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R-15-23 <br />A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AS AN <br />URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA AND FINDING THAT SAID DESIGNATION <br />IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF SECTION 15.2-2223.1 OF THE CODE <br />OF VIRGINIA OF 1950, AS AMENDED. <br />WHEREAS, the entire area of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, as shown on <br />Exhibit A hereto, demonstrates the characteristics of an Urban Development Area within <br />the meaning of Section 15.2-2223.1 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended; and <br />WHEREAS, information about the City of Portsmouth can be found throughout <br />the City's Comprehensive Plan, which is titled Destination 2025: Setting a Bold New <br />Course and was adopted on April 26, 2005 by City Council Resolution R-OS-19; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's current zoning is mixed, and the City's future zoning and <br />land use as described in the Comprehensive Plan are also mixed; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, that it hereby designates the entire area of Portsmouth, Virginia as <br />an Urban Development Area and finds that said designation is consistent with the intent <br />of Section 15.2-2223.1 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on September 22, 2015. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />