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Martinsville council approves parking ordinance and two rezonings after developer presentation and traffic concerns
Summary
On June 8 the Martinsville Common Council approved an amendment to Chapter 78 to prohibit parking against traffic flow and accepted two rezoning requests — 2009 Burton Lane and the southeast corner of Ohio and South Street — after presentations and questions about traffic access and queueing.
The Martinsville Common Council approved three ordinances on June 8: an amendment to Chapter 78 that adds a citation for parking against the flow of traffic, and two rezoning ordinances that change the land use classification for properties at 2009 Burton Lane and for the southeast corner of Ohio and South Street.
City attorney Coffey summarized the parking amendment (ordinance 2026‑1915), saying the municipal code previously lacked an explicit offense for parking against the flow of traffic; a council member moved, a second followed and the ordinance passed by voice vote.
Coffey also presented a rezoning request for 2009 Burton Lane (ordinance 2026‑1916) that the planning commission had recommended for approval; council approved that rezoning on second reading.
The council spent more time on the rezoning for the southeast corner of Ohio and South Street (ordinance 2026‑1917). Kevin Bucheit, a land planner with Creede DeVault representing the applicant, provided a conceptual site plan and measurements, saying the north access is about 225 feet from the intersection and an east access is about 175 feet from the intersection and noting queueing capacity for drive‑through lanes. Several council members raised concerns about left turns, sightlines and nearby trees; Bucheit and Coffey said those engineering and access questions are addressed during later plan‑approval stages with the planning and building staff. After discussion the council voted to approve the rezoning on second reading.
Votes were taken by voice and recorded as "aye" with no individual roll‑call tallies provided in the meeting transcript.
The council did not adopt any immediate site‑plan approvals at the meeting; planning and building staff will review access and engineering details during the development review process before any final site approvals.
