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AN ORDnanCE TO ~2'~-~D T~ ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORTS~,~UTH, 1961, BY ~DING SECTION 4-2 THEREOF, PER- TAINTinG TO THE PRCCEDURE FOR SECURING USE PE~[TS. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Portsmouth, 1961, be amended by amending Section 4-2 thereof, such amended section to read as follows: Section 4-2. Use Permits. Use permits when required shall be secured from the City Council in the following manner and upon the following conditions: (a) Application for a use permit shall be made in v~iting to the Planning Director, by the prospective occupant, and acknowledged by the own- er of the property, acco~,~ed by a receipt s.hov~hng payment to the City Treasurer of a fee of fifty dollars, to cover the cost of reviewing and processing the application. (b) The posting of signs, publishing of legal notices and other procedures with respect to petitions foramen~ments of this ordinance as provided in Sections 8-4, 8-5, and 8-6, shall be &oserved and followed. (c) When transmitting any such application to the ~City Council, the Plarm~ngDirector shall append thereto reports and comments of mny interested depart=ent head, including without limitation the Chief of the Divisiom of Fire, the Director of Public Health m~ the Director of Public Works. (d) If the City Co~mncil shall find that the use for which a use permit is sought (1) will not adversely affect the health or safety of per- sons residing or working in the neighborhood of the proposed use, (2) will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or imorove- ments in the neighborhood, mud (3) will be in accord with the ptarposes ~f t~his ordinance, it shall issue the use permit provided that all other provisions of law and ordinance shall have been or ~rill be ccmplied with, In gr~nting mny use permit, the City Council shall designate such conditions ~n connection therewith as v~ll, ~n its opinion, assure that the use wili conform to the foregoing requirements mhd that it will continue to do so. (e) No application for a use pe~Zt shall be accepted by the Plan- ning Director wit~b_!n one year of the final action of the City Council upon a prior application of the ssme ovmer conce_rnf~ the same use and the s~me building, if ~ny, on subst~ntiallythe same !~nd.