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c'" r' h" ""'" TUESDAY APRIL 10, 1979 - The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William D. Hobson presiding, was held Tuesday, April 10, 1979, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., William D. Hobson, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; Barry A. Greene; L. D. Oakes; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its special and regular meetings held March 27, 1979. Pursuant to duly-advertised notice, Council and the Planning Commission conducted a joint public hearing on the West Martinsville Jaycee's Application for a Special-Use Permit, as filed with Council--and referred by Council to the Planning Commission--on March 13, 1979, seeking "Special-Use" permission to sponsor the Hoxie Brothers Circus at Liberty Heights Fairgrounds on May 10, 1979. At the conclusion of this public hearing, in which no one raised any objections to the granting of the permit, Council accepted the Planning Commission's recommendation that a conditional Special-Use Permit be issued to this Jaycee organization, for the purpose hereinabove stated, subject to the same safety-and-other regulations as have been established and applied to similar events in the past (such as the annual Firemen's Bazaar and the Martinsville-Henry County Fair), and subject to the presentation by the Jaycees to the Planning Commission, at its meeting to be held April 19, 1979, of the exhibits required by the City's Zoning Ordinance; and, furthermore, subject to City Council's final action and/or approval at its regular meeting to be held Tuesday, April 24, 1979.