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31 TUESDAY AUGUST 25, 1964 The regula.r semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick, M.D., presiding in the absence of Mayor J. Frank Wilson, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, August 25, 1964, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members--with the exception of Mayor lIfilson--being present, viz., Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick, JIIl.D.; Harry L. Boaz; Thomas J. Burch; and E. E. Stone. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held August 11, 1964. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on the petition of Mr. Preston R. Graham, requesting the rezoning to IIC-3 Commercialll of Lots Nos. 4, 5, and 6, owned by Mr. Graham and located between the east side of Liberty Street and the west boundary of Roselawn Cemetery property. Noting that no oLe present registered any objections to the requested rezoning, Council unanimously accepted the Planning Commission's conditional approval of Mr. Graharn's request, as recorded in Council's minutes of August 11, 1964, by adopting the following ordinance amending the City's Zoning Code and Map: ~- BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-fifty day of August, 1964, that the Zoning Code and Zoning Map of the City of Martinsville by and is hereby amended so as to re-classify to--and effect--a IIC-3 COIT@ercial" zoning classification of that property consisting of LDts Nos. 4, 5, and 6, owned by Mr. Preston R. Graham and fronting on Liberty Street, between the east side of said Liberty Street and the west boundary of Roselawn Cemetery property, which classification shall apply to all said lots with the exception of a twenty-five-foot strip of land, in width, extending along the rear of said lots and being parallel with the west boundary of said Roselawn Cemetery property. Upon recommendation of City Attorney Cubine, Council deferred final action on the bond referendum ordinance introduced July 28, 1964, pending confirmation of certain minor details in connection therewith by the City's bond attorneys.