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1993-10 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 40 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 40-22, 40-43.6, 40-44.t(c), 40-52.1 (a) AND (b), 40-52.3, 40-57.4, 40-61.2, 40-71.1(c), 40-71.2(a) AND (d), 40-73, 40-116, AND 40-172 AND TABLE 40-61.1-1 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO ZONING REGULATIONS AFFECTING STREETS, HISTORIC DISTRICTS, LANDSCAPING, GROUP HOUSING USE PERMITS, SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND SIGNS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Sections 40-43.6, 40-52.1(a) and (b), 40-52.3, 40-57.4, 40-71.1(c), 40-71.2(a) and (d), and 40-73 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended to read as follows: Section 40-43.6. Street access requirements. No structure shall be erected on any lot that does not abut a public street as defined in Section 40-22. No building or other permit shall be issued for a proposed commercial or industrial use otherwise permitted by this chapter unless such building or use will be located on a zone lot which abuts a street that is fully improved to standards set by the subdivision ordinance as in effect on the date of the permit application. For the purDoses of determining compliance with this section, a zone lot will be considered to abut a street fully improved to the standards of the subdivision ordinance if that portion of the street abutting the lot and extending to the centerline of the street right-of-way complies with the standards of the subdivision ordinance. Section 40-52.1. Historic district; uses. Permitted uses in according to three (3) maD: (a) the historic district shall be governed sub-districts, as shown on the zoning HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL. Permitted uses shall be limited to detached single family dwellings, family care residences for adults or children, and accessory uses as defined in Section 40-22. In the Olde Towne Historic District, bed and breakfast inns as provided for in Section 40-52.7 shall be permitted only upon issuance of a use permit. Churches, schools, day-care centers, and two-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings, and attached row dwellings shall be permitted only upon issuance of a use permit. A single dwelling unit in a building used as a church or school shall be permitted only upon issuance of a use permit that specifies that purpose.