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<br />M <br /> <br />Martinsville <br /> <br />1\ (:11 Y "iVIIIIOI.l I I'AI <br /> <br />April 17. 2009 <br /> <br />The J Ionorable [Vlayor and City Council <br />City of Martinsville <br />tvhlrtinsville, Virginia <br /> <br />D~m Council !\lembcrs: <br /> <br />The Planning Commission, at its rl'gular meeting of April 16, 2009, conducted a duly <br />advertised public hearing on a request by the Landmark Group, to I,) Rezone property <br />located O1t 900 Rives Road, (kno\\n as parcel 53(05)00/03.03/\ on the lax J\'lap of the <br />City of I\1artinsville) from tvl-2 tvlanufacluring to R-9 Residential: and 2,) For a special <br />use permit to allow rehabilitation and retrolitting of this former manulllcturing site into <br />60 lllulti-ElInily apartment units, <br /> <br />At the Public Hearing it was noted the present zoning of 1\1-2 Manufacturing prohibits <br />this property 11'om being utilized for residential use, By rezoning this site, it would allow <br />for the development of these resiLkntial units \vith H special use permit. The R-9 <br />Residential zoning would also conform to the newly proposed Land Use Plan which is a <br />part of the updated Comprehensi Vl' Plan. The request for n:hHling \" iI L howcver. inel ude <br />only the former industrial building ami land surrounding the structure. The area <br />Sllrl'Ounding the existing monopole structure will remain as 1\1-1 Industrial. A variance <br />\vill also be nt'l~ded iI'om the Board of 7cHling Appeals to allow this telecommunications <br />structure to be doser than the r(~llUircd 300 red from a residential district. ilK' public <br />n:pn:senled at the hearing apn:sscd no opposition to these rcquests, <br /> <br />It was also noted that in order to make this project a reality. soml~ additioualtasks must <br />still be ilCcomplished by the Landmark Group, namely procuring financing from two <br />entities, thl~ Virglnia Ilousing Development i\dministralion <md the Department of <br />1 hlllsing and Community Development (Community Development Block (irant), <br /> <br />)n Drder to assure compliance \vith Virginia Code 15.1-2100, it is slaK~d that the public <br />purpose for which these Resolutions arc initiated is to pmmote the public health, safety OJ' <br />g~nnal \\elt~tn;c' or its citizen:-; and to plan for lhe future development or lhe n1llllllllllity, <br /> <br />~) ~'I \\'1::-, i ('!i I,: II.: I :..." I <br /> <br />!' <: ) ,,1 \L I ill, \ <br /> <br />'.. j.,':J,l)',-,'ilk." <br /> <br />.1 I - I i_ <br /> <br />J.: 'I~ .:;ri",;:u1 <br />