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",1; ~ ~ \, TUESDAY JULY 22, 1969 WHEREAS, Martinsville City Council conducted a duly-advertised public hearing on said petition at its regular meeting held July 22, 1969, at which time no one registered any objections to said proposed closing; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsvil1e, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-second day of July, 1969, that-- in acceptance of the reports and recommendations of both the Martinsvi11e Planning Commission and the Board of Viewers--it doth hereby order the discontinuance and abandonment of said portions of "D" Street, viz., between Fourth Street and Roundabout Road, subject to the reserving of utility easements through said portions ordered closed; 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 Martinsvi11e, Virginia, as authorization for said Clerk to mark his records according hereto. In acceptance of--and pursuant thereto--the following recommendation of the Planning Commission, Council denied the rezoning request (filed May 27, 1969 by Mr. Charles A. Womack, Executor of the Estate of Dr. C. T. Womack) involving the C. T. Womack Estate property at 18 Starling Avenue: The Martinsvi11e City Planning Commission conducted a duly advertised public hearing on Thursday, July 17, 1969, on a matter referred to them by Council. This matter was a petition submitted by the Heirs of the C. T. Womack property at 18 Starling Avenue, requesting that this property be rezoned from its present P-2 Professional to a C-2 Commercial classification. The Commission also at this time heard evidence from all property owners in the area with regard to the possibility of rezoning the entire block bounded by Church Street, Starling Avenue, Brown Street and Cleveland Avenue to a C-2 Commercial zone. However, there was much opposition to both the petition and to rezoning the entire block. Following this public hearing, the Commission with siz members present, and Member Childress abstaining, voted to recommend to Council that the petition for rezoning be denied. The Commission felt that it could not recommend the spot zoning of the Womack property to C-2 Commercial and that the area in question is not yet ready for commencia1 zoning inasmuch as there is no demand for the property, and there is much opposition to such a rezoning. The Commission would point out that all except one property of those properties fronting the east side of Cleveland Avenue between Brown Street and Church Street are presently zoned as P-2 Professional. Also, that all properties fronting the south side of Church Street, with the exception of the property at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and the property owned by the Womack Estate on Starling Avenue, are presently zoned P-2 Professional. The Commission respectfully submits the above recommendation for Council's further consideration.