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'~O' ~j t TUESDAY MAY 28, 1968 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with l~yor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, May 28, 1968, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Dr. F. T. Renick, Mayor; E. E. Stone, Vice-Mayor; H~rry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held May 14, 1968, and of its special meeting held May 22, 1968. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on the petition of the l1artinsville Volunteer Fire Company, requesting the issuance of a special-use permit to conduct its 1968 Firemen's Bazaar at Brown Street Field the week beginning June 24th. There being no objections registered to this request, and in acceptance of the Planning Commission's recommendation filed with Council under date of April 23rd, Council unanimously granted said request for special-use permit, with closing time each night set at 10:30 P.M., and with permission to "hold" for the forthcoming years 1969 and 1970, subject to annual review and confirmation. In tentative acceptance of the following report of the Planning Commission, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be held at Council's regular meeting scheduled for June 25, 1968, on the request of the heirs of the late Dr. C. T. Womack that the Womack property at 18 Starling Avenue (and adjoining lot to the rear) be rezoned to "P-2 Professionalll: The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on May 16, 1968, on a petition submitted by Mrs. J. Charles Jones and other Heirs of the C. T. Womack property on Starling Avenue opposite Martinsville General Hospital be rezoned from an R-6 Residential classification to a P-2 Professional zone.