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176 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1965 BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-third day of November, 1965, that the Zoning Code and Zoning YBp of the City of Martinsville be, and is hereby, amended to reclassify--for zoning purposes--to llC-2 Commercial" that one lot identified as the Ben W. Via property on the west side of Ellsworth Street, adjacent to and south of the south line of an alley between said Ben W. Via property and property owned by the First National Bank of Martinsville & Henry County at the southwest corner of Church and Ellsworth streets. After receiving a presentation by Mr. James H. Ford, Attorney at Law and Counsel for local members of the Virginia Electronic Association, in opposition to certain features of a proposed CATV franchise ordinance and in request of further delay by Council in acting upon said franchise ordinance, pending the resolving of certain questions raised by Mr. Ford, Council placed said ordinance, as revised November 23, 1965, upon first reading. (S E E INS E R T) Council indicated its approval of plans calling for underground installation of all utility lines and services in Lanier Farm's new subdivision off Sam Lion Trail, east of Hazelwood Lane, noting that there would be no additional cost upon the City for its installation of electric lines inasmuch as the developer would bear the additional cost of underground electric lines vs. the cost of overhead lines. Council received, and referred to the Planning Commission for its consideration and reco~~endation, a petition submitted by Mr. W. R. Broaddus, III, Attorney at Law, on behalf of Appalachian Power Company, requesting the rezoning to "M-2 Industrialll of seven lots--for which petitioner holds a purchase option and on which petitioner proposes to construct an electric substation--near Dudley Street and Northside Drive.