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R-24-24 <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH INNOVATION <br />DISTRICT PLAN. <br />WHEREAS, as part of the amendment and restatement of the Zoning Ordinance <br />in December 2020, the City created the Innovation Overlay District, which generally runs <br />west from Effingham Street to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Connector and north from <br />County Street to London Boulevard; and <br />WHEREAS, the City and its consultants have engaged in a public planning <br />process to craft a vision for the Innovation District; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth Innovation District Plan has been developed <br />to lay out land use, placemaking, and economic development strategies for the District; <br />maintain a focus on equity and the creation of jobs for local residents; redesign High <br />Street to make it more `green'; and make the District a desirable place to live, work, and <br />play; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended adoption of the Plan; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia that it hereby adopts the City of Portsmouth Innovation District <br />Plan. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held <br />on September 10, 2024. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />