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R-01-79 A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT THE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SIGNAGE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING FREEWAY AND TO REPORT THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT TO CITY COUNCIL. WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting on November 13, 2001, Adams Sign Company reported to City Council that because of roadway improvements to Martin Luther King Freeway, two of its billboard signs must be removed and cannot be relocated under the current provisions of the Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, Adams Sign requested that the City Council amend the City Code to permit such replacement; and WHEREAS, the City Council has no information as to whether such request is advisable; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the Planning Commission draft and consider such amendment[s) to the City Code as would be necessary to accomplish Adams' request, and that the Commission report its recommendations concerning any such change to the City Council in accordance with Section 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia that the Planning Commission be, and it hereby is, directed to take all necessary actions to prepare and consider such amendment(s) to the City Code to acconunodate the request by Adams Sign and any other similarly situated entity on Martin Luther King Freeway and that the Commission report its findings and recommendations to the City Council no later than I00 days after the Planning Commission's December 2001 meeting, as required by the Code of Virginia. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED thai the City Clerk be, and she hereby is, directed to mail a copy of this resolution to the Chairman of the Planning Commission and to the City Planning Director. ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on November 27, 2001. Teste: City Clerk