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I ~-,J ,~ ,;J: TUESDAY JULY 22, 1975 In connection with the City's Land-Use Plan and certain proposed revisions thereto, the Planning Commission presented the following report and recommendations thereon, which Council unanimously accepted: The Planning Commission at its meeting on June 19, 1975, gave consideration to objections raised by two persons at Council's public hearing on the land use plan as proposed by Wiley & Wilson in Lynchburg. Those objections were as follows: 1. The plan as proposed indicates properties between Spencer Street and High Street on the south side of Fayette Street to be in a Classification of Residential, when these properties are presently used as Commercial. 2. A representative of Lester Lumber Company objected to properties owned by them along the north side of Commonwealth Boulevard being shown as a planned-unit development area, as their plans were for commercial use of the property. With regard to Item l, the Planning Commission voted to recommend to Council that this change be made as requested and the property in question be shown on the land use plan as Commercial. With regard to Item 2, the Commission voted to recommend to Council that this property remain as shown on the plan. It was the feeling of the Commission that properties along Fayette Street already utilized for Commercial, the use should remain. In its consideration of the Lester property, the Commission was of the oplnlon that the petitioner would necessarily have to return to the Commission for either subdivision approval, re-zoning, or a special use permit, or perhaps a combination of all three regardless of the zoning or use shown on the proposed land use map. The planned-unit development as indicated on this map at the present time could embrace all three and would afford the Commission a better opportunity of being involved in the development of the property. The Planning Commission respectfully submits the above recommendations for Council's further consideration. Council unanimously approved a proposed 1975-76 construction project schedule, as prepared by the City's administrative staff, calling for 7,397 lineal feet of curb-and-gutter construction and 2,330 lineal feet of sidewalk construction during 1975-76, for which petitions have been filed and some of which would be on a shared-cost basis subject to applicable formula, it being noted that the proposed widening and improving of Pine Hall Road, though not shown on the schedule, has already been included in the Public Works Department's 1975-76 Budget.