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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />NOVEMBER 23, 1982
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<br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia,
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<br />with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding, was held Tuesday, November 23, 1982, in the
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<br />Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members (with the exception of
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<br />Councilman Francis T. West, who was away from the city) being present, viz., William C.
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<br />Cole, Jr., Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Henry C. Reed; and Eliza H. Severt.
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<br />After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its special meeting
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<br />held November 2, 1982, and of its regular meeting held November 9, 1982.
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<br />Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a
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<br />proposal (submitted by the Planning Commission) that Paragraph E of Section V of the
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<br />City's Zoning Ordinance be amended by adding thereto a sub-paragraph to allow certain
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<br />activities (promoted for community, religious or benevolent purposes) within the City's
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<br />P-1 Professional zones. There being no objections registered by any citizen to this
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<br />proposal, the public hearing was declared closed; whereupon motion, duly seconded and
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<br />unanimously carried, Council adopted the following ordinance in accordance with said
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<br />proposal:
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia,
<br />in regular meeting assembled this twenty-third day of November, 1982,
<br />that Paragraph E of Section V of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
<br />Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby--amended by the adding
<br />thereto the following as sub-paragraph 8:
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<br />8. Temporary, promotional, recreational, or fund-raising
<br />amusement activities and facilities of not more than
<br />two (2) days duration sponsored by civic, professional
<br />fraternal, institutional or religious groups or
<br />organizations, and conducted for community, religious
<br />or benevolent purposes, and located on property owned
<br />or leased by the sponsor. Examples of such amusement
<br />facilities and activities are: musical entertainment,
<br />jamborees, educational displays, arts and crafts,
<br />auctions, legal games, dunking booths, concessions and
<br />vending. Rides may be permitted, provided that such
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