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March 27, 2001 "A RESOLUTION GRANTING A USE PERMIT TO KENNY A. ELEZZAH FOR THE OPERATION OF A GAS STATION AT 1428 EFFINGHAM STREET. WHEREAS, Stephen I. Boone and Associates, agent for the owner of the subject property, Kenny A. Elezzah, has made application pursuant to Section 40-43.1 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) for the granting of a use permit to operate a gas station at 1428 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia; and WHEREAS, the applicant and the Planning Director have done all things required to be done in connection with said application; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended the granting of the application for a use permit with conditions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That it finds that the use for which the permit is sought: (a) Will not adversely affect the health and safety of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of the proposed use; (b) Will not be detrimental to the public use or injurious to the property or improvements in the neighborhood; (c) Will be provided with sufficient landscaping to insure compatibility with surrounding uses; (d) Will be a project that will be developed according to a plan for parking, driveways, and curb cuts which will provide for safe and convenient traffic movement; and (e) Will be in accordance with the purposes of the City of Portsmouth Zoning Ordinance. 2. That Kenny A. Elezzah is hereby granted a use permit pursuant to Section 40- 43.1 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) for the operation of a gas station on property located at 1428 Effingham Street, and being more particularly described as: UP-01-03 Beginning at the southwest corner of Effingham Street and Duke Street; thence, in a westerly direction 235.47'+ to a point; thence, in a southerly direction 100'+ to a point; thence in an easterly direction 239.28'+ to a point; thence, in a northerly direction 105'+ to a point of the beginning. 3. That the use permit is approved subject to the following conditions: (a) plan. The proposed project shall conform to the submitted site and landscaping (b) Code. The applicant shall fulfill the minor subdivision requirements of the City (c) The hours of the proposed operation shall be between 6:00 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and between 6:00 a.m. and midnight on Friday and Saturday. (d) The applicant shall submit for approval to the City Planning Director a canopy design that will be architecturally compatible with the fire station across the street and the structure already on the subject property. (e) The applicant shall comply with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations of federal, state and local governments and shall obtain and maintain in effect all necessary licenses and permits.