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98-2 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 40 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (1988), BY AMENDING SECTIONS 40-52.1 (a) AND 40-52.7 (e) (2), (c) (3), AND (c) (10) PERTAINING TO BED AND BREAKFAST INNS IN THE PORT NORFOLK HISTORIC DISTRICT. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Sections 40-52.1 (a) and 40-52.7 (c) (2), (c) (3), and (c) (10) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) be amended and reordained to read as follows: Sec. 40-52.1. Historic district; uses. Permitted uses shall be governed according to three sub-districts, as shown on the Historic District Map: (a) HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL. Uses shall be limited to single family dwellings, duplexes or multi-family dwellings, and in the Olde Towne and Port Norfolk Historic Districts, bed and breakfast inns as provided for in Section 40-52.7. Sec. 40-52.7. Bed and breakfast inns. (2) Two (2) off-street parking spaces for the owner/manager and one (1) off-street space per guest room shall be required. In the Port Norfolk Historic District, City Council may reduce or eliminate the requirement for two off-street parking spaces for the Owner/Manager; however, there shall be no less than two off-street parking spaces provided for each inn. The front yard shall not be used for parking. If parking cannot be provided on the site, it must be provided within 300 feet of the site. (i) There shall be no parking by guests on the streets. (ii) The municipal parking areas in Olde Towne Parking District may be used to satisfy the above requirement with the approval of and the issuance of parking passes by the Portsmouth Parking Authority. (iii) All parking passes provided to the owner of the facility by the Portsmouth Parking Authority shall be accounted for by the owner's keeping of a record which