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t-j <"~ ~ ;J 1 -.!~/~) TUESDAY JANUARY 23, 1968 WHEREAS, under date of December 12, 1967, Martinsville City Council initiated appropriate proceedings to so vacate and abandon said portion of Salem Street under procedures set forth in Section 3 of Chapter 8 of the City Charter, concluded by a duly-advertised public hearing having been conducted by said COQDcil during its regular meeting held January 23, 1968, at which hearing no objections were registered by any citizen to said proposed closing; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this 23rd day of January, 1968, that said undeveloped portion of Salem Street, between Manilla Street and Memorial Boulevard, be and is hereby vacated, abandoned, and closed, subject to the retention by the City of Martinsville of existing utility right-of-way easements within said portion and subject to the dividing of right-of-way (being abandoned) by use of a straight line between Manilla Street and Memorial Boulevard in such a manner as the abutting property owners will receive an equal share thereof; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that a copy of this ordinance be forthwith filed with the Clerk of the Corporation Court of the City of Martinsville, as directive that his records be marked accordingly. In connection with the petition filed with Council on November 14, 1967, by the Roy C. Stone interests, requesting the rezoning from IIR_911 to IIR-611 of that property identified as the IIWray Farmll on or near Roundabout Road, the Planning Commission presented the following written report (dated January 22, 1968) which Council unanimously accepted, thus recording the fact that petitioner has withdrawn his rezoning petition thereon: The Martinsville City Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on January 2, 1968, on a petition from Mr. Roy C. Stone requesting the rezoning from R-9 to R-6 Residential, a portion of the Wray Farm on Roundabout Road. At the time of this hearing the Commission received a petition signed by forty-one residents in the immediate area opposing this rezoning request. Mr. Stone then advised the Commission that should this opposition not be withdrawn by the time of the next Planning Commission meeting that he would withdraw his petition for rezoning. The Commission met again on January 18, 1968, at which time the Commission was advised by the petitioners for the opposition that their petition still stood and would not be withdrawn. Following this advice from the opposition, Mr. Stone formally withdrew his petition for rezoning. The Planning Commission respectfully submits the above information for Council's further consideration.