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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />AUGUST 12. 1958
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<br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia,
<br />with Mayor John W. Shultz presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall,
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<br />'fuesday, August 12, 1958, at 7:30 P.M., with all members present, viz., Mayor and
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<br />Councilman John W. Shultz; Vice-Mayor and Councilman E. E. Stone; and Councilmen C. C.
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<br />Donavant, B. H. Hill, and J. R. Walker.
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<br />After the invocation, Council approved as read the minutes of its meetings held July
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<br />8, 1958, July 17, 1958, and July 22, 1958.
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<br />In accordance with duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing
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<br />on proposed amendments to the City's Zoning Code, which amendments were placed on
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<br />first reading July 22, 1958. Council noted that no one present registered any
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<br />objections to the proposed amendments and, upon motion which was duly seconded,
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<br />unanimously adopted the following ordinance incorporating the proposed amendments in
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<br />the Planning and Zoning Code:
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED qy the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in
<br />regular meeting assembled this twelfth day of August, 1958, that paragraphs
<br />(1) and (2) of Section (1.3b) of Title I of the Planning and Zoning Ordinance
<br />of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, 1943, and as amended, be amended to
<br />prOVide as follows:
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<br />Section (13b)
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<br />Area Exceptions and Regulations
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<br />(1) Every room in which one or more persons live, sleep, work,
<br />or congregate, except storage rooms or other rooms where the nature
<br />of the occupancy does not require direct light and air from the out-
<br />side, shall have a total window area to or greater than one-tenth of
<br />the floor area of the room. Such windows shall open directly either
<br />upon a street or alley not less than 10 feet in width, upon a rear
<br />yard, side yard, outer court or enclosed court located upon the same
<br />lot and conformihg to the requirements prescribed for these by this
<br />Ordinance as to minimum area and least dimenSions. In B-1 and B-2
<br />Districts, any property on which it is intended that dwelling units
<br />be constructed, other than for apartment type dwellings, shall be
<br />subdivided in accordance with the provisions of the Martinsville
<br />Subdivision Ordinance, as amended, and the dwelling units shall be
<br />erected so that each unit intended for residential occupancy shall
<br />be situated on an individual lot conformihg to the standards of the
<br />subdivision ordinance.
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