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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1996 A regular, semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor George B. Adams, Jr. presiding, was held Tuesday, June 11, 1996 in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. All members of Council were present: George B. Adams, Jr., Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Mark A. Crabtree; M. Gene Teague; and Clyde L. Willjams. 1,7i After the invocation, followed by Mayor Adams' cordial welcome to visitors present, Council approved the minutes of its meetings of May 23, May 28, and June 5, 1996. Service awards were presented to a number of City employees. A complete listing of the awards presented is attached to these minutes. Council conducted a public hearing on a request by Tommy Houston of Pigs-R-Us, Inc., for the rezoning of Lots B & C, known on the City's Tax Map as Sec. 2, Block 8, Lots B & C, located on the east side of Liberty Street, from R-9 Residential to C-3 Commercial. There being no comments from persons present, Mayor Adams declared the public hearing closed. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the following Ordinance: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled this eleventh day of June, 1996, that in order to assure compliance with Virginia Code Section 15.1-491 (g), it is stated that the public purpose for which this Resolution is initiated is to fulfill the requirements of public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice, that the Zoning Map of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby--amended to the extent that Lots B and C, Section 2, Block 8, on the Zoning Map of the City of Martinsville is hereby rezoned from R-9 Residential to C-3 Commercial. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that, an emergency existing, this ordinance shall be in force immediately upon adoption.