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March 26, 2002 02-72(c): "A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH. (CP-02-01) WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia has adopted a Comprehensive Plan, (CP-89-1), for the physical development of the territory within the City; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after notice and public hearing, as required by Chapter 22 of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, has recommended that: 1. Chapter 4 of the Comprehensive Plan and Exhibit 4-7 (General Land Use Plan Map) contained therein be amended to adjust and modify the pattern of allowed land uses in the general vicinity of Victory Crossing as shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof. 2. Chapter 7 of the Comprehensive Plan (Park and Open Space) is amended to show a thirty-five (35) foot wide landscaping buffer along the eastern side of the right- of-way of Victory Boulevard between Cavalier Boulevard and Greenwood Drive. 3. Chapter 7 of the Comprehensive Plan, entitled "Image and Open Space," be amended by adding the following language at the conclusion thereof: Truck access through Main Street to Portsmouth Boulevard should be discouraged and a land use study and traffic analysis should be completed to determine the impacts of the Business Park on the adjoining residential areas. Appropriate upgrades to this portion of the transportation network should be incorporated as development warrants. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia has held a public hearing with notice as required by law, and has considered the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, designated CP-89-1 be and hereby is amended as recommended by the Planing Commission and set out above." 02-72(d): 1. Ernestine Derleth, 427 Gloucester Avenue, spoke in support of the rezoning. 2. Bill Stuart, 145 Dekalb Avenue, spoke in support of the rezoning. "ZONING AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Z-02-02." 02-72(e): "A RESOLUTION GRANTING A GROUP HOUSING USE PERMIT (GHP-02-01) TO HI PORT, L~L~C~, FOR THREE APARTMENT UNITS AT 615 HIGH STREET. WHEREAS, HiPort, L.L.C., has made application pursuant to Section 40-112 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988), as amended, for the approval and granting of a group housing permit for three apartment units at 615 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia, more particularly described as follows: