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PLANNING COMMISSION
November 12, 2008
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Salem, Virginia, was held in
Council Chambers, City Hall, 114 North Broad Street, at 7:00 p.m., on November 12, 2008, there
being present the following members of said Commission, to wit: Gardner W. Smith, Jimmy W.
Robertson, Vicki G. Daulton, and Terrance D. Murphy (Bruce N. Thomasson – absent); with
Gardner W. Smith, Chairman, presiding; together with James E. Taliaferro, II, Assistant City
Manager and Executive Secretary, ex officio member of said Commission; Melinda J. Payne,
Director of Planning and Development; Charles VanAllman, City Engineer; Charles B. Aldridge,
Sr., Acting Building Official and Zoning Administrator; Benjamin W. Tripp, Planner; and William
C. Maxwell, Assistant City Attorney; and the following business was transacted:
ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSION MEMBER ROBERTSON, AND DULY CARRIED, the
minutes of the regular meeting and work session held on October 15, 2008, were
approved as written –
the roll call vote: all present - aye.
In re: Request for continuance of request of Marvin R. Clark, Whisman-Via Properties
LLC, and Joseph Alfred & Treva Via Mullins Estate, property owners, for
rezoning two parcels located at 1705 and 1719 Electric Road (Tax Map #s 258-
3-9 & 258-3-17) and the rear portion of a parcel located at 1536 Cliffview Drive
(Tax Map # 258-3-8) from RSF Residential Single Family District to HBD Highway
Business District
The Executive Secretary reported that this date and time had been set to hold a public
hearing to consider the request of Marvin R. Clark, Whisman-Via Properties LLC, and Joseph
Alfred & Treva Via Mullins Estate, property owners, for rezoning two parcels located at 1705
and 1719 Electric Road (Tax Map #s 258-3-9 & 258-3-17) and the rear portion of a parcel
located at 1536 Cliffview Drive (Tax Map # 258-3-8) from RSF Residential Single Family District
to HBD Highway Business District; and
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WHEREAS, the Executive Secretary further reported that notice of such hearing
had been published in the October 2 and 9, 2008, issues of The Roanoke Times, and adjoining
property owners were notified by letter mailed October 3, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Secretary reported that the Commission had received a letter
requesting a continuance of the request of Marvin R. Clark, Whisman-Via Properties LLC, and
Joseph Alfred & Treva Via Mullins Estate, property owners, for rezoning two parcels located at
1705 and 1719 Electric Road (Tax Map #s 258-3-9 & 258-3-17) and the rear portion of a parcel
located at 1536 Cliffview Drive (Tax Map # 258-3-8) from RSF Residential Single Family District
to HBD Highway Business District to the December 10, 2008, meeting;
ON MOTION MADE BY VICE CHAIRMAN MURPHY, AND DULY CARRIED, the request of
Marvin R. Clark, Whisman-Via Properties LLC, and Joseph Alfred & Treva Via Mullins Estate,
property owners, for rezoning two parcels located at 1705 and 1719 Electric Road (Tax Map #s
258-3-9 & 258-3-17) and the rear portion of a parcel located at 1536 Cliffview Drive (Tax Map #
258-3-8) from RSF Residential Single Family District to HBD Highway Business District is hereby
continued to the December 10, 2008, Planning Commission hearing at the request of the
petitioners –
the roll call vote: all present – aye.
There being no further business to come before the Commission, the same on motion
adjourned at 7:03 p.m.