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3. That Chapter 4 of the Comprehensive Plan be amended by revising the General Land Use Plan pertaining to Academy Park to read as follows: Redevelopment of Academy Park is proposed with commercial development on Victory Boulevard at its intersection with 1-264 and Greenwood Drive; a business park on the remaining property between 1-264, Victory Boulevard, McLean Street and Greenwood Drive; medium-density residential development east of McLean Street and south of Greenwood Drive; a neighborhood park on the former Academy Park Elementary School site; and commercial development on the north side of 1-264. An alternative redevelopment proposal for Academy Park (Fairwood Homes) is the development of a regional amusement and recreational facility in the area south of 1-264. The development would be consistent with the Regional Amusement and Recreational Facilities Concept Plan (Exhibit 4-4.1). 4. That Chapter 8 of the Comprehensive Plan by adding thereto under the heading Policies, the policy: be amended following The City will consider use of large unified tracts of land for large scale development of amusement and recreational facilities as a means of diversifying Portsmouth's economic base and promoting tourism. 5. That Chapter 8 of the Comprehensive Plan be amended by adding thereto under the heading Proposals, the following proposal: Both the Cox Property and Academy Park (Fairwood Homes) are areas which could support regional amusement and recreational facilities because of their size and unified ownership. 6. That the Comprehensive Plan be amended by adding thereto Exhibit 4-4.1, entitled "Regional Amusement and Recreational Facilities Concept Plan," attached hereto and made a part hereof. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on September 28, 1993. Teste: City Clerk