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29 A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL FOR A GROUP HOUSING USE PERMIT (GHP-93-1) TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF EIGHTY (80) APARTMENT UNITS ON GATEWAY DRIVE ON A PORTION OF TAX MAP 846, PARCEL 3.4. WHEREAS, the applicants, Newman Associates, have made application pursuant to Section 40-112 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, as amended, for the approval and granting of a group housing use permit for the construction of eighty (80) apartment units on Gateway Drive on a portion of Tax Map 846, Parcel 3.4, more particularly described as follows: GHP-93-t ALL THAT certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the appurtenances thereto, situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, being shown as PARCEL lB-3 on that certain plat, consisting of two (2) Sheets, entitled "SUBDIVISION OF PARCEL lB TOWNE POINT PLAZA," dated August 1, 1989, prepared by Horton & Dodd, P.C. and duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, in Map Book 15 at page 17; said PARCEL lB-3 containing 5.5308 acres situate on the south side of Gateway Drive, and of the dimensions shown on said plat; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed such application and site plan submitted therewith and has recommended conditional approval of said application; and WHEREAS, the developer has been informed that approval of the group housing project pursuant to Section 40-116 grants only an exemption from certain requirements for residences as stated in said section and does not constitute a waiver of any other requirement embodied in the Subdivision Ordinance, Zoning Ordinance, Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, or any other applicable local, state or federal law or regulation; and WHEREAS, the developer is aware that building permits or any other required permit will be issued only upon compliance with the ordinances, laws or regulations applicable thereto. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: t. That coupled with the terms imposed by paragraph ~2 herein the following conditions exist: (a) The proposed pro3ect is compatible with surrounding land uses;