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R-04-50 A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL OF A GROUP HOUSING USE PERMIT (GHUP-04-05) TO HIGH STREET PROPERTIES FOR 21 APARTMENT UNITS AT 619, 623, AND 627 HIGH STREET. WHEREAS, High Street Properties, 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 use permit for 21 apartment units to be constmcted at 619, 623, and 627 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia; and WHEREAS, the subject property is furthermore described as: GHUP-04-05 Beginning at a point 90' east of the southeast comer of the intersection of Green and High Streets, then east approximately 100' to a point, then 228' south to a point, then 100' west to a point, then 228' north to the point of 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