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R-03-12 A RESOLUTION GRANTING A USE PERMIT TO INTEGRATED LIVING COMMUNITIES OF PORTSMOUTH, L.L.C., TO OPERATE AN ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY AT 4916 WEST NORFOLK ROAD. WHEREAS, a use permit to operate a group home for sixty adults on the subject property was granted on July 28, 1987: and WHEREAS, an amendment to said use permit was approved by City Council on October 25, 1995, expanded to 72 the permitted number of residents in said adult residential care facility, but that the expansion never occurred; and WHEREAS, applicant Integrated Living Communities of Portsmouth, L.L.C., has applied for a use permit to operate an adult residential care facility (SIC 836) for a total of 84 adults at 4916 West Norfolk Road, Portsmouth, Virginia, also referred to in the aforementioned use permits as 3911 Cedar Lane, pursuant to Section 40-43.1 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia; and WHEREAS, the applicant and the Planning Director have done all things required to be done in connection with said application: and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended the granting of the application for a use permit with conditions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That it finds that the use for which the permit is sought: (a) Will not adversely affect the health and safety of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of the proposed use: (b) Will not be detrimental to the public use or injurious to the property or improvements in the neighborhood; (c) Will be provided with sufficient landscaping to insure compatibility with surrounding uses; (d) Will be a project that will be developed according to a plan for parking, driveways, and curb cuts which will provide for safe and convenient traffic movement; and (e) Will be in accordance with the purposes of the City of Portsmouth Zoning Ordinance.