acres that Belmont Hills Co. had offered to the City for
a park, Voted unanimous.
Motion by N.E. Brenner, seconded by A.M. roston that W.L. Westbrooks
be relisted.,as Plumbing Inspector for 1955. Voted unanimous
Motion by N.E. Brenner, seconded by V.R. Siddall that they would like fox
it to go on record thanking; -in the form of a letter, the three
members of the legislature in putting thru the bills in the behalf
of the City of Smyrna, Voted unanimous.
Application of Bill Noble for Building Inspector read and action deferrer
Motion by G.R. Yarbrough, seconded by N.E. Brenner that the Planning
and Zoning Committee request of Charles L. Miles, 477 Dell ave.
to zone his property for business be refused('since this area is
now 100% residential.
G.R. Yarbrough reported on Water and Sewerage Committee Meeting.
Motion by G.R. Yarbrough, seconded by N.E. Brenner that the City
extend their 6 inch water main on Concord Road at Cooper Lake Rd,
to the intersection of Concord and Hurt Road, thence west and out
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BUSINESS LICENSE FOR YEAR
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Advertising, Poster Outdoor. . . . . c . . . . . . . .$ 10.00
Advertising Schemes and Debi.cis (not bill poster. . 15.00
Agency,, Claim and Collection :4 25.00
Agency, not herein specified to be fixed by Mayor & Council....
Auctioneers, Resident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Auctioneers, Transient, per day. . . , 20.00
Automobiles, Dealers in new cars . . . : 60.00
Automobiles, Dealers in used cars. 60.00
Automobiles accessories. . 35.00
Automobile repair shop alone ► 50.00
Automobile storage alone; . 10.00
Automobile Wash Rack., alone. : 50.00
Auto :Trucks for draying purposes 25.00
-utomobile, Bus or Taxi for hire each: 20.00
Must be insured and drivers registered with city
.ge requirements and Chauffeurs license.
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Banks. .. . . . . .: . . . . .
Barber Shops, each chair
:
75.00
10.00
.
Beauty Shops, including two chairs
;
._...
25.00
Beer, Retail Bottle, Retail.Draught,
either
or
both.
1.00.00
License subject to approval of
City
Council.
:.......
Bicycle Repair Shop. .
5.00
X Bondsman. . . . . .
Boot and Shoe Repair Shop,
..
:
20.00
35.00
X Bowling Alley, first alley
.. ..41
20.00
Lach additional alley.
..
r
10.00
Business Service Bureau. i
50.00
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Cigarette- vending machine: . . .
. . . . . . . . . .$
10.00
Commercial Delivery Vehicles . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
20.00
Plus for Beer per case. .,. .. . .
. . . . . . .
.72
Per Barrell of 15.5 capacity. ....
. . . . . . .
3.00
Per Barrell of 7.7' capacity . .'.
. . . . .. .. .
1.50
X Circus, for each performance,, in
discretion of Mayor,
per day, $10.00 to.. .
. . . . . . . . ., .
bTg using bills,
100.00
X C _rcus, or other shows, advertising
Pictures, etc. its performance
to take place
outside the City in discretion
of 14ayor,per day
$10.00 to. ..
100.00
X Clairvoyant or Fortune Teller. .
. . .,
1000.00
Coal Dealer,all. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
15.00 ,
-Constructors, Supervisors, or other
working on commissicn
basis, or firms as such, employing,
taking or offering
to
take contracts shallpay a license per year:. . . . . .
50000
Subcontractors furnishing labor and
superintendents
of construction shall be held liable for the payment
of license as other contractors.
Construction workers stc.nd (Cig. &
drinks). . . . . ..
15.00
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Dance Rall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . Prohibited
Drays and Auto Trucks,. solicition orders andcblivering
merchandise not covered by -advalaron tax. 0.9 . . 100.00
X Drummer, or any person engaged in selling goods,
Ware or merchandise to other persons than
registered merchants in the City dealing in that
particular line of goods offered by said
person or drummer, sh,--tll before offering to
sell such article, pay a license of. 35,00
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Place. 50.00
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No person shell be allowed to do any kind of electrical
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work such as,wiring of houses or any other class of electrical
work unless he has first obtained a license, gotten a permit
for each job, and no wires shall be erected except
in the manner prescribed by the Southeastern Underwriters
Code of Electrical Wiring. Electrical Contractors
and dealers in electrical supplies. .$ 50.00
Electrical Contractors , not dealers in electrical supplies50.40
Electric Companies furnishing power and lights
including all appliances. . . . . . . . . . . .3 0 of revenue
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Filling Station. . . . . . . .. .$
Fruit and Vegetables Venders (not downtown). ..
Funeral Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Gas Company, including all appliances. . , . . . ,
Gas Fitters, or Plumbers and Heating, each. . 010 .
Gunsmith, including bicycle and sewing machine repair
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Ice Manufacturing, Storage, and retailing. . . . ,
Ice Cream, sold from wagon. . . . . . . . . .
Insurance, Local office, . . . . . . . . . . .
Insurance, Industrial. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..+ .
Insurance, Lny company doing business through agents
in city. �.
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50.00
20.00
50.00
500.00
50.00
10.00
130.00
100.00
35.00
25.00
30.00
Laundry 'Vwgon (Place of Business in city) per truck, 15.00
Dry Cleaning &- Laundry Pick Up Station4 .. 50.00
Loans, Negotiating and closing. . . . . .. 50.00
Laundry Truck, Place of Business outside citype� trgc]K 100.00
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Mattress Makers or menders. . . . . . .�
Retail merchant�..not set out in section of this
ordinance carrying a wholesale stock up to $1,000.00
11000.00 to 50100G0000 . . , :..
