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AN ORDINANCE TO ~4END THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, 1961, BY ~4ENDING SECTION 5-7 THEREOF, PROVIDING MINIM~{ PLOT WIDTHS FOR ROW HOUSES IN THE RESIDENTIAL R-75 DISTRICT. Be it ordained by the Council. of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia, that the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Portsmouth, 1961, be amended by amending Section 5-7 thereof, amended section to read as follows: such Section 5-7. Residential Residential merits. R-75, Residential R-75-S and Office 0R-75 District Dimensional Require- Within the Residential R-75, Residential R-75-S and Office Residential OR-75 Districts as ~lown onthe Zoning Map, all the following dimensional requirements shall be complied with: (a) Minimum required plot area in the Residential R-75-S and Office Residential 0R-75 Districts and for the first dwelling unit in the 'Residential R-75 or Office Residential OR- 75 Districts other than for row houses 7,500 square feet. (b) Minimum additional plot area per dwelling unit for each unit in excess of one 2% the Residential R-75 or Office Resi- dential 0R-75 Districts . 3,000 square feet. (c) ~inimum required plot area for row houses only in the Residential R-75 District 2500 square feet; except that as an alternate method of development, a subdivision of row houses may be approved without a minimum plot size require- ment, provided that the maximum number of plots per gross acre shall not exceed 12 plotS per gross acre and all other dimensional re- quirements set forth by this section which are applicable to row houses are followed. "Gross acre" shall not include any public street right of way properly dedicated and accepted for maintenance by the City. (d) Minimum required plot width for the Residential R-75-S District and for the first dwelling unit other than a row house in the Residential R-75 or Office Residential 0R-75 Districts . . 50 feet.