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CHARTER Ch. 9, § I the Acts of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred and thirty-four (1934), and amend- ments thereto, except insofar as said chapter and amendments thereto are in conflict. with this Charter or the express ordinances of the city now in force or hereafter enacted. Sec. 3. Amending city plan. The council may at any time, after a public hearing, amend the city' Iplan, by widening, relocating, or closing existing streets and highways, and by altering any existing park or by laying out new streets and highways and establishing new parks. Before amending the city plan~ the council shall refer the proposed amendment to the city planning commission for a report thereon, and shall not act on such amendment until a report has been' received from said commission, unless a period of sixty (60) days has elapsed after the date of reference to the commission unless such time shall be extended by council. Failure by the commission to act within such time period on such amendment shall be tantamount to approval. Any amendment of the city plan, upon its adoption by the council, shall be final unless changed as ~herein provided as to the location, length, and width of any street and highway, and the location and dimensions of any park. Any widening, relocating, closing, or laying out of streets and highways proposed under the provisions of law other than those contained in this article [chapter] shall be deemed an amendment of the City plan, and shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1975, Ch. 416, § 1) Sec. 4. Additional authority and powers of planning commission. The city planning commission shall have such other authority and powers as may now or hereafter be granted by the council of the City of Martinsville or .to municipal planning commissions by the general law. · CHAPTER 9. ZONING Sec. 1. Power of council to pass zoning ordinances; board of zoning appeals. For the purpose stated in Article I of Chapter .24 of Title 15 of the Code of Virginia,* the City council is hereby empowered to pass zoning ordinances in conformity With the said act, as amended, subject, however, to the following modifications thereto: (a) For any or all of the aforesaid purposes, the council may divide the city. (b) The zoning ordinances and set-back lines as they now exist shall continue to be in full force and operation until amended or repealed by the city council. (c) Any zoning ordinances, regulations, restrictions, and boundaries of districts may be changed from time to time by the council, either upon: its own motion or upon petition, under such conditions as the council may prescribe, after a public hearing, and adequate notice to all owners and parties affected, as required by § 15-822 of the *Editor's note--See now Code of Virginia, § 15.1-486 et seq. 23