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May 26, 1964
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<br />approved.
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<br />At a regular me,ting o£ the City Council,. he~d on May 2.6, 1.964, there were present:
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<br />R. Irvine Smith, C; $..Atkinson, Jack P. Barnes, John L. Dillon, George D~ Eestes, L. L~ Knight,
<br />W. T. Lear~, A. P. Johnson, Jr., City Manager, and M.. A. Kerb,. Jr.., City At%crecy..
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<br />The meeting was opened with prayer by Mr. Dillon.
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<br />~nutes of regular meeting of May 12, 1964, and called'meeting of May 15, 1964, were read and
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<br /> 64-tO7 -. Henri, ag, on Comprehensive Plali for the City .of. ortsmo, uth CP 1-64 I~OPOSED' LAND USE, RP-2,
<br />LAND USE PLAN, FORT. NELSON PLACE PROJECT, HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW AND ASSOCIATES, SEPTEMB~i{~, 1~963"~
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<br />The City Manager read the followLng resolution:
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<br /> "RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN A~ENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PlAN OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA,.
<br />I~tOWN AS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDN~ENT CP-1-64, RELATING TO THE PROPOSED 'LAND USE IN THE FOR~-NELSON PLACE URBAN
<br />RENq~WAL PROJECT.
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<br /> WHEREAS, the ~ortsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority zn it~ capacity as ~lccal public
<br />agency' has proposed amendments To the Fort Nelson Place Urban Renewal Project (VA. r-6) and submitted to the
<br />Portsmouth Cit~ Plan~ing.~Commission and City Council s docuanen~ entitled 'Proposed Lend Use, RP-2, Land Use
<br />Plan, Fort Nelson Place P~.~oject, Harla~d Bartholomew & Associates, September,, 1963", which, by rules and:regula-
<br />tions of the He,sing and Home Fir~nce Agency under the ~erms of the National Honsing Act, mus~ be found ~o be in
<br />conformity ~ith the comprehensive ~pla~ for~the Ci~ty of Portsmouth; and
<br /> WHEREAS4.'en Ma~= t; 1964, the Umban RenewalAdministration notifie.d~the City that the comDrehen-.
<br />sire plam fo~ the City of P~r~tsmouth and the pr.oposed land use plan for the Fort Nelson Place U~ban~na~sl P~O-.
<br />jec~ referred to above are ~no~ in conformity; and
<br /> WHEREAS, pu~sunn,L r~Cha.p~e~ 2~ of Title .15 of ~he Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the Planning
<br />Commission .did on ~ay 5~ 1~64; ~or~d, uct a publ.ic hearing on said ~document:CP-1-64, after gi~ing the not.ice
<br />requi~ed by law, ~and did o.n. said date r.ecommend ~o the Council of the City of Portsmouth that said comprebensive.~
<br />plan amendmea%t CP~l-64.be adopted; and~
<br /> WHEREAS, th~ Council of:tho City.of Portsmouth, Virginia, ~id om May 26, 1964, hold a public
<br />hearing on tko p~opose~comPrehensiye plan amendment CP-1-64, after giving /~he notice requl~ed hy
<br />NOW ,~ THERE_~ORE~ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH., VIRGINIA: ..~
<br />1. That on the ComprCb~ensive Plan, 'CP-1-62, LAND USE ;~Nq) MAJOR STREETS', the legend phrase
<br />'LIMITED AND LOCAL BUSINESS' includes therein a carr.y-over assumption of IRESIDENTIAL~HIGH DENSITY'; and is so
<br />constructed to show the same basic.~dot, pattern for both 'RESIDENTIALvHIGH DENSITY' and 'LIMITED AND LOCAL
<br />BUSINESS' with an added hatch line in areas designated for limited business, representing an intention that
<br />residential-h%g~ density use be supplemented with certain selected limited and local business uses; and that
