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~ 0 I ) ()-1 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1969 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, February 11, 1969, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D.; Vice-Mayor Francis T. West; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and William D. Hobson. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meetings held January 28, 1969 and January 30, 1969. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a request--previously approved by the Planning Commission--that the Easley property, at 600 starling Avenue, be rezoned to IIC-2 Commercialll. There being no objections registered by anyone against the proposed rezoning, Council unanimously adopted the following ordinance effecting the rezoning and amending the City's Zoning Code and Map: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this eleventh day of February, 1969, that the City's Zoning Code and Zoning Map be, and are hereby, amended to reclassify--for zoning purposes--to "C-2 Commercial" that property located at 600 Starling Avenue, being the southwest corner of Aaron Street and Starling Avenue, and identified as the "Easley" property. Mr. John D. Epperly, Attorney at Law and Counsel for LaMar Dean Outdoor Advertising Company of North Carolina, Inc., appeared before Council and requested that the date (of March 24, 1969) specified in Subsection IIG" of Section X of the City's Zoning Ordinance--being the final date for compliance with regulations regarding signs in the City--be extended to January 1, 1970, inasmuch as his client has five leases in effect (for non-conforming signs), four of which will expire in 1969 and the fifth on January 1, 1970. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council postponed said final