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TUESDAY JANUARY 12. 1982 In tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's recommendations set forth in its report dated December 21, 1981, with regard to the proposed amending of Sections II and V of the City's Zoning Ordinance and applicable to regulations governing the outside storage-visual screening of materials in the City's commercial and manu- facturing zones, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be con- ducted by Council on the proposed amendments at Council's regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 23, 1982, with special prior notice thereof to be forwarded to each of a number of business firms located in these zones. With Councilman West abstaining (because his manufacturing business is located with- in the original confines of the City's Industrial Park), all other members of Council accepted the following statement designed to establish a formal policy for the development of the Industrial Park, a committee for the implementation thereof (perhaps including representatives from Henry County and/or the Henry County Board of Supervisors), on which Vice Mayor Cole and Councilman Reed agreed to serve~_ to be established at Council's forthcoming January 26th meeting: STATEMENT OF INDUSTRIAJ,. PARK POLICY - Puroose : This statement is to establish policies covering the sale, development and use of property within the City of Martinsville Industrial Park. These policies involve the City, Henry County, the N & W Railway Company, Appalachian Power Compa.ny, Southwestern Virginia Gas Company, (and) present and future industries who own or will own land in the Industrial Park. Among the purposes of this statement are (those) to establish areas of responsibility for all involved parties; to provide the controls and improvements required for the orderly development of the park; and to promote the sale and development of the property for the purpose of stimulating the economy and providing job opportunities for the citizens of the area.