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~ '- ) \ .' . _'.. n TUESDAY OCTOBER 24, 1967 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Y.iB.yor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, October 24, 1967, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Mayor F. T. R.enick, H.D.; Vice-Mayor E. E. Stone; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the miuntes of its regular meeting held October 10, 1967. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council accepted the following report of the Planning Commission concerning the petition--submitted recently by Messrs. L. R. Wyatt, Sr., and J. E. R.ichardson--requesting the closing of an unopened portion of Burl street, thus denying said petition at this time for the reasons and coned tions set forth in the Commiss ion 1 s report: The Martine,ville City Planning Commission, at its meeting on Thursday, October 19, 1967, gave further consideration to the petition referred by Council requesting that a section of Burl Street to the rear and adjacent to the Wyatt Buick Company property be closed and abandoned. In its investigation of this petition the Commission learned that there are four lots fronting on the north side of Burl Street in the area which is requested to be abandoned. Should this portion of Burl Street be abandoned these four lots would be left without street frontage or means of access except across other lots. The Commission was advised, however, that one of the four lots is owned by a person who owns other property fronting Fayette Street that backs up to this lot; also, that two of the remaining three lots are owned by other persons al:::o owning adjacent lots fronting Fayette Street. The title to the fourth lot is not clear at this time and no taxes have been paid on the property in twelve years; however, this lot would be left with no frontage and no means of access. The Commission was also advised by the Attorney for the petitioner that all of the available property owners had been contacted with the exception of the last lot in question and that those contacted had no objection to the closing and abandonment of Burl Street as requested. Following due consideration of these facts, the Commission, with five of its members present, voted unanimously to make the following recommendation to Council: That Council deny the closing of this street at this time and until a certified survey of all of the property involved be made to determine ownership of all properties fronting Burl Street.