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At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on August 25th, 1953, there were present:l <br /> Fred A Duke, George L. Grimes, R. E. Hawks, C. C. Houghton,Jr., Jas~ N.Howard, <br /> Edgar W. Lawrence,'R. Irvine Smith, E. R. Sturtevant, C. E. Warren, Pearle J. <br /> Wilson, I. G. Vass, City Manager, and R. C. Barclay:City Attorney. <br /> The minutes of regular meeting of August llth, 1953 were read.and approved. <br /> The following notice of zoning changes was read: <br /> "Pursuant re the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby given <br /> that a public hearing will be held at 7:30 P.M., on Tuesday, August 25th, 1953, <br /> in the Council Chamber, Municipal Building, Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose <br /> of altering zones and reclassifying the following property: <br /> <br /> 1. McLean Hanb~y Pontiac Corpora ion to rezone lot 41. and portions of lots 40 and <br /> 42 beginning 185 feet west from Elm Avenue fronting 70 feet on the north side <br /> of Queen St., by ll3 feet deep from Multiple Family Clas~ "D" to Commercial <br /> Class "G". <br /> 2. Robert P. Brad ~y to rezone 10t 4 block 1, beginnin~ 240 feet west from M~in <br /> St., fronting 30 feet on the south side of Gosport Road by 120 feet deep from <br /> Two Family Class "C" to Commerciar Class <br /> '~t the meeting of the planning and Zoning Commission held. on Thursday, August 6th, <br /> 1953, the following matters were considered and subsequent recommendations made for <br /> for your approval~ <br /> 1. paul 0 pe~ry to rezone lots 11-13-15-17 blgck 'H' ~egi~p~g 129.6 feet <br /> south from Race Street, fronting 100 feet on the east side of Parker Avenue by 100 <br /> feet deep, from Single Family Class 'B' to Two Family Class 'C'. The Commission <br /> found no change in the application and abides with the former recommendation to deny. <br /> 2. McLean Hanbury Pontiac Corpn. to rezone lo~ 4t and portions of lots 40 and 42, <br /> beginning 165 feet west from Elm Ave., fronting 70 feet on the north side of Queen <br /> St., by ll3 feet deep, from Multiple Family Class 'D' to Commercial Class 'G', be <br /> approved. <br /> 3. Clara S. Hunter to rezone portions of lots 14-16-15-20-22 and 24, block ll3 <br /> beginning 0 feet north from Henry St., fronting 75 feet on the east side of Airline <br /> Boulevard, then east 136 feet, then south 50 feet, then west 180 feet along the <br /> north side of Henry St., to the point of beginning from Two Family, Class 'C' to Com- <br /> mercial Class 'F', be denied. <br /> 4. A. Amdusky to rezone the southwest corner of Airline Turnpike and Clover St., <br /> beginning 0 feet west from Clover St., fronting 149 feet on the southside of Airline <br /> Turnpike and 198.42 feet on the west side of Clover St., by 100 feet deep from Two <br /> Family, Class 'C' to Commercial Class 'G' be denied. <br /> 5. Hobert P. Bradley to rezone 10t 4, block ~ beginning 240 feet west from <br /> Main St~, fronting 30 feet on the southside of Gosport Road by 120 feet deep from <br /> · wo Family, Class 'C' to Commercial, C1srss 'G' be approved. <br /> 6. D~vid J. Frask tc rezone lots 10 and 11 block 9, beginning 280 feet east <br /> from Orange St., fronting 80 feet on the south side of WeStern Branch Blvd. by t20 <br /> feet deep from Single Family Class '~' to Multiple Family, Class 'D', be denied. <br /> 7. The Commission recommends'.the approval of the street plan ef the subdivision <br /> "Broad Manor" being ~ocated north from Glasgow St., between Western Branch Road and <br /> Mt. Vernon Avenue. <br /> <br /> 1. Motion of ~ir. Lawrence that the application of Paul O. Perry which had been denied <br />by the Planning Commission, be approved by the Council, was adopted. <br /> 2. Motion of Mr. Wilson ~o concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission on <br />application of McLean Hanbury Pontiac Corporation was adopted. <br /> S. Motion of ~r. Houghton to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission <br />on the application of Clara S. Hunter. was adopted. <br /> 4. Motion of Mr. Houghton ~o concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission <br />on the application of A. Amdusky, was adopted. <br /> 5. Motion of Mr. Houghton to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission <br />on the~application of Robert P. Bradley, was adopted. <br /> ~. Motion of Mr. Hawks to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission on <br /> the application of David J. Frank, was adopted. <br /> 7. Motion of Mr. Howard to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission, <br /> approving the street plan of the subdivision "Broad Manor", was adopted. <br /> <br /> The following reports from the City Manager were read: <br /> <br /> 1st - "I am submitting herewith copy of a letter to J. M Ha~a~4~District Engineer of <br /> the Department of Highways, Suffolk, Virginia~ from a.D. Crute, Secondary Roads Engineer, concerning the City P~rk <br /> Bridge. I recommend that the City approve the fifty per cent of the cost of finalqcing the sDructure and that Nor- <br /> folk County be requested to match the funds on a 50-50 basis." <br /> Motion of Mr. HougMton zo concur in the recommendation of the City ~nager and refer thJ <br /> nratter to the committee appointed to confer with Norfolk County officials on the question of sharing the cost of <br /> the City lm~rk bridge, was adopted. <br /> 2nd- "William Hoofnagle was retired recently with the understanding that in addition to <br /> <br /> <br />