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" j . :IU TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1972 Fayette Street and the west boundary line of Middle Street and being approximately 35 feet in width, petitioner owning lots 14 and 15 which bound either side of the portion of the street petitioned to be closed, identified as a Plat of Survey prepared by Whitmell C. Brown under the date of November 11, 1972, be and is hereby vacated, closed and abandoned, being further identified as a parcel consisting of . 15 parts of an acre to be quitclaimed to said Ralph C. Lester, by the City of Martinsville; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that a copy of this ordinance be forthwith filed with the Clerk of Martinsville Corporation Court as directive and authorization to mark his records accordingly. Council conducted a duly-advertised public hearing on Lester Lumber Company's petition containing two requests: 1. That the block between Franklin Street, Liberty Street and the Liberty Street Extension be rezoned from its present M-l Industrial classification to an M-2 Industrical classification. No citizen spoke in favor of or in opposition to the proposed rezoning, and noting that the City Planning Commission had recommended approval, motion was made, duly seconded and carried, that the recommendation of the Planning Commission be accepted. 2. That the tract of land lying west of Lester Lumber Company's Jones Creek plant bounded by a line 800 feet north of the north line of Commonwealth Boulevard to the west corporate limits of the City, the C&NW Railroad and the west line of the M-2 zone on the west of their present plant on Liberty Street, be rezoned from an R-6 Residential to an M-2 Industrial classification. No citizen spoke in favor of or in opposition to this proposed rezoning, and noting that the City Planning Commission had recommended approval of this petition for rezoning, on motion made, seconded and duly carried, Council voted to accept the recommendations of the Planning Commission, by ordinance, as follows: