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Sec. 40-41.23. United States government USG district. A district exclusively for military installations owned by the United States Government. Sec. 40-42. ZoninE maps adopted. The boundaries of each of these districts are hereby established as shown on the series of map sheets ~titled "Zoning Map, portsmouth, Virginia," dated February, 1991, which accompanies and is hereby declared to be a part of this chapter, the said series of' map sheets and each of them hereinafter being referred to as the Zoning Map. The "Zoning Map, Portsmouth, Virginia," dated January, 1961, and all maps subsequent thereto and prior to February, 1991 shall be preserved for historical purposes in the Planning Department. The city council may also adopt special zoning maps showing greater detail or showing sub-districts for the Historic Districts, Downtown Districts or other areas of the city. Such special maps shall be considered a part of the Zoning Map for purposes of this ordinance. The originals of such maps shall be treated in the same way as the Original Zoning Map, in accordance with the following section, and shall be considered a part of the Original Zoning Map. See. 40,42.1. Ol-i~,~! zoning map. One set of the series of map sheets adopted in Section 40-42 shall be kept on file without alteration in the office of the Planning Department. This set shall be called the Griginal Zening Map. Additional Sets of said series of map sheets shall be filed in the office of the Planning Department and in the Department of Environmental Services. Such copies of the zoning map shall be altered from time to time so as to indicate amendments adopted by the city council. Each such alteration shall be identified by number to the ordinance authorizing the same. See. 40-43. Permitted uses. The uses permitted by right or with a use permit or in each zone shall be determined from the Use Schedules in this Article, except that the uses in the following special districts shall be determined from the applicable sections of this Chapter: all Historic Districts; Preservation District, P-l; and U.S. Government District, USG. Other than those uses. expressly allowed by Section 40-47, Section 40-52.1, this Section or the Use Schedules which it adopts, the only lawful uses of property in the City of Portsmouth are the following: specified uses in the Preservation P-1 District; specified uses in the respective Historic Districts; U.S. Government uses in the USG District; and uses which were legally established prior to the adoption of this Chapter or its predecessors but which now are inconsistent with the requirements of this Chapter, if and only if such uses meet the requirements of Section 40-163. Should any properties or any portion thereof classified as USG on the official zoning map revert to ownership by any owner other than the United States government, such lands will automatically be classified in the RS-150 Zoning District. 15 ~J