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