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REQUEST RE: CUT- OFF HOUR FOR SALE OF BEER REQUEST DENIED - REZONING CARLTON ADDITION REQUEST RE: UTILITIES GRANTED HYDRAULIC & GEORGE- TOWN RDS. COMPLAINT RE: OLD LYNCHBURG RD. REQUEST GRANTED RE: SIDEWALK SALE MATTER RE: HEARINGS SOUTHERN RAILWAY PETITIONS REFERRED TO PLANN. COMM. MR. Wo Jo KIRTLEY~ ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL~ ON BEHALF OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE MALT BEVERAGE ASSOC] ATION~ AND REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL PETITION THE A, B, C. BOARD TO EXTEND THE CUT OFF HOUR FOR THE SALE OF BEER IN THE CITY TO 1:00 A. M, MR, MOGT SUGGESTED THAT ACTION BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS ANY OPPOSITION, MR. MOUNT ASKED IF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA OFFICIALS HAD BEEN CONTACTED AS TO THEIR VIEWS, ON MOTION BY MR, HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR, VOGT~ THIS MATTER WAS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. THE REQUEST FOR REZON1NG LOTS 9 - 14 CARLTON ADDITION WAS AGAIN CONSIDERED. A MOTION BY MR, VOGT~ SECONDED BY MR, HAGGERTY~ THAT ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE REQUEST BE DENIED~ WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION BY MR, MOUNT~ SECONDED BY MR. VOGT~ UTILITIES WERE GRANTED FOR THE 20 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AT HYDRAULIC AND GEORGETOWN ROADS WITH THE LAND USE RESTRICTED TO R-3 MULTIPLE DWELLING EXCEPT TWO PARCELS OF B-~ BUSINESS, A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM MR, G. G, FORMES COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HAZARDOUS CONSTRUCTION OF OLD LYNCHBURG ROAD, THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED MR, FORMES THAT WHEN THE STATE COMPLETES ITS WORK ON 1-64 THE CITY WILL ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THIS ROAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTESVILLE~ ~NC. REQUESTING PERMISSION FOR THE MERCHANTS TO HOLD A SIDEWALK SALE ON JULY 7 AND 8 AND A PARADE OF ANTIQUE AuTOMOBiLES ON JULY 8. ON MOTION BY MR, VOGT~ SECONDED BY MR, HAGGERTY~ THE FOREGOING REQUESTS WERE APPROVED, A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ADVISING DATES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY~COMPANYtS APPLICATION TO DISCONTINUE TWO PASSENGER TRAINS. ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY7 SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT7 THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO FORWARD A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON MAY ~5~ ~9~7 TO THE COMMISSIONER HOLDING THE HEARINGS. PETITIONS FOR REZONtNG ON STRIBLING AVENUE AND A PARCEL OF LAND NORTH OF ALLIED STREET WERE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION- THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF THE STREET COMMITTEE WAS PRESENTED: MAY 31~ 1967 ~ STREET COMMITTEE REPORT RE: TR..A:FF_I C- OXFORO RD.' ~X:~0 To THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE.~ VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN: WE HAVE EXAMINED THE REQUESTS THAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW OR PARKING ON OXFORD ~OAD AND ON 2ND STREET~ EAST BE CHANGED BECAUSE THESE STREETS ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND PARKING ON ONE SIDE. NO DOUBT THE TRAFFIC FLOW W~ LD BE IMPROVED ON THESE STREETS IF EITHER THE PARKING WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED OR THEY WERE MADE ONE-WAY STREETS~ HOWEVER~ WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TRAFFIC VOLUME AT THE PRESENT TIME dUSTIFIES THIS ACTION WHICH WOULD CAUSE MUCH INCONVENIENCE TO THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON THESE STREETS.i: THE TRAFFIC FLOW WILL BE WATCHED AND IF IT INCREASES ONE OF THE ABOVE MEASURES WIL.L BE RECOMMENDED, WE HAVE7 HOWEVER7 REMOVED SOME OF THE PARKING ON OXFORD ROAD NEAR RUGB~ ROAD FOR SAFETY REASONS, YOUR COMMITTEE HAS ALSO INVESTIGATED THE REQUEST THAT PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF CLEVELAND AVENUE~ BETWEEN WOODLAND DRIVE AND WILLARD DRIVE~ BE AGAIN PERMITTiED, THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT THIS REQUEST SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED !FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON. CLEVELAND AVENUE AT THIS LOCATION IS ONLY ~7 FEET WIDE BETWEEN CURBS AND IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO PERMIT PAR~ING AND TO gARRY THE APPROXIMATELY 37000 VEHICLES WHICH ARE NOW USING THIS STREET DALLY AND WHICH WILL INCREASE. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: STREET COMMITTEE Go A. VOGT (SIGNED) L, B. ~-BUNTTSIGNED) Jl~ BOWEN (SIGNED).