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f ' ' ' -:[' 'AN ORDT~;~CE TO M~D THE ZONXNG 0FDIN~CE OF ~HE CITY OF PORT~'IOU~, 1961, BY ADDING ~ A 1~'t ~I~CLE ~Y~ERED 9, ESTABLISHinG A HISTORIC ZON/2~G DISTPJ .CT, CREATING A CG$~iSS!ON OF ARCR~'~OTD~L REVI~,~ ~FOR, ESTABLTSH-~NG BIO'mING ;~ND PAPXING REGULATIONS ~n0R S~ID DISTRICT, ~2~3 REGU- LATING ~HE L~E AND 0CCUP~N~ff OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN SUCH A - DISTEICT. WHEREAS, the City of Portamouth is a city with a long and memorable past; and WHEREAS, certain areas of Portsmouth have historic si6~/ificance; WHEREAS, it 'is the desire of the Council of this City of preserve NOW, E~EF0~E BE IT ORDAI~J) by %~ne Council of the City of ?or~raouth, Virginia tl~at the Zoning Ord' ~0anoe of the City of ~ ~ortsmouth, 1961, be amended by adding thereto a"new article ' numbered 9, such new article to read as follows: ARTICLE 9. HISTORIC DISTRICTS Sec. 9-i. Purposes and Objectives. ~ · The purp,o.ses a~"..obi ective.s of this ~article are declared to be :the prcmotion and preserva~mon or the genera± welfare bf the inhabitants of the cY~ includin~ b_= no~ ~t.ed_to, ,the prego,tko.n, .a~xl pr~rvat,iQn ~f its_educat!o=l, ~ eco~nc~, .c zn5~e.sv.s, o. pp,o~.~u~.?zes andadv~sages, t. hr0ugh; (a) The preservation aha pro~ec5zon or n~ssorzc ou~!d~mgS and structures an~ places fred areas of his- toric interest; (b) The preservatio.q, protection and maintenance 'of suct~ buildings, structures, places and ar~s as lar~marks in the history Of the colony and Cmumon- wealth of Virginia and · ' ' · ' the To~al and Czty of Portsmouth c~anoratmve~f the events, circumstances and architectu~e associated '6her~,.~thy and as tangible r~minders of the colony a_nd Cazmonwealth of Vf~ginia and To;,~a and City Lu the early days of their settl~nent and development; (c) ~ne develoDm~ut and maintenance of appropriate settings .a~.d envirorment for such buildings, structures, places and areas; and (d) ~ne promotion, development and preservati°n of the' econcmy, commerce and industry of the Cc~r~onwealth of ~' ' ~ and ' - ' ........ ~ city, specmfically ~tn r~ard to the prooer~y values anm ~ourms~ ~raae, oy the preservation and~protection .of such build~]~s s%~ctur'es places and areas, their maintem~nce for ~ch purpo2es and the develo.~e~t ~nd ma~n-' tenance of appropriate settings and environment the~for.- Sec. 9-2. Districts created; boundaries of districts. In order to 'execute the purposes and objectives declared in Section 9-1, there is hereby created in the city and it is hereby divided into certain district2 to be known as ~Historic Districts". which are hereLuafter referred to as such LU this coapter, and which shall be in ~tion to the districts into which the city is divided by this-ordir~nce. ~ne boundaries o£ such a district is sh~rn on a ma