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218 Tt ESDA Y SEPTEMBER 24. 1957 SECTION 4 - OWNERSHIP OF Il;PROVEMF..NTS A. All street base material, water and/or sewer lines, storm drain systems and such other improvements as may be made or required under the conditions of this Ordinance will become property of the City of Martinsville upon completion and approval by the City of such constrL~ction. City Manager Hirst also presented for Council's study and consideration a digest or resume of provisions of the City's current Subdivision Ordine.nce as related to water and/or sewer utility line extensions outside the corporate limits. After receiving ~J letter from Mr. R. P. Gravely,'Jr., a request for permission to erect a temporary (Tee) hangar on City property near the property presently leased to the Martinsville-~renry County Airport Development Association, Council asked that representatives of the City confer with the airport group on this request and report back to Council at its next regular meeting. Mr. Gravely's letter (of September 23, 1957) follows: Svbstantially increased use of the Mvnicipal Airport facilities has occurred since the runway wes graded and extended 18 months ego. Several new planes have been purchased by Martinsville residents for business or pleasure use, and are being stored on the field. There is also considerable transient traffic, much of which remains overnight and requires either hangar space (which is not often available) or tie-down space outside the hangar. Most of the tie-downs are now occupied by locally-owned planes. Generally, storage facilities are becoming inadequate to handle the local planes based on the field, and the transient traffic. Several individuals and corporations that do not at present own planes are considering 0irchasing them. Some of these planes would probably already have been b01..1ght if storage facilities at the field were adequate to handle them. Increased use of our existing airport is of covrse very desirable, as the volume of traffic will have considerable bearing on any plans to obtain a larger field in the future. It is l..mlikely that the Hunidpal Airport will be replaced by another larger airport for several years. Therefore, any improvements to the present field will probably remain in use at least long enough to recover tteir cost.