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J (! TUESDAY APRIL 24. 1973 ".~ Commission's recommendation that property located at 316 Brown Street be rezoned to "P-2 Professional", pursuant to petition for such rezoning recently filed by Mr. J. W. Jones, III, owner. ..- Council also unanimously accepted the Planning Commission's recommendation, regarding the March 30th (1973) request for water and sewer service filed by 220 Mobile Home Sales (Mr. Lester Bowman, President), which recommendation provided, should Council grant this request, ".....that covenants be recorded against the property which would in effect zone the property to a C-3 Commercial classification for a distance east on 220 from Commonwealth Boulevard of 300 feet and north on Commonwealth from Route 220 a distance of 250 feet and that such connections be limited to the present usage for the period of the lease now held" by petitioner. In tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's recommendation dated April 20, 1973, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be conducted at its forthcoming May 22nd meeting on an application for a Special-Use Permit filed by the James E. Long Construction Company (of Roanoke, Virginia), which would allow petitioner to construct the second phase (of 114 units) of an apartment complex on property formerly owned by Mr. George C. Salmons, located in East Martinsville. Mr. Ronald W. Williams, Attorney at Law, Danville, Virginia, appeared before Council on behalf of his client Mr. Thomas J. Blackwell and/or Blackwell Motor Company, who proposes to construct a commercial building off Commonwealth Boulevard on land owned by Lester Lumber Compcny, outside the City's corporate limits, and for whom Lester Lumber Company has previously requested City water and sewer service through