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AN ORDINANCE TO ~_MEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 35-224 [e), 35-225 (f), AND 35-226, PERTAINING TO EXEMPTION OF REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR CERTAIN ELDERLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED PEOPLE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: i. That Section 35-224 (e) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: Section 35-224. Eligibility for exemption. (e) The total combined income from all sources for the immediately preceding calendar year of the owner or owners claiming tax exemption and of the owner or owner's relatives or other household member living in the subject dwelling shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) providing the first twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) of income of each relative other than spouse or other household member of the owner or owners who is living in the dwelling shall not be included in such total.. 2. That Section 35-225 (f) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: Section 35-225. Qaulifying for exemption. (f) The City Manager upon determ!ning good cause may extend the date in which a person or persons have under sub- section (a) herein, to apply for the exemption of real estate taxes for certain elderly and permanently disabled people if such person had qualified for such exemption in the immediate past tax year. 3. That Section 35-226 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: Section 35-226. Amount of exemption. The person or persons qualifying for and claiming exemption shall have exempted that percentage of the real estate tax levied on the qualifying dwelling set forth in the following schedule: