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1, TUES DAY JUNE 30, 1953 ",,--... Pursuant to Council's request of June 9, 1953, the City Planning Commission submitted its follovdng recommendation upon a petition to close an unopened alley between East Church Street and East Church Street Extension: In response to a request of Council dated June 12, 1953, in regard to the closing of an unopened a:]..ley as requested by the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, the Planning Commission met on June 29, 1953, and voted unanimously to recommend as follows: ,- That this alley, or street, lying between Church Street Extended and East Church Street be closed, subject to whatever legal procedure is deemed necessary by Council. In arriving at this decision the Commission took into account that this alley, or street, is not situated in the best possible place as regards good planning of streets. Also, the opening of this alley, or street, would involve a grade which is too steep to be practical. We respectfully submit this recommendation for Council's further action. Very truly yours, ~" i~ i Richard L. Maury, Secretary Martinsville Planning Commission In accepting said recommendation, Council referred same to City Attorney Stone for such legal procedure as required, indicating that only the portion of the unopened alley as necessary to the Lutheran Church's purpose would be closed and marked "vacated" . Council then referred to the Planning Commission a request filed by H. Claybrook Lester, Lessie Fralin Nunn, Orrin F. Nunn, and the heirs of Lucy E. Fralin, that the property, known as the Fralin property on South Bridge Street, on the East side of said Bridge Street beginning at a point 100 feet below the intersection of Dye Plant Road and Bridge Street be rezoned from "A-2 Residential" to "B-1 Business" for - a distance of 650 feet South and for a maxinmm depth of 300 feet.