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3: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10. 1964 Also pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a proposal--recommended by the Planning Commission--to issue a "special use permit" to Martinsville Dental Laboratories (Mr. Leonard W. Hurrell, petitioner) to permit the conduct of business by this firm at Lot No. 11 on the west side of M:Jss 'Street, which is zoned as "residential". There being no obj ection:3 registered, Couneil unanimously authorized the issuance of such a permit, under Section VIII, paragraph 5, of the City's Zoning Code. 'With the understanding that Continental Can Company will continue--at least for a reasonable period of time--its industrial operations on Stultz Road, Council authorized the construction by the City of a ten-inch water main off Liberty Street and along Stultz Road, at an estimated cost of $4,677.55, to provide water service for fire protection of the Continental Can Company plant, pursuant to petition filed by this firm on October 13, 1964. Upon recommendation of J. David Morris, Commissioner of the Revenue, Council authorized the refunding of $335.74 to Mrs. Sue M. Barbour, t/a Barbour Cadillac Company, representing over-payment by this firm of business license taxes for the period January 1, 1964, through June 30, 1964, which over-payment resulted from an over-estimate of gross receipts, as filed with the Commissioner of the Revenue for the license tax year beginning May 1, 1964. By letter dated November 6, 1964, the City's Electoral Board informed Council that Preci::1cts Nos. 1, 3, and 4,. of the City's five voting precincts, now have more than 1,000 registered voters each and that, according to Virginia election laws, the Council must revise its voting precincts so that no precinct will have more than -1,000 registered voters. The Electoral Board also informed the Council that it made arrangements wi-:;h the Automatic Voting Machine Corporation, of