Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 13, 1990 TAG: 9003133292
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN
SOURCE: DAVID HORN SPECIAL TO THE ROANOKE TIMES & WORLD-NEWS
DATELINE: ROCKY LENGTH: Medium
The council authorized the zoning transfer in a joint public hearing last night with the Zoning Board.
To be built by the Comfort Inn owners, Currin and Mayberry Inc., the complex will contain "six eight-unit upscale apartment houses," according to Shack Raines, who presented the plan.
The two-story apartments, designed by Jones and Jones Assoc., each will have separate outdoor entrances. Each unit will contain at least 1,000 square feet of floor space. Some will feature decks, patios and porches.
The developers also will build a holding pond for water runoff.
As a condition of the zoning change, the developers agreed to begin construction within the year.
After the Zoning board recommended the change, Councilman P.W. Dillon offered the motion to rezone. The rest of the council voted for the motion, except for T. Wayne Cundiff, who abstained.
The council also voted to allow the Rocky Mount police to solicit businesses and industries for money for the Virginia Special Olympics, an athletic event for the disabled. Acting on a suggestion by Mayor Allen O. Woody, the council unanimously approved a motion by member Arnold B. Dillon to donate $250 to the Special Olympics.
The council also appropriated $1,500 to the recreation fund to help complete a new picnic shelter at Mary Elizabeth Park on Randolph Street.
\ For the Record
Wednesday, March 14, 1990
Because of a reporter's error, the name of Rocky Mount lawyer Michaux Raine was mispelled in a story Tuesday about a zoning change in Rocky Mount to allow developers to build a 48-unit apartment complex.
Memo: correction