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FRIDAl MAY 4. 1962 - easterly direction in a straight line 6950 feet, more or less, to a present Martinsville City corporate limit monument shown on the present map of the City of Martinsville and designated as having co-ordinates of N 67,0.31.99 and E 42,.370.98; thence with the City of Martinsville' s corporate limit line N 560 291 15" E 2,153.65 feet; thence continuing with said corporate limit line S 700 041 45" E 7700 feet, more or less, to a point in the north corporate limit line; thence leaving said corporate limit line in a northeasterly direction 4300 feet, more or less, to a point, passing near the rear line of a tier of lots on the northside of Sunset Dt-ive; thence with the rear line of a tier of lots fronting the east side of SUnset Drive in a southeasterly direction 1200 feet, more or less, to a point, which point is located in said back lot line approx:l.mate1y' 200 feet fram Virginia Primary Route No. 57; thence in a southwesterly direction 860 feet, mare or less, to a point, crossing Virginia Route No. 57 at appro:x::ima.tely 200 feet and crossing Grandview Road at approximately 700 feet, said point being approximately 800 feet east of the existing East corporate limit line of the City; thence in a southwesterly direction 1900 feet to a point, said point being in the east corporate limit line of the City at its inter- section with Appalachian Power Company 1 s 132 KV transmission line; thence with said east corporate limit line south 80 251 15" W 10,600 feet, more or less, to an established point in the south line of Spruce Street said point having co-ordinates of N 52,257..34 and E 5.3,111.3.3; thence with the south line of Spruce Street in a southeasterly direction 2198.21 feet to the point of beginning. - The proposed annexation area lying between the proposed corporate lim! t line and the existing corporate limit lines contains 2048 acres, more or less, which equals 3.2 square miles by planimeter mea sur EIIlent s. - A map is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Martinsville, which indicates generally subdiVisions, in- dustrial areas, farm areas, vacant areas, and others, together with any other information deemed relevant as to possible future uses of property within the annexation area. For the purpose of serving notice, a map of the area, photo statically reduced and showing the same information by markings, is attached hereto and made a part hereof. ,. The necessity for and the expediency of the proposed annexation is as follows: - (a) The area adjacent to the City, and especially the portion within the proposed annexation area, has recently undergone vetry' substantial residential, commercial and industrial developmentWand certain areas within the present corporate limits have likewise experienced greater actiVity and mercantile development. As a result, an increased number of families will recpire suitable areas for housing developnent beyond the capacity of the vacant lands now within the corporate limits and the many families now living in apar'bnents or small quarters in residential ~eas within the present