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RESOLUTION ADOPTING /uN A~NDMENT TO Tile COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH~ VIRGINIA~ KNOWN AS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ~\~NDMEN~F CP-i-64, RELATING TO 17~E PROPOSED L/~ND USE IN THE FORT NELSON PLACE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority in its capacity as "local public agency" has proposed amendments ~o the Fort Nelson Place Urban Renewal Project (VA. R-6) and submitted to the Portsmouth City Planning Commission and City Council a document entitled "Proposed Land Use, RP-2~ Land Use Plan~ Fort Nelson Place Project~ Harland Bartholomew & ~sociates~ September, 1963", which~by rules and regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency under the terms of the National Housing Act~ must be found to be in conformity with the comprehensive plan for the City of Portsmouth; and WHEREAS, on May 1, 1964, the Urban Renewal Administration notified the City that the comprehensive plan for the City of Portsmouth and the proposed land use plan for the Fort Nelson Place Urban Renewal Project referred no above are not in conformity; and ~{EREAS, pursuant to Chapter ~8 of Title 15 of the Code of Virginia~ t9S0, as amended, the Planning Commission did on May 5: 1964~ conduct a public hearing on said document CP-1~64, after giving the notice required by law,'~nd did on said date recommend to the Council of the City of Portsmouth that said comprehensive plan amendment CP-1-64 be adopted; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, did on May 26, 1964~ hold a public hearing on the proposed comprehensive plan amendment CP-1-64, after giving the notice required by law. NOW, THERE.FORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF PORTbMObTH~ ' , VIRGINIA: i. That on the Comprehensive Plan~ "CP-!-62, LAND USE AND MAJOR STREETS", the legend phrase "LIMITED ~YD LOCAL BUSINESS~' includes th)rein a carry-over assumption of "RESiDENTiAL-HIGH DENSITY"; and is so constructed to show the same basic dot pattern for both "RmSIDENTIAL-H!GH DENSITY" and "LIMITED LOCAL BUSJNESS" with an added hatch !i~e in areas designated for limited business, representing an intention that residential-high density use be supplemented with cerza~n selected limited aha local business uses; and that ~ oaral!ei between this portion of t~e Comprehensive Plan Iegemd and the zoning mad i~gend for the zoning district titled "R-60-A OFFICES kND RESIDENTIAL" is intended and reflected in the actions of the Planning Commission and the City Council. 2. That "SINGLE FAMILY" shown on said "CP-1-64" shall be synonymous and .~nterchangeable with the "CP-!-62" legend desig-nation "RESIDENTIAL-LAW DENSITY" ~.ULT~ F;~,IL. synonymous and ~nterchangeabie w~th "RESiDENTIAL-HIGH DENSITY", and "COMMERCIAL" with "GENERAL ~D INTENSIVE BUSINESS". 3. That since Comprehensive Plan, "CP-1-62", makes no distinction with ref- erence ~o a category such as "SEMI-PUBLiC", an omission both recognized and intended by the City of Portsmouth~ in keeping with the general nature of a municipal comprehensive plan under taws of the State of Virginia, it is the express intention of ~he City of Portsmouth that the term "SEMI-PUBLIC" used in "CP-i-g4" relative to "AREA NUMBER 6" and "7" shall be synonymous and interchangeable with "RESIDENTIAL- HIGH DENSITY" and "AREA NUU~BER $" synonymous and in~erchangeabie with "GENERAL .kND INTENSIVE BUSINESS".