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(65) (c) Housing for the elderly must comply with the "Special requirements for housing for the elderly" contained in Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth." Multi-family residential structures exceeding the height limit specified in Table 40-44-1 may be erected in the RM-60 zoning district if the following requirements are satisfied: (a) City council must issue a group housing use permit. (b) The required building setback from any property line shall be increased by one (1) foot for each two (2) feet in building height aboue 45 feet. (c) The total floor area devoted to residential purposes shall not exceed the total lot area of the zone lot on which the structure is erected. (76) Limited to a dwelling unit located above the ground floor in a non-residential structure. 2. That Sections 40-43.5, 40-43.6, 40-44.1(a) and (b), 40-52.1(a) and (b), 40-56.1, 40-62.1(3), 40-71.2(e), 40-71.3(a), 40-178.1, 40-179.1(a), 40-195 and 40-196(c) and (e) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended to read as follows: Section 40-43.5 Non-residential uses -- buffering requirement. Any commercia~ or industrial use, not located in an historic district but located on a zone lot adjoining any zone lot in an RS, RT, RM, or historic zoning district and which is vacant property or is actually used for one or more dwellings, shall comply with the following buffering requirements along all lot lines adjoining such property: (a) The yard setback on the commercial or industrial side of the property line shall be the same as required by the zoning of the adjoining property, regardless of whether the commercial or industrial use is in the same district, and the yard setback requirements when applied to a structure shall be increased by one (1) foot for each foot of height of such structure above 36 feet. (b) A landscaped buffer meeting the requirements landscaping group 1 shall be established and maintained in such yard setback. of