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November 21 1972 General Assembly of Virginia. Motion of Mr. Early and seconded by Mr. King to be received Mr. Carey that revenue sharing cannot be used for education, was vote: as information and advise adopted by the following Ayes: Early, Holley, Johnson, King, Smith, Wentz, Barnes Nays: None 72-493 read: The following letter received from Milton W. Peyton, 2300 Oregon Avenue, was "As a home owner, taxpayer, citizen, and voter, I would like to express my opinion on firms being open on Sun~ay for business. I think citizens can do their buying what has to be done in six days. It is not necessary to go shopping on Sunday to look and buy clothes, stereos or televisions on the Sabbath. Stores staying open on Sundays keeps the help away from their homes and churches.every other Sunday. The merchants are not doing this for shoppers convenience, or to help any charitable insitutions. For the sole purpose of the dollar that is involved." M~tion of Mr. Holley and seconded by Mr. Smith to advise Mr. under the jurisdiction of the local Commonwealth Attorney and not by the following vote: Peyton that this matter is City Council, was adopted Ayes: Early, Holley, Johnson, King, Smith, Wentz, Barnes Nays: None 72-494 The following letter received from Director of Planning, was read: "The new Zoning~O~dinance of 1961 specified a review of "GROUP HOUSING PROJECT" site plans by the City Planning Commission and approval by City Council prior to issuance of any municipal permits pertinent to construction. Our procedure involved submission of documents to the Office of Planning which studied them, conferred with other municipal departments and placed the subject on ~the public agenda of the City Planning Commission. In effect, this notified other parties, such as utilities and nearby land owners, that a major housing pro- ject was in the making and that they were being given two opportunities to comment publicly o any sudh proposal as defined by its site plan. ~hile~ th~s procedure worked well enough for years, it began to encounter difficulties this spring as the sewer tap and drainage situation in the Churchland area re~ched critical levels. Some developers misconstrued City Council approval of a Group Housing Project site plan as an endorsement of certain engineering features related to utilities and drainage, matters which logically and sequentially £ollow acceptance of a conceptual site plan. To prevent any further misunderstandings, the City Manager sponsored a series of conferences which resulted in certain procedural changes. However, one of these was ruled invalid by the City Attorney who is to suggest that limita- tions of group housing project approval be defined clearly mn any resolution embracing af- firmative action. On this basis, the following Group Housing Project site plans have been reviewed by the City Planning Commission at open nublic meetings and are hereby forwarded to you for review: GHP-72-1 "NOTTINGHAM AT STERLING POINT" -.-A seventeen acre tract of land, zoned Resi- dential R-60, on the south side of High Street West adjacent to Green Acres Presbyterian Church; proposed are 182 condominium townhouses off a public cul-de-sac street 60 feet wide a~d 1,100 feet long. The proposal is from Summit Enterprises of Virginia Beach, Virginia and is being handled by Civil Engineer Strad Foulkes of-the firm Hassel and Foulkes. Documents related to a community Home Owners' Association must be approved by the City Attorn ~or recordation at the time a subdivision plat for the extended public street and widening of High Street West are filed with the Clerk of the Court of Hus~iggs. GHP-72-2 "APARTMENT COMPLEX, PEACHTREE ASSOCIATES" A 14 acre tract zoned R~sidential R-75 on the ~orth side of Towne Point Road east of ~rmistead Forest and extending back to the railroad tracks; the p~op~sal is-for 192 units and involves the widening and improvement of Towne Point Road from Twin Pines Road to Armistead Forest, but there will be no new public streets extending into the housing F~ject area; developers are Peachtree Associates of Portsmouth with application being handled by Architect Thomas Morrissette of the firm Dudley, Morrissette, Cederquest and Associates. GHP-72-3 "PLEASANT WOODS APARTMENTS" - A five acre Site zoned~Residential R-60 north of West Norfolk Road and east of the access road to the Hampton Roads Sanitation'Commission District sewage treatment plant, behind the new Teal Haven Townhouses and north of the rail- road tracks; proposed are 112 ~e~tal units and a new cul-de-sac public street extending from West Norfolk Road (between #4500 and #4504 West Norfolk Road) along with widening and improve. m~nt of West Norfolk Road; developer is Mazur Construction Company of Newport News, Virginia with Civil'Engineer E. E. Paine of that city. GHP-72-4 "SYCAMORE HILL" - A 15 acre track, zoned Residential R-75, south of Towne Po~n~ Road between Pine Bark Road (a new street in'Churchland West) and the church at the inter- section of Twin Pines Road; proposed are 196 rental units and a 15 foot widening and improve- ment of Towne Point Road from Pine Bark Road to T~nePines Road, but no new public streets are to be extended into the housing project area; developer is J~mes Bickford ~II with P~anning Consultant Joseph Preziotti of Baldwin and Gregg."