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~j TUESDAY MAY 10, 1983 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding, was held Tuesday, May 10, 1983, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Henry C. Reed; Eliza H. Severt; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, followed by introductory comments and welcome by Mayor Cole, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its special meetings held April 19th, April 25th, and April 28th (1983), and of its regular meeting held April 26, 1983. -- Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on an application for a Special-Use Permit, as filed by the Piedmont Shrine Club ( F. A. Gard, Sr., Agent), for the conduct and sponsorship of a carnival at Liberty Heights Fairgrounds, May 16th-21st (1983), proceeds from which to be donated to the Crippled Children's Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina. There being no objections to the application registered by any citizen, the hearing was declared closed and, in accep- tance of the Planning Commission's recommendation that the permit be issued (subject to compliance with applicable regulations and standards), Council unanimously approved said application and authorized the issuance of a permit therefor. Also, pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a petition, filed by W. T. Turner (of Turner & Singleton Insurance Agency), seeking the rezoning of property at 311 Starling Avenue from "R-6 Residential" to "P-2 Profes- sional". There being no objections registered to this petition, Mayor Cole declared the public hearing closed; whereupon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council accepted the Planning Commission's recommendation that the petition be granted and, in