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6th - "The ~ec~ge T. McLema Industries have requested permission to install a 80,000 gallon bulk oil a~d .gasoline sto~age plsnt on their property at Weste.Ea Boulevard .an~ Belt ~i~e F~ilro~d. Thzs has been ~pproved by Mr. Host, Chief o£ the Fire Pre- vention Bureau and the Ci~ty Engineer. Will you ,kindly ~uthorize me to sign this ~a!~plication?" ~otion of Mr. Grimes to e oncu~ in the ~auager's recommendation, was adopted. 7th - =0n the recommendation of the Chief of Police, I have accepted the resignation of Patrolman ~. J. Archer, ~effective December 9th.~ On motion ordered filed. T~e ~onthly report of the C~y Clerk and Auditor for November, was, re - ceived and ordered filed. The following communication from t he City Attorney a nd City Engineer ~aaordered filed: ~Concerning the steps to the ~ilding at the northeast co~ner of Fourth and Randolph Streets, recently erected upon the street, the ~unde~signed to ~'om this matter was referred, respectf.ully reports as follo~s: The steps encroach upon the Randolph Street approximately four feet and ~were erected new as an a~unct to the building or~ Mond~, No~ember A building permit was issued to A. Katz on F~ d~, No~embe~ I, 1~6, to remodel the store in the building and no mention w as made o~ building a stairway on street to the se~ nd floor:a~a~tm~nt. Saturday was a.half holzday a nd Sunday a ~hole holzday and on Mond~ the CztyEng_nee~ discovered the st~s ~ust afte~ they.Were lifted zn place ~nd gave notice that they must be removed. However, the contractor contznued working and ~mplet-i ed the steps after he a nd the owner had been notified the same could not be erected on t he street. The steps a~e o f mill construction and no doubt were constructed some time before the building permit was issued. The Planning a~d Zoning 0~dinance adopted by the City Council in 1945 has the following provision: "No new building including porches~ shall hereafter be erected beyond the street~ line, and no porch, bay window, o r portico shall be altered or repaired so as to extend further~to the street than i t ex~ends at the time of the passage of this ordinance in any District." Since the passage of the Zoning Ordinance ntuae~ous ~pplicatiems have been denied to erect ~tructures upon the streets and several people have been required t o re- move the porches after they were partly constz?ucted. Appeals were m~de to the Blm~nzng Cc~ - mission in one or more of the cases and the applications were rejected by the Commission. We recommend that the ordinance be not amended amd that the steps be ramovedo Yours very truly, R. C. Barclay, City Attorney F. J. Bergeron, City E~ugineer." The Eayor ar~ounced his appointment of L. C. Powell as ~ fi~e year ts~m beg~nnin~ Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority for a ' ~ 1946. ' a membe~ of the September 15th, An appropriation of ~2~,000.00 fo~ Nansemond County taxes, laid on the table at last meeting, was continued on table. An appropriation of $45,000.00 for Sewe~ Constmuction, VA 44-141, placed on its first reading at last meeting, was taken ~p. Motion of ~. Weiseman to appropriate $45,00~.00 for-said purpose,was adopted and by the following vote: Ayes: Pox, Grammes, Henderson,Howard, Warren, Wefs~an, ~ilson Nays: None Law~ence, Sturtevan~, Motion of ~. C~imes to place on its first reading an appropriation of $55,000.00 for SewerConstruction, VA 44-141~ was adopted. Motion o f ~. Sttuvtevant that as o~ next meeting is sched~_!ed for De~ember 24th (Christmas Eve), we hold this meeting on December gOth, was adopted. up. making same $9,000.00, Motion of Mr. Weiseman to gointo an executive session, was adopted. The~9~V Budget, place~on its first reading at last meeting, was t~en~ Motion of Mr. Weis~lan to add Do the Library al~propriation, ~,200,00 and the $2,200.00 be ~dded to reeeipts f~m ~e~y,~s adopted.