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(a) Each such yard setback when applied to a structure shall be increased by one foot for each foot of height of such structure above 35 feet. (b) Parking and loading areas shall not be allowed in such yard setback. (c) As a condition of approval of the housing project. the applicant shall be deemed to have waived any right to seek a variance or special exception from the yard setback requirements along lot lines adjoining single-family property, as described in this section. Sec. 40-118. Buffer requirements. A landscaped buffer meeting the requirements of landscaping group 2 shall be established and maintained in the side and rear yard setbacks required for a housing project. Sec. 40-119. Drainage requirements. All housing projects shall comply with the off-site drainage requirements of Section 33-33 of the City Code. Sec. 40-120. Modifications of housing use permits. The process for modification or changc of an approved housing use permit shall be the same procedure required for approval of a housing use permit. 3. That Tables 40-43.1-], 40-43.1-2, and 40-43.1-3 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) be amended to show all uses formerly requiring a Group Housing Use Permit (G) as requiring a Use Permit (*) and to remove the footnotes therein referring to a Group Housing Use Permit (G). 4. That Conditions 64 and 65 of Section 40-43.4 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) be amended and reordained to read as follows; Sec. 40-43.4. Conditions for specific uses. (64)(a) The parking requirements for housing for the elderly may be modified by City Council as specified in Section 40-45.1. (b) Thc minimum tloor area requirement for housing lor the elderly may be reduced by city council to no less than 475 square feet of t100r area per unit tor one- bcdroom etlicicncy dwelling units through the approval of a housing use permit. No such reduction shall be authorized cxccpt upon assurances satisfactory to the council that such housing is dcsigned cxclusi\ely as housing for the elderly as dctined by this chapter. Atier such rcduction has becn authorized the premises shall not be used othcr than for housing lor thc eldcrly unless and until compliance with the minimum rcquired tloor arca applicable to the ncw usc has bcen demonstrated. (c) Housing for the elderly must comply with the "Special requirements lor housing Jor the eldcrly" containcd in Chapter 7 of the Code.