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H TUESDAY MARCH 22, 1966 - The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held Tuesday, March 22, 1966, beginning at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, all members being present with the exception of Councilman Thomas J. Burch (who was out of town), viz., Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick, M.D.; Harry L. 30az; and E. E. stone. ,"- After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held March 8, 1966, and of its special meeting held March 18, 1966. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on the Piedmont Trust Bank's petition (duly processed and approved by the Planning Commission) requesting the rezoning to "C-2 CommercialH of its property fronting sixty-five feet on the east side of Ellsworth Street, adjacent to the south boundary of the present bank site. There being no objection~3 registered, Council adopted the following ordinance effecting said rezoning and amending the City's Zoning Code and Map accordingly: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-second day of March, 1966, that the Zoning Code and the Zoning Map of the City of Martinsville be, and are, hereby amended to reclassify--for zoning purposes--to ltC-2 Commerciall1 that property (formerly known as the "McMillionl1 property) fronting the east side of Ellsworth Street and adjacent to the south boundary of the present Piedmont Trust Bank side at the corner of Ellsworth and Church Streets, which property is owned by the I'iedmont Consumer Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Piedmont Trust Bank. - In connection with this rezoning and the utilization of the property rezoned, Council accepted the Piedmont Trust Bank's proposal that Ellsworth Street be widened on the east side thereof and alongside the property rezoned, aligned wi,th curb-and-gutter extending north towards East Church Street, and that sidewalk be reconstructed (on a shared-cost basis) in keeping with that alongside the present bank facility, for which necessary easement will , .