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(', l~ ~,J' TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 1976 -- Upon recommendation of the Planning Commission, Council also amended the City's Zoning Ordinance through the adoption of the following ordinance, adding and specifying screening requirements referred to in the ordinance adopted by Council on August 10, 1976, which amended Section V, Paragraph I of said ordinance: ,- BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled September 28, 1976, that Paragraph "I" of Section V of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Martinsvi1le, Virginia, as amended August 10, 1976, be--and is hereby further--amended to include the following, being identified as sub-paragraph or line 19: 19. Used car lots and/or repair garages, provided there is erected and maintained a screening consisting of a seven-foot high fence and having ninety (90%) obscurity surrouding any area where inoperable vehicles and all other materials, except operable vehicles for sale, are stored. Also, upon recommendation of the Planning Commission, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be conducted by Council at its forthcoming October 26th meeting on a proposal to amend further the above-referred-to Section V, Paragraph I, of the Zoning Ordinance, by the deletion therefrom not only the foregoing amendment but also the August 10th amendment. ,"-~ Upon invitation of the Planning Commission, Council appointed Councilman L. D. Oakes to a special committee to be established by the Commission for the study of proposed screening requirements in C-3 Zoning Districts. Under date of September 24, 1976, the Planning Commission, as a result of