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such purposes and the development and maintenance of appropriate settings and environment therefor. Section 40-93. District created; boundaries of district. In order to execute the purposes and objectives declared in Section 40-92, there is hereby created in the city a district to be known as the.'~Historic District." The boundaries of such district are shown on a 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. Section 40-94. Compliance with article. In order to further execute the purposes and objectives declared in Section 40-92 and pursuant to the power granted to and conferred upon the City, the location, construction, re- construction, alterations, repair, demolition of buildings and other structures, improvements or any other external repair or maintenance activity including painting in the Historic District shall be subject to and shall be governed and controlled by the regulations contained herein; and no building, structure or improvement shall be externally repaired, maintained, painted, located, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or demolished in the ~istoric District unless the external repair, maintenance, painting, location, construction, reconstruction, alteration, or demolition thereof complies with all the regulations established by this article. Section 40-95. Commission of architectural review. (a) In order to further execute the purposes and objectives declared in Section 40-92 and pursuant to the power granted to and conferred upon the city, there is hereby created and established a commission of architectural review which shall be known as the Commission of Architectural Review, and here- after in this article referred to as "commission." (b) The commission shall consist of five (5) members who are ¢~tizens 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, two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years respectively, and there- after each member shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. One of the members of the commission shall be appointed from at least t]nree (3) nominees made by the Portsmouth Bar Association, one shall be appointed from at least three (3) nominees made by Tidewater Section of the Virginia Chapter of -2-