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15 TUESDAY APRIL 11. 1967 Mr. M. Harrison Joyce, Attorney at law and counsel for the Martinsville-Henry County Fair & Exposition, appeared before Council with an application for a "special-use" permit by which his client may conduct its 1967 Fair on property identified as "Liberty Heightsll, off Liberty Street and Armory Road, all pursuant to stipulations set forth by Council on August 9, 1966, in granting the 1966 p~rmit. Also, pur;3uant to said stipulations, Council unanimously granted such permit for the 1967 Fair. In connection with rail right-of-way required by the Norfolk & Western Milway Company to construct a rail access ~o the new Continental Can Company plant in the Cit~'s Industrial Park, Council authorized the preparation of a deed conveying said required right-of-way to the railway company. Pursuant to request of Burnett's Department Store, Rocky Mount, Virginia, operator of the Shoe Mart in Martinsville until its discontinuance on January 15, 1967, Council authorized the refunding of the sum of $39.53, representing the difference between business license tax paid for the business license tax year beginning May 1, 1966, on estim'lted gross receipts, and the computed amount based on actual gross receipts to date of discontinuance. Mr. William S. Coleman, of Farmingdale Manor, appeared before Council and requested the rezoning of his property at 120-124 Fayette Street to "M-2 Industrialll. Mr. Coleman also explained that the rezoning petition presented by the Baldwin interests on March 14, 1967, for a rezoning of this property, does not have his sanction. Council referred Mr. Coleman's petition to the Planning Commission for its consideration and recommendation.