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.,,. n ~ 1. .j JANUARY 27~ 1976 TUESDAY - The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsvi11e~ Virginia, with Vice-Mayor William D. Hobson presiding in the absence of Mayor Harry L. Boaz~ was held Tuesday~ January 27~ 1976~ in the Council Chamber~ City Ha1l~ beginning at 7:30 P.M.~ all members--with the exception of Mayor Boaz--being present~ viz.~ William D. Hobson, Vice Mayor; G. S. Fitz-Hugh~ Jr.; Barry A. Greene; and Morton W. Lester. ~- In tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's report recommending the amending of Paragraph C of Section VI of the City's Zoning Ordinance, by the adding thereto of the fo1lowing~ to be identified as sub-paragraph 4, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing on this proposed amendment to be conducted at Council's forthcoming February 24th meeting: .- Where there is no building on either side of a street within a b1ock~ the front yard required in the R-6 Residential Zone shall not be less than thirty (30) feet~ provided, however~ that if the natural slope of the ground on either side of a street and within a block is such that the average difference in elevation between the finished centerline grade and the lot grade at the thirty (30) foot building line is greater than five (5) feet~ the building line for both sides of the street in that block shall be established where such difference in elevation is five (5) feet, provided further that no such line shall be closer to the street line than twenty-five (25) feet. Through its counsel, Mr. Douglas K. Frith~ Attorney at Law~ Multi-Channel T. V. Cable Company of Mansfield (Ohio)~ assignee, trading as Martinsvi1le Cable Vision~ presented certain proposed amendments to an ordinance dated March 22, 1966, and as subsequently amended, granting a community antenna