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1 TUESDAY OCTOBER 25. 1966 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, October 25, 1966, beginning at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, all members being present, viz., Mayor Fred T. Renick, M.D.; Vice-Mayor E. E. Stone; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held October 11, 1966. Under date of October 24, 1966, the Martinsville Planning Commission reported that--follo'wing a public hearing--it recommends that Council grant the request filed with Council on September 27, 1966, by Mrs. Evelyn H. Stone, Trustee, which request (in summary) was as follows: (1) that property owned by petitioner and located east of Memorial Boulevard South, between a tier of lots fronting the south side of Rivermont Heights and a tier of lots fronting the north side of Overton Street, be rezoned from "R-6 Residential" to "C-3 Commercial"; and (2) that present enumerated uses in the City's "C-3 Commercial District" zoning regulations be amended so as to include "golf driving range" for public recreation. The Commission further reported its awareness of the possibility of a problem arising with regard to the lighting of the proposed golf driving range but expressed the opinion that such problem, if any, can be satisfactorily handled under existing ordinances. In tentative acceptance of the Commissionls recommendation, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing on this matter to be conducted at Council's forthcoming November 22nd meeting.