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004 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1986 A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor L. D. Oakes presiding, was held Tuesday, October 28, 1986, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. All members of Vice-Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr.; Alfred T. Groden; and Allan McClain. Council were present, as follows: L. D. Oakes, Mayor; Clyde L. Williams, After the invocation, followed by Mayor Oakes' cordial welcome extended to visitors present, Council unanimously approved of the minutes of its regular meeting held October 14, 1986. In tentative acceptance of the Martinsville Planning Commission's recommen- directed that dUly-advertised public hearings be conducted by Council thereon dations that Council grant the following property rezoning requests, Council at its forthcoming November 11th regular meeting: (1) By Mr. W. Lee Hussey, II, seeking the rezoning of Lots 119-124 abutting Lavinder Street (west of Union Street and east of Doe Street) from R-6 Residential to C-3 Commercial; and (2) By Mr. & Mrs. G. Bruce Spencer, seeking the rezoning of Lot No. 12 at 317 Brown Street from R-6 Residential to P-2 Professional. Council at its forthcoming November 11th regular meeting on the following Council also directed that dUly-advertised public hearings be conducted by matters: (1) A request filed by JAMCARR, Inc, seeking a modification of a Special-Use Permit issued in 1974 to Buena Vista, Inc., for a 56-unit townhouse complex to be constructed on Pine Hall Road, approval of which modification (proposing a "village" concept for the project) the Planning Commission recommended, subject to the conditions set forth in the Commission's October 20th report; and (2) A proposed amendment (arising from the foregoing JAM CARR request) to Section VIII (c)(8)(h) of the City's Zoning Ordinance whereby minimum lot width is proposed to be reduced from eighteen (18) feet to fourteen (14) feet. Council's approval of this amendment was recommended by the Planning Commission ......because of the potential for modular construction of townhouses...... in the City.