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" R-02-48 A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL FOR A GROUP HOUSING USE PERMIT (GHP-02-03) TO PERMIT HERBERT G. DRIER TO CONSTRUCT SIX TOWNHOUSES AT 5629 AND 5633 PARISH LANE. WHEREAS. Herbert G. Drier has made application pursuant to Section 40-112 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth. Virginia (1988), as amended, for the approval and granting of a group housing permit for six townhouses to be constructed at 5629 and 5633 Parish Lane, Portsmouth, Virginia. more particularly described as follows: GHP-02-03 Beginning at the northeast intersection of Parish Lane and River Shore Road thence west 453.09' */- to a point; thence north 172.78' +/- to a point; thence west 183.32' to a point; thence south 116.53' to a point +/- to a point; thence south 189.01' +/- to a point; thence east 175' +/- to the point of the beginning. and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed such application and site plan submitted therewith and has recommended conditional approval of said application; and WHEREAS, the applicant has been informed that approval of the group housing project pursuant to Section 40-116 only grants an exemption from certain requirements for residences as stated in said section and does not constitute a waiver of any other requirement embodied in the Subdivision Ordinance, Zoning Ordinance, Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, or any other applicable local, state or federal law or regulation; and WHEREAS, the applicant is aware that building permits and any other required permit will be issued only upon compliance with the ordinances, laws or regulations applicable thereto. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That, coupled with the terms imposed by paragraph 2 hereof, the following conditions exist: (a) The proposed project is compatible with surrounding land uses; (b) The density of the project does not exceed the maximum allowable density for the zoning district, and, where applicable, the floor-area ratio of the project does not exceed the maximum allowable floor-area ratio for the zoning district;