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~62 t TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1977 seeking permission to connect to a City water main along Chatham Road, outside the City's corporate limits northeast of Martinsville, to serve a twelve-unit apartment complex petitioner proposes to construct. Included in this notice and public hearing will be consideration of issuing a Special-Use Permit for said proposed apartment complex. With reference to Council's September 14th action, wherein Council approved the petition of Lanier Farm, Inc., seeking the rezoning of certain of its property near the southeast corner of Parkview Avenue and Spruce Street to "C-l Commercial", subject to certain conditions to be set forth in an ordinance amending the City's Zoning Map, City Attorney Worthy presented the following ordinance effecting said rezoning and setting forth the conditions, which ordinance Council placed on first reading, with Councilman West abstaining, for reasons previously cited in minutes of Council's deliberations and action on this matter: WHEREAS, Lanier Farm, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, heretofore petitioned the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, to re-zone a certain lot or parcel of land owned by Petitioner fronting on Spruce Street, in the City of Martinsville, Virginia, from an "R-9" classification to a "C-l" classification, which lot or parcel of land is more particularly shown on a certain map or plat submitted in support of said petition, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot or parcel of land, as though said map were physically attached hereto; and, WHEREAS, said petition was referred to the City Planning Commission; and, WHEREAS, said Planning Commission held a duly-advertised public hearing on said petition and thereafter recommended to said Council that said petition be granted; and, WHEREAS, said petitioner offered, as part of the proposed re-zoning, before said Planning Commission to convey to said City enough right-of-way along the south side of Spruce Street to provide for an additional traffic lane on the south side of Spruce Street from Parkview Avenue to Indian Trail, and also offered to consult with a screening expert, and, after such consultation, to add to the screening already existing between said subject parcel and Parkview Avenue and the synagogue fronting Parkview Avenue, and to maintain all of said screening perpetually; and,