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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />FEBRUARY 13, 1973
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<br />seconded by Councilman Boaz, and carried unanimously that the City accept the
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<br />recommendation of the Planning Commission, thereby granting said Special Use
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<br />Permit.
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<br />Council conducted a duly-advertised public hearing on the petition submitted
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<br />(11-14-72) by Lester Lumber Company, that unopened portions of Elizabeth Street
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<br />and Elizabeth Boulevard, in the vicinity of Commonwealth Boulevard, be abandoned.
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<br />No citizen spoke in favor of or in opposition to the proposal. After reviewing
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<br />the Planning Commission's recommendation that the petition be granted, motion
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<br />was made by Mr. Hartford, seconded by Mr. Hobson, and carried unanimously, that
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<br />the petition for closing be granted, by ordinance, as follows:
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<br />WHEREAS, by petition filed November 20, 1972, with Martinsville City
<br />Council, Mr. George W. Lester, II, representing Lester Lumber Company~ Inc.,
<br />requested the closing and vacating of unused portions of Boulevard Street
<br />and Elizabeth Street, in the vicinity of Commonwealth Boulevard; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, by report dated January 5, 1973, the Martinsville Planning
<br />Commission recommended to Martinsville City Council that petitioner's
<br />request be granted; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, at its regular meeting held on FebTuary 13, 1973, pursuant to
<br />Section 3 of Chapter 8 of the Code of the City of Martinsville, Virginia,
<br />said City CQuncil conducted a duly-advertised public hearing on said
<br />request, at which meeting no objections thereto were registered; now,
<br />therefore,
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in
<br />regular meeting assembled this 13th day of Feb~uary, 1973, that it doth
<br />accept the Planning Commission's aforesaid recommendation and does hereby
<br />order and declare closed and vacated portions of Boulevard Street, extending
<br />between the right-of-way lines of Liberty Street and Commonwealth Boulevard,
<br />and of Elizabeth Street extending southward from the boundary line of
<br />Commonwealth Boulevard approximately 440 feet, Boulevard Street being
<br />approximately 100 feet in width and Elizabeth Street being approximately
<br />40 feet in width, petitioner owning all of the property contiguous: to the
<br />said Boulevard and Elizabeth Street as identified on a plat of survey
<br />prepared by J. A. Gustin & Associates, dated December 28, 1972, Boulevard
<br />Street consisting of 1.35 parts of an acre and Elizabeth Street consisting
<br />of 0.4 parts of an acre, both to be quit-claimed to Lester Lumber Company,
<br />Inc.; and,
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<br />BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that a copy of this ordinance be
<br />forthwith filed with the Clerk of Martinsville Corporation Court as directive
<br />and authorization to mark his records accordingly.
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