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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 40-93, 40-95 AND 40-102 (B) (9) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, PERTAINING TO DESIGNATION OF TRUXTUN AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND PERTAINING TO THE DUTIES OF TtIE COMMISSION OF ARCHITECTURDf6 REVIEW. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Sec'hion 40-93, 40-95 and 40-102(B) (9) be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 40-93. Districts created; boundaries of district. In order to execute the purposes and objective declared in Section 40-92, it is hereby created i~ the City, a district to be known as the "Historic District". The boundaries of such districts are shown on the map entitled: "Historic District which shall be filed and maintained in the same manner required by Section 40-18 of this. Chapter, for other zoning maps.- The terms ~ld. =own ,and Crad?ck ~re found mn capitol letters mn /~--~-~he Na~iohal Register of Historic Place~ ~d refA~red ~o~on t~e ~' 2~nT~hg ordinance ~aps'~ "~Tlle ~i 3'~o~! ~'~iS~6~i~ Df~rict" -is-found 'on the d$cu~e~'referred ~o as ~HD-77-2, dated Jute 1977 as adopted by the Council. The term "Truxtun Historic District 1918" is found on the document "PHD-79-1" as adopted by Resolution of the City Council on August 13, 1979. Section 40-95. Com/aission of Architectural Review. (a) In order to further execute the purposes and objectives declared in Section 40-92 and pursuant to the power granted %o and conferred upon the City, there is hereby created and established a Co~mission of Architectural Review which shall be known as the Co~mission of Architectural review, and hereafter in this article referred to as "Commission~ (b) The Co~ission shall consist of seven (7) members who are citizens of the City. They shall be appointed by the City Council for terms of office of five (5) years from the date of appointment; provided that the terms of office of the five (5) members first appointed shall be for one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five ('5) years respectively, and thereafter each member shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. Of the members first appointed, one~t) of the members of the Commission shall be appointed from at least three (3) nominees mad~ by the Portsmouth Bar Association, one,l) shall be appointed from at least three (3) nominees made by the Tidewater Section of the Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, one ~t) shall be appointed f~om at least three (3) nonimees made by the Portsmouth Historical Association: one ~_) shall be appointed from at least three (3) nominees made by the Portsmouth Real Estate Board; and one ~1) shall be appointed from the City at large.