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AN ORDINANCE ~ A~iEND THE ZO~]ING ORDINANCE OF CITY OF PO~TSI4OUTH, 1961, BY A~ENDING SECTION 5-8 THEF~EOF, PROVIDING MINIMUM PLOT WIDTHS FOR ROW HOUSES Iiq THE RESIDENTIAL R-60 AND R-60-A DISTRICTS. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, ~hat the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Portsmouth, 1961, be amended by amending Section 5-8 thereof, such amended section to read as fellows: Section 5-8. Residential R-60 and Residential R-60-A Distric~ Dimensional Requirements. within the Residential R-60 and Residential R-60-A Dis- tricts as .shown on the Zoning l~Iap, all the following dimensional requirements shall be complied with: (a) Minimum required plot area for dwelling types other than row houses .......... 6,000 square feet. (b) ~inimum required plot area for row houses only .......... 2,0~0 square feet; except that as an alternate method of development, a subdivision of row houses may be approved without a minimum plot size requirement, provided that the m~imum number of plots per acre shall not exceed 20 plots per gross acre and ~11 other dimensional requirements set forth by this section which are applicable to row houses are followed. "Gross acre" shall not in- clude any public street right of way properly dedicated and accept- ed for m~intenance by the City. (c) Minimum required plot width for row houses only: Interior Pl~ts ..... Minimum average width for all interior plots within a row - 20 fee~ minim~width- 16 feet. End Plots .......... Minimum width 25 feet. (d) Maximum allowable floor area devoted to residential purposes for structures other than row houses in the Residential R-60 and R-60~A Districts shall be one-half of the plot area; pro- vided, however, that in the Residential R-60 and R-60-A Districts, upon approval of the Planning Commission after submission of site plan and general characteristics of the building, the maxlm~m~ al- lowable floor area devoted to residential purposes for a b~ilding exceedinq three stories above the ground level in which elevators are provided shall be equal to the plot area.