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AN ORDINP2~CE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, 196!, BY A~NDING SECTION 5-7 THEREOF, PROVIDING DIMENSIONAL REQUIREmeNTS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE RESIDENTIAL 0R-75 DZSTRICT OF SINGLE FAMILY AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virglnma, that the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Portsmouth, '1961, be amended by ~anending Section 5-7 thereof, such amended section to read as follows: Section 5-7. Residential R-75~ Residential R-75-S and Office Residential 0R-75 District Dimensional Require~ ments. .~ Within the Residential R-75, Residential R-75-S and Office Residential 0R-75 Districts as shown on the Zoning Map, all the following dimensional requirements shall be complied with: -(a) Minimum required plot area in the Residential R-75~--- and Office ..esmdentmal 0R-75 Districts and for the first dwelling unit in the Residential R-75 or Office Residential 0R-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 in the Residential R-75 or Office Resi- dential 0R-75 Districts ......................... 3,000 square feet. (c) Minimum 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 requirement, provided that the maximum number of plots~oer gross acre sna_l' ~ not exceed 12 plots per gross acre and all other dimensional require- ments 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 a~nd accepted for maintenance by the City. (d) Minimum required plot width for the Residential R-75-S District and for the first dwelling mnit other than a row house in the Residential R-75 or Office Residential 0R-75 Districts .......... 50 feet. (e) Minimum required plot ~-' =~ .~ldo~s for row houses the. Residential R-Z5 District for interior plots .......... ¢o_ end plots ..... 30 feet. only in 20 feet;