19741119 1974-15 AN ORDINANCE - NO. 1974-!5
(Adopted November 19 , 197 4 )
(as an Emergency Ordinance)
To declare that the provisions of §18.1-363.1 of the Code of Vir-
ginia (commonly known as the Sunday Closing Law) shall have no
force or effect within the City of Fairfax.
WHEREAS on November 5, 1974, a referendum was conducted
in the City of Fairfax pursuant to §15.1-29.5 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, 1950, as amended, on the question "Shall the provisions
of ~18.1-363.1 of the Code of Virginia (commonly known as the
Sunday Closing Law) be effective in the City of Fairfax?"; and
WHEREAS the ballots of the referendum have been counted
returns made and canvassed as in other elections, and the results
certified by the Commissioners of Election to the Circuit Court
of Fairfax County, and the Court thereupon having entered an
Order proclaiming the results of the election; and
WHEREAS a duly certified copy of such Order has been
transmitted to this body, the governing body of the City of Fair-
fax, proclaiming that a majority of those voting in such elec-
tion voted that the provisions of §18.1-363.1 of the Code of
Virginia (commonly known as the Sunday Closing Law) shall not
be effective in the City of Fairfax;
Now, therefore; the City of Fairfax Hereby Ordains:
1. The sense of its citizens being that the provisions
of §18.1-363.1 are not necessary in the City of Fairfax, the pro-
visions of §18.1-363.1 shall hereafter have no force or effect
within the City of Fairfax.
2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
on and from the _~ day of Nov~mh~r , 197 4
Mayor ~'?
Attest:
i City ~lerk