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~ ~16i TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1985 - A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding, was held Tuesday, October 22, 1985, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, with the exception of Councilman Clyde L. Williams (who is recovering from illness), viz., William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor; Eliza H. Severt, Vice-Mayor; Alfred T. Groden; and L. D. Oakes. --- Following the invocation and Mayor Cole's cordial welcome to visitors present, Coun- cil unanimously approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held October 8, 1985. Pursuant to duly-published public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on Mr. & Mrs. Walter Duncan's recent request that Lot No. 22A, situated at 401 Starling Avenue, be rezoned from "R-6 Residential" to "P-2 Professional". The record notes that no citizen appeared at this hearing in opposition to the rezoning request; and, there being no opposition expressed from any source, Mayor Cole declared the public hearing closed. Whereupon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council accepted the Planning Commission's recommendation that the request be granted and, in so doing, unanimously adopted the following ordinance amending the City's Zoning Map to effect -. and reflect said rezoning: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled, that the Zoning Map of the City of Martinsville be--and is hereby--amended to the extent that Lot No. 22A, situated at 401 Starling Avenue, is hereby rezoned from "R-6 Residential" to "P-2 Professional". BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that, an emergency existing, this ordinance shall be in force on and after October 23, 1985. Council unanimously accepted and adopted proposed amendments (as introduced and placed on first reading at Council's October 8th meeting) to the City's Electric Service