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L94 TUES DAY JANUARY 26, 1954 A rezoning petition, as follo\'m, as presented by Mr. James C. Stone and Mrs. Evelyn H. Stone through their Counsel, Attorney M. H. MacBryde, .Jr., upon motion, was referred to the Planning Commission for its study and recomrendation: To The Honorable, The Martinsville City Council Gentlemen: Your Petitioners, James C. Stone and Evelyn H. Stone, by counsel, respect- fully represent as follovis: (1) That with the exception of two residences facing on the west side of First Street, that the Petitioners are owners in fee-simple of certain realty and improvements thereon situated in Martinsville- City, Virginia, bounded on the north by Fayette Street; on the east by First Street; on the south by "13" Street, and on the west by Second Street; that said realty, exclusive of the improvements erected thereon, is the identical property conveyed Petitioners by County School Board of Henry County, Virginia, by deed dated May 3, 1949, recorded in the City Clerk's Office in Deed Book 16, page 247, to which reference is heremade; and (2) That the portion of said premises fronting on Fayette Street and extending back for a distance of 200 feet is presently zoned as B-1 Business, and is occupied and used for public utility services, trucking terminal and storage yard by Virginia-Carolina Freight Lines, Incorporated as tenant of Peti tioners; and 0) That since the acquisition of said realty, Petitioners have erected valuable improvements thereon, greatly increasing their property as well as ta.x values; and (4) That the balance of the Premises of Petitioners will never be used for other than public utility services and vrill never be available either for residential property or small business purposes, and that it is to the best interest of the City and your Petitioners and other interested parties that the whole of Petitioners premises be rezoned from B-1 Business to B-2 Business, permitting the whole of said premises to be used for public utility facilities, trucking terminal and storage yards; and (5) That the tenant of your Petitioners finds it necessary to expend its trucking terminal facilities and that unless Petitioners property is rezoned permitting the same, it will be necessary for Petitioners to erect additional facilities on the northern side of Fayette street on the property ovmed by Roy C. Stone, upon which the desired facilities may now be legally erected in conformity with the existing zoning restrictions. (6) That lately certain property owners of adjoining property who have heretofore opposed the rezoning of Petitioners property have indicated that they would withdraw their opposition thereto provided tha t Petitioners and Roy C. Stone would agree in writing and for public record that the property of Petitioners sought to be rezoned would not be used for a tire recapping busi- ness and that the entrances to said property be restricted to Fayette Street for a period of 99 years, and further than no trucking terminal facilities be erected on any of the realty presently owned by Roy C. Stone, located on the northerly side of Fayette Street.