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354 TUESDAY MARCH 22, 1977 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William D. Hobson presiding, was held Tuesday, March 22, 1977, 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 regular meeting held March 8, 1977. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on the Planning Commission's recently-submitted recommendations that certain sections of the City's Zoning Ordinance be amended to revise and/or provide regulations relating to outside storage of materials and the screening thereof within the City. There being no objections registered by anyone, Council unanimously adopted the following ordinances amending portions, as specified hereinafter, of Sections II, IV, and V of said Zoning Ordinance: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, in regular meeting assembled, that the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby--amended, as follows: (SECTION II. DEFINITIONS) (Between "Structure" and "Tourist Court" add:) Screening. Where screening for outside storage area is required it shall consist of a fence a minimum of seven feet high constructed of noncombustible material and providing ninety percent obscurity to vision from public view along the frontage, side line(s), and rear line when it abuts a public street or alley, or residential property. Storage, Outside. Outside storage shall mean the storage, outside a building, of new stock for sale, used material including appliances, used-inoperative vehicles, machinery and parts, and all other material requiring semi-permanent storage outside. This definition shall not include new and used vehicles and/or accessories which are operative and for sale, the daily display of goods and/or merchandise outside but taken in at the close of business and seasonal merchandise such as plants, fertilizer and bagged mulching material.