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3r t t_ TUESDAY JUNE 13, 1972 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, June 13, 1972, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members-- with the exception of Councilman W. Donald Hartford, who was ill--being present, viz., Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D.; Vice-Mayor Francis T. West; Harry L. Boaz; and William D. Hobson. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held May 23, 1972, and of its special meetings held May 30, 1972 and June 6, 1972. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council and the Planning Commission conducted a joint public hearing on a proposal to amend the City'a Zoning Ordinance to the extent of reducing the current minimum building set-back requirements on that section of Moss Street between Church Street and Fayette Street to five feet on the east side and to a yet-to-be determined distance on the west side. Mr. M. Harrison Joyce, Attorney at Law and Counsel for Sale Knitting Company (Tully Corporation of Virginia), reiterated his client's request that the west side of this street, on which his client owns property, be treated in the same manner as the east side, i.e., the set-back requirements on both sides be established at equal distances. There being no objections registered by anyone, the Planning Commission convened and, subsequently, recommended that requirements on both sides of this street section be reduced from fifteen feet to five feet; whereupon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council accepted the Commission's report and recommendation by amending the City's Zoning Ordinance to effect said five feet distance requirement, as set forth in the following amending ordinance: