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,} ') (' ~) A...i ) TUESDAY JULY 23. 1968 A petition dated July 12, 1968, presented by Custer & Custer Sporting Goods and requesting the rezoning of this firm's property along Figsboro Road at the City's north corporate limits from llR_9t1 to an appropriate commercial classification, was referred to the Planning Commission for its consideration and recommendation. Two other and separate petitions--from Martinsville Ice Company at 405 Bridge Street and from Martinsville Coal & Oil Company at 406 Bridge Street-- requestingthe rezoning of these two locations from lC_3" to "M_2'1 were similarly referred to the Planning Commission for consideration and recommendation. Council received, and gave study to, a letter (dated July 22, 1968) from Mr. J. L. Flora, Jr., Regional Real Estate Officer for the United States Post Office Department, stating that the Post Office Department is considering the use of property located between Spruce and Brookdale Streets, near their intersection, as a new main Post Office facility for Martinsville. The letter posed four questions (concerning the City's development plans and the City's zoning regulations) and, also, requested Council's opinion as to the general suitability of this site for a new Post Office, which would be developed under private ownership and leased to the Federal Government. After hearing from the local Postmaster and from a member of the City's Planning Commission, Council referred Mr. Flora1s inquiry to the Planning Commission for study and recommendation. Upon recommendation of the City Manager and the Director of Public Works, Council authorized the postponing of the effective date of Section D of an ordinance which became effective July 26, 1967, to September 1, 1968, thus deferring the effective date (of July 1, 1968) on which the cost of domestic sewer connections are to increase from $25.00 to $125.00 each.