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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />SEPTEMBER 29, 1981
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<br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia,
<br />with Mayor Barry A. Greene presiding, was held Tuesday, September 29, 1981, in the
<br />Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz.,
<br />Barry A. Greene, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; L. D. Oakes; Henry C. Reed;
<br />and Francis T. West.
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<br />After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its special meeting
<br />held September 1, 1981 and of its regular meeting held September 8, 1981.
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<br />Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a
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<br />petition requesting the vacating and abandonment of that portion of Maryland Street
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<br />which lies between Lavinder Street and Memorial Boulevard, which petition was filed by
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<br />James P. Price, et als, owners of abutting property. There being no objections
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<br />registered to this petition, and upon recommendation of the Planning Commission (that
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<br />the petition be granted), Council unanimously directed the vacating and abandonment of
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<br />said street section through adoption of the following ordinance:
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<br />WHEREAS, James P. Price and the stockholders of Price & Price Real Estate,
<br />being the owners of Lots Nos. 43, 44, 45, 46, 70, 71, 72, 73, and 75 within
<br />the one block of Maryland Street between Lavinder Street and Memorial Boule-
<br />vard, have filed a petition requesting the vacating and abandonment of said
<br />one block of Maryland Street; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Martinsville Planning Commission, having duly considered this
<br />request and having conducted a duly-advertised public hearing thereon, has
<br />recommended that the petition be granted; and
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<br />WHEREAS, Martinsville City Council on September 29, 1981, conducted a duly-
<br />advertised public hearing on this matter, at which hearing no objections
<br />were registered; now, therefore,
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in
<br />regular meeting assembled this 29th day of September, 1981, that the section
<br />of Maryland Street situated between Lavinder Street and Memorial Boulevard
<br />be, and the same is hereby declared, vacated and abandoned.
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<br />Also, pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on
<br />a petition requesting the vacating and abandonment of one-half of that section of
<br />Brown Street which abuts property on the east side of Ellsworth Street at its inter-
<br />section with Mulberry Road, which petition was filed jointly by Patricia A. Byrum,
<br />Albert G. Byrum, Jr., Emma S. Richmond, and Marion D. Richmond. There being no
<br />objections registered to this petition, and upon recommendation of the Planning
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