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COUNCIL CHAMBER-- DECEMBER 17, 1962 PUBLIC HEARING RE: HUHBLE OIL CO, REQUEST- REZONE ON HIGH ST, ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: SEC. 4~ ART. II!~ APP. II - DISTRICT MAP ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: SEC, 52~ ART. Xlll~ APP. 11 ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: SEc. 2~ CH. 20 SALUTE TO OUR SISTER CITIES THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT= HR. HAGGERTY~ HR. LEE~ MR. MOUNT~ HRo PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT:~'NoME, THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 3~ 1962 WERE READ AND APPROVED, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON THE PETITION OF HUMBLE OIL COMPANY TO REZONE ITS'PROPERTY ON. HIGH STREET, MR, JOHN WlTT APPEARED IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING AND THE ATTORNEYS FOR HUMBLE OIL COMPANY ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT HAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE III OF. APPENDIX II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ 1959~ BY THE REZONING OF A PARCEL OF LAND LYING AT THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF LEXINGTON AVENUE AND EAST HIGH STREET" WAS OFFERED BY HR, SCRIBNER~ SECONDED BY MRo'PONTON AND UPON THE RULES BEING SUSPENDED AS TO THE SECOND READING BY UNANIMOUS VOTE~ WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR, HAGGERTY~ MR, LEE~ HR, HOUNT~ MR, PONTON AND MR, SCRIBNER, NOES: NONE, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS ALSO HELD ON A PROPOSAL TO AMEND SECTION 52 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. NO ONE APPEARED FOR OR AGAINST THIS CHANGE, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 52 OF ARTICLE Xlll OF APPENDIX il OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ 1959~ ENTITLED tTWO OR MORE MAIN'BUILDINGS ON ONE LOT OR TRACT~ "~ WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 26~ 1962 WAS ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR, HAGGERTY~ MR, LEE~ HR, HOUNT~ MR, PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER, NOES: NONE, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 2 OF CHAPTER 20 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ 1959~ ENTITLED ~AREA EXEMPT FROM REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTERt "WAS OFFERED BY MR, SCRIBNER~ SECONDED BY MR, LEE~ AND UPON THE RULES BEING SUSPENDED AS TO THE SECOND READING'BY UNANTMOUS VOTE WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: HR, HAGGERTY~ MR, LEE~ MR. HOUNT~ MR, PONTON AND MR, SCRIBNER, NOES: NONE, MR, C, W, SUBLETT ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION SALUTING THE SISTER CITIES OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. ON HOTION BY MR, MOUNT) SECONDED BY MR, SCRIBNER~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: A SALUTE TO OUR SISTER CITIES AS WE~ THE PEOPLE OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ PREPARE TO CELEBRATE OUR CITY'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY~ WE ARE DESIROUS OF PAYING TRIBUTE ALSO TO THE CITIZENS OF THREE OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO SHARE WITH US THE SAME DATE OF BIRTH, ON DECEMBER 23RD~ 1762~ GOVERNOR FAUQUlER SIGNED THE BILL WHICH CREATED THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. ~MNEDIATELY THEREAFTER~ ON THE SAHE DATE~ THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED BILLS WHICH ESTABLISHED THE TOWN OF HANOVER~ THE TOWN OF ~ECKLENBURG~ WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS SHEPHERDSTOWN~ WEST VIRGINIA~ AND ALSO THE TOWN OF ROMNEY~ ALSO NOW LOCATED IN OUR NEIGHBORING STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, THE SIGNING OF THESE BILLS BY THE GOVERNOR NOT ONLY BROUGHT INTO OFFICIAL EXISTENCE THE FOUR COMMUNITIES BUT THEIR SIGNING ALSO GAVE BIRTH TO A RESPONSIBILITY THAT WAS TO BE SHARED BY EVERY CITIZEN OF EACH COHMUNITY, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE FEELS THAT ITS CITIZENS HAVE CARRIED THIS RESPONSIBILITY IN A COMMENDABLE WAY AND IT IS FELT CER~AIN THAT THE CITIZENS OF OUR SISTER CITIES LIKEWISE HAVE CARRIED THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN A SIMILAR FASHION.