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1~ 1'UESDAY MAY 14. 1957 e".- The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City ot Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor John V. Shultz presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, on Tuesday, May 14, 1957, at 7:30 P.M., the following members being present: Mayor and Councilman John W. Shultz; Vice-Mayor and Councilman E. E. Stone; and Councilmen C. C. Donavant and B. H. Hill. Councilman J. R. Walker was absent because of illness. After the invocation, Council approved as read the minutes of its regular meeting held April 23, 1957 and of its special meetings held April 26, 1957, May 3, 1957, and May 8, 1957, noting that the reference in the April 26th meeting to the imposing of a charge of $1.00 per month on each monthly City utility bill to help finance the school building program, subject to the forthcoming school bond election, should read "special tax" instead of "service ~,g ,~co ~3~ 7-; ~ charge" . Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a Planning Commission recommendation that the present B-1 (Commercial) zoning depth along Memorial Boulevard South between Joseph Martin School and ",...-~ the former intersection of Rivermont Heights be increased to follow more nearly existing property lines and natural boundaries, or to a depth varying from approximately 200 teet to 235 feet. There being no objections registered, Council etfected said recommendation by adopting with emergency clause attached the following ordinance amending the City Zoning Code and Zoning Maps BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsv1lle, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this fourteenth day of May, 1957, that the Zoning Code and Zoning Map of the City ot Martinsville be and is hereby amended to provide that B-1 (Commercial) zoning along and on both sides ot Memorial Boulevard South between Joseph Martin School and the foraer intersection of Rivermont Heights shall extend for a depth varying from approximately 200 feet to 235 feet, following more nearly existing property lines and natural boundaries, in accordanu with map approved by Martinsville City Council and recorded in the Clerk's office of Martinsville City Circuit Court. An emergency existing, this ordinance shall be in force from date of passage.