<br />parallel ~etween this ~or~iou of the~Comprehensive Plan legend end the zoning map legend for the zoning district
<br /> O FICES
<br /> reflected in the action~ o£~ithe P~annin~ C0mmission and
<br />the City Cou~il~
<br /> 2. That SINGLE FAMILY' shown on said 'CP-l~64~ shall be synonymous.and inte~hangeable with
<br />the 'CP-i-~~ legend designctio~ .~TESIBENTIAL-LOW DENSITY', 'MULTl~FAM~Y~eynonymoua an~ int~rchang~eble with
<br /> RESIDENTI~L~HIGH DENSITY , and 'CO~N~ERC~AL' with 'GENERAL AND INTENSIVE BUSINESS'
<br /> 3. That since Comprehensive Plan, 'CP-1-62, makes no distinction with reference ~n a category
<br />such as ~¢SE~PUBLIC' an omission both recognized and intended by the City,.0£ Port~mouth in.keeping with the
<br />general ~nmtu~e of a m~nicipal comprehensive plan under laws of the State of Virginia, it is the express
<br />intentio~,o£ ,the City .of Portsmouth that the term SEMI-P~BLIC' used in 'CP-1-64' relative to 'AREA N~I~BER 6'
<br />end'S7~ shaI~ be synonymous and interchangeable with 'RESIDENTIAL-HIGH DENSITY' and 'AREA NUMBER ~', synonymous
<br />and interchangeable with 'GENERAL AND INTENSIVE BUSINESS'.
<br /> 4.~ That the dncnmeut identified as Comprehensive Plan ~mendme~t CP-t-6~is hereby adolpt~d as,
<br />and de¢la~ed to he~ en",amendment To the ~ompreheneive Plan of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia.
<br /> ~. That the documen~ entitle8 'Proposed Land Use~ Fort Nelson Place RP-2 E×hi~it l, Urban
<br />R~newal Project VA, R-6, Harland Bartholomew & Associates', is hereby declared to he in conformity with the
<br />eomprehen~i¥~ ~lan fo~ the City pf ~ortsmouth, Virginia, otherwise referred To ss the general plan for the
<br />locality."
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<br />No o~e spoke ~n regard To the resolution.
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<br />On motion~of Mm. Ba~nes~ theresolution was unanzmously ad6pted.
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<br /> 64~110 -The following report of t~e Beard of Minimum Housing for the year 1963 was presented by
<br />Leo Sho~klin, Chairman:
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<br />"Transmitted herewith is the annual r. epor~.of the Board of Minimum Housing, for the year 1963.
<br />This year has marked the transition to the aew, vevised Minimum Housing Code, enacted in
<br />February, 1963. During much of the year, there we~e~shor~ages ~n the staff, due ~o recruitment and training.
<br />The year ended with a complete staff of four g~nitarians who are all familiar with the w6'rk.
<br /> During the first of the year, areas ~nitially inspec ted ~nder the old code, were required To
<br />comply with old~ code ~rev~sions, thus there was some carryo~rer, as housingsm i~pected came into~ compliance. By
<br />March~ new fo~ms had been devised, a~dinspeotions'were~ s~arted in an area b~unded by Crawford.~treet, ~he
<br />interstate highway, and~y Streets. Ins P~ctions~bega~ et Crawfomd, and proceeded weszwerd. Details of work
<br />accomplished for the year are tabulated in the accompanying chart.
<br /> For your information, we are enclosing a copy of the procedures enacted and approved by the
<br />board, under authority of ihe city cede, fO~ enforcemen~ o£ the minimum housing stsndsrds. (See April '63
<br />minutes.)
<br /> Appeals: During the year, the-~oard heard Two appe~ls~ One wes based 0~ ~ardship, and after
<br />investigation, the appellant was considered bo be unable to ~epair his house. (~uch cases~hre placed in a
<br />hsrdship:file, a~d are i~eviewed every 6 months)
<br /> The second appel was:also on the ~asis oi.har~dship..-~fter investigation, ~he board granted an
<br />e~ensiea~ but di~'~o{ eenside~ the ms~ter to be a hardship. The aDpet~s~t was instruoted ~o paint his house
<br />after the extension had expired.
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