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AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF <br />HAMPTON ROADS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND PURSUANT TO THE <br />TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the public transit transportation services presently being provided to <br />certain cities within the Hampton Roads area of Virginia are presently being provided by <br />two separate transportation district commissions; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the component cities comprising the two transportation districts <br />have determined to merge to create a new single transportation district; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, a regional agency may be created pursuant to the Transportation <br />District Act of 1964, Chapter 45, Code of Virginia, as amended, to provide for the <br />orderly growth and development of the area to be encompassed by the new transportation <br />district; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, <br />Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach desire to create such an agency. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That pursuant to the Transportation District Act of 1964, there is created the <br /> Transportation District of Hampton Roads. <br /> <br /> 2. That the Transportation District of Hampton Roads shall encompass all the <br /> territory comprising the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, <br /> Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach and shall be bounded as <br /> follows: <br /> <br /> On the North by the northern city limits of Hampton, Newport News, <br /> Norfolk and Virginia Beach, where such city limits meet and meander <br /> from the Atlantic Ocean in the East through the Chesapeake Bay across <br /> the northern city limits of Newport News and Hampton; on the West by <br /> the city limits of Newport News and Hampton across the James River to <br /> the western city limits of Suffolk; on the South by the city limits of <br /> Suffolk, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach; and on the east by the Atlantic <br /> Ocean. <br /> <br /> 3. That the cities to be embraced in whole in the Transportation District are the <br /> Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk <br /> and Virginia BeaCh. <br /> <br /> <br />