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134 TUESDAY MARC H 8, 1960 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the Cii{y of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor John W. Shultz presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, CivJ Hall, Tuesday, March 8, 1960, at 6:30 P.M., all members of Council being present, viz., Mayor and Councilnlan John W. Shultz; Vice-Mayor and Councilman E. E. Stone; Councilman Thomas J. Burch; Councilman Clarence C. Donavant; ani Cour:cilman J. Frank .Wilson. After the invocation, Council approved as read the minutes of its regular meeting held February 2.3, 1960. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on the LIartinsville Bulletin's request (through Joyce & stone on behalf of Mr. Robert H. Haskell, Jr., Publisher) that the former M:ary Love Cobb property on Broad Street adjacent to the Bulletin property be rezored "B-1 Business" for its entire depth. r;oting that no one registered any objections to said proposed rezoning and that the Planning Commission on February 9, 1960 recommended granting the request, Council effected said rezoning by adopting the following ordinance amending the Cityls Zoning Code and Zoning Map: BE IT ORDAINED, by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this eighth day of March, 1960, that the City's Zoning Code and Zoning Map be and is hereby amended to classify as T1B-l Business", for zoning purposes, all that property formerly knmm as the T1Mary Love Cobb property", located on the west side of Broad Street and identified on the City's Tax Map as Lot No. 14, Block M, Page 32 of said Tax Map. Pursuant to the City School Board's request subITQtted on February 23, 1960, Council adopted the following resolution approving the applying by the School Board for a loan of $77 ,000.00 from the Literary Fund of Virginia: At a Meeting of the Board of Supervisors for the County of or the C ourcil for the City of Martins vi lle , Virginia, held in the said County