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AN ORDINANCE TO ~4END THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 40-31, 40-102(B)[1), AND 40-102(C)(1), AND BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 40-102.2, PERTAINING TO BED AND BREAKFAST INNS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Sections 40-31, 40-102(B)(1), and 40-102(C)(1) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended by adding a definition to read as follows: Section 40-31. Definitions. Bed and Breakfast Inn. A residential structure built fifty (50) or more years ago or of historic significance which offers lodging to transient paying guests and which may offer breakfast to these guests. 2. That Section 40-102 (b) (1) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended to read as follows: Section 40-102(B)(1). Historic Residential. Uses shall be limited multi-family dwellings and Towne Historic District as to single, duplex, and bed and breakfast inns in the Olde provided for in Section 40-102.2. City of follows: That Section 40-102 CC) (1) of the Code of the Portsmouth, Virginia~ 1988, be amended to read as Section 40-102 (C)(1). Historic Limited Office. Uses shall be limited to professional offices, single, duplex, and multi-family dwellings and bed and breakfast inns in the Olde Towne Historic District as provided for in Section 40-102.2. 4. That Chapter 40 0f the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended by adding thereto Section 40-102.2 to read as follows: Section 40-102.2. Bed and Breakfast Inns. (A) The establishment of bed and breakfast inns can not only provide an alternative type of lodging for transient paying guests but the income from such facilities can provide incentives for maintaining many of Portsmouth's older homes.