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') -- TUESDAY AUGUST 17, 1971 The Commission gave final consideration to this petition on August 3, 1971 and to the one objection noted. Following their consideration of this matter, the Commission voted to recommend to Council that: _. l. This petition be granted and Douglas Street be closed and abandoned in front of Lots No.8, 9, lO, and II as shown on the attached map. 2. That the effective date of this closing and abandonment be that date on which the petitioners submit a properly prepared map suitable for recording and the same is recorded in the Corporation Court Clerk's office. 3. The petitioners verbal request for the rezoning of Lots No.8, 9, lO, and II be granted and these lots be rezoned from R-6 Residential to a C-3 Commercial classification. The Commission in arriving at its decision gave consideration to the objection raised by the Martinsville Coca-Cola Company noting that their property is one having double frontage in that it fronts Memorial Boulevard and its rear line for its total length is along an unopened street known as Stephens Street. The Commission also noted that the Coca-Cola Company property in its development had been graded to an elevation approximately 20 feet below that of Douglas Street thus making it impractical to open Douglas Street as an access to their property. Pursuant to request of the Virginia Department of Highways, Council adopted the following resolution indicating Council's concurrence as to general design and location of the proposed "Martinsville By-Pass", identified as Route 212, with Council suggesting that consideration be given by the Department of Highways toward re-numbering a portion of this pr~ct or route from its Bassett Forks origin to its intersection with Route 58 West to preserve and continue the Route 220 identification and, also, retain Route 220 as it now exists into and through Martinsville: WHEREAS, by resolution adopted May 13, 1969, Martinsville City Council endorsed--as to general principle and general route--a proposed highway construction project then identified as "Route 2l2" (and/or "Martinsville By-Pass"), extending from Routes 220 and 57 at a point known as "Bassett Forks", northwest of Martinsville, in an easterly direction west, south and southeast of Martinsville, all in the County of Henry, to a point approximately 3.4 miles east of the City's east corporate limits to Route 58 (East); and WHEREAS, the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Virginia has now established the general design for, and location of, said highway construction project, now identified as Project 6220-044-l1l, C-50l, and as Project 6058-044-103, C-50l; now, therefore,