�p5,,,000.00 to 10,.000600 . .
110,000.00 to 151000.00. . . . . . .
$159000.00 to 20,000.009 . . . .
p20,000.00 to 25,000,00, . . . .
$259000.00 to 40,000,00, . . . . 1 •
$400000,00 and over. . . . . r
Music box, electrically operated. .
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Newspaper (weekly). . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . , ...
Nursey (day). . . 0. ,
-p..
Pin Ball Machine. . . . . . . . . . .
Painter, Contractor , . , . , . . . .
Peanut and popcorn stand. . .
X Peddling. . . . . . , , .
Photographers .. . . . . . . . . . . .
Photographers, Transient per day. . .
Plumber, with or without shop, alone.
X Pool table each. . , . . . . . , ..
Pruduce, buy or sell, alone. .,
10.00
50.00
60.00
75.00
100.00
125.00
150.00
200,00
250,00
20.00
50.00
25.00
. , . Prohibited
. 25,00
. 5.00
100.00
. . . . .,, 12.50
.Prohibited
50.00
20.00
. 20.00,
Radio and T,V. Repair., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real Estate, dealers and agents, alone or in connection
with some other licensed business plus
y10.00 each salesman above one. .
25.00
40.00
On nn
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Shoe Shop (See Boot and Shoe Shop. .
Signs, Dealer in. . . . . . . . . 0 15,00
Sign Painters, resit"Ient and dealer. 5.00
Storage, alone. . . . . . . . . . . .. : . . . . . . . 25.00
T-
Telegraph Company. . . . . . .. 10.00
Telephon=.: Company. .. 500.00
Toilet Articles, resident Canvasser. : .. 10.00
Tri= ers, meaning cove.L°ing or repairing tops,
cushions, etc. of automobiles,, buggies or
vehicles of furniture. . ; . . . 15.00
Typewriters and adding _r1achines, dertlers in. 15.00
Theater. . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00
:111 other business or occupations not enumerated above,
Q5.00 snd up at the discretion of the Mayor.
Section 5. Be it further ordained that it shall be unlawful
for any pool room to remain open after 11 o'clock at night,
or allow an�r aa.-ies- played. on pool tables, and where other
business, proprietor or operator of such business shall
keep dark and not -tIllow public access to the part of building
in which pool t.-i.bles are located. flnd all windows and doors
facing th : streets must be kept clear of all Posters, signs,
paint or other obstucl s that would cut off the view of the
p<a ssing pedestrians.
Section 6. Be it further ordained it shall be unlawful for
any per son, firm or corpor�.tion to sell or offer to sell any
beer or melt beverages of intoxicating nature after 11:00 at night.
Section 7. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid that
all licenses issued under this ordinance for specific or special
license tat shall be posted conspicuously in the place of business
of the person, firm or corporation to whom the licenses are
issued, and upon their failure to do so, the license in the
discretion of the T-1 Lyor., shall be revoked and they shall be
punished as prescribed in Section 55 of the Code of said City.
Section 8. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid
th�1t the M Iyor or the City shall have the right to revoke any
license issued under this ordinance, whether a person doing
business under such lic3n-se shall viol-,Ite any law or ordinance
of the United Stt.a.tes, or of the State of Georgia or of the Town
of Smyrna, in pursuance of such business conducted under such
license, or irhen it shall be proven before the Mayor that the
health, ^nor^.ls, interest and convenience of the public demand
the revoca.t.icn of such license or the person, firm or cornoration
holding such license W-_IS issued, and said Mayor shall report his
revocation of such license to the next regular meeting of the
City Council for their ratification or rejection and should the
action of the Ilayor be sustained by the Countil, then the said
license shall be permanently revoked, otherwise it shall be
restored. and remain in full force.
Section 9.. Be it further ordained btr the authority aforesaid
that the license issued under tht ordinance shall transferred
to any vi°her person, firm or corporation doing the same business
�.t th-ti, s:a.r.e place or places of business,. upof written approval
of sc'a transfer, by the lIaqyor 6f this City, who shall have full
discretion to approve or disapprove such transfer,
Section 10. Be further ordained by the authority of the
aforesaid that any pe °sons w'no s'r Il begin ol. carry on any
said business or occuncIt4ons without first obtaining said
license as prescribed abojre, shall upon conviction,, be
final,?. by the Mlayor in a sure not exceeding p100.00 or in
defcault of the payr ent thereof shall be required to work
on the streets of s,,aid City not exceeding fifty days.
Sectlun. 11. Be it provide. that if any section, Paragraph
or .rt of this ordinance shall for any reason be adjudged
by a court- to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect
the remainder of the Ordin!ance.
Passe.: in Council, January 24, 1955
James E. Quarles
Mayor
TVirs. Helen Baldwin
City Clerk
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Hurt Rd* to the property of Reed and Guthrie, Reed and Guthrie
to advance-$10500.00 against future water tap. Voted unanimous.
Motion by V.R. Siddall, seconded -by N.E. Brenner, to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned.
or., J.E. Quarles C er , Helen Baldwin
ounci an:J6= Collier Councilman: N.E. Brenner
oun an: V.R. Siddall Councilman: G.R. Yarbrough
our_c an: A.M. Pos on