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February 27, 2001 <br /> <br /> At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, February 27, 2001, <br />there were present: <br /> <br />Vice Mayor Bernard D. Griffin, Sr., Cameron C. Pitts, P. Ward Robinett, Jr., J. Thomas <br />Benn III, William E. Moody, Jr., Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., City Manager Daniel M. <br />Stuck, City Attorney Timothy Oksman. <br /> <br /> Retired Associate Pastor Jackson Shaw, Western Branch Community Church, <br />opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the <br />Flag. <br /> <br />Vice Mayor Griffin called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. <br /> <br /> Motion by Mr. Pitts, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to approve the minutes of a <br />Called Meeting on February 13, 2001, a Regular Meeting on February 13, 2001, a <br />Called Meeting on February 15, 2001, a Called Meeting on February 16, 2001, and a <br />Called Meeting on February 17, 2001, and was adopted by unanimous vote. <br /> <br />01 - 67 - Presentation: <br /> <br />Presentation of special lapel pins to newly appointed Boards and Commissions <br />members. <br /> <br />- Public Hearing - <br /> <br />00 - 310 - Public hearing on a comprehensive plan application: <br /> <br />(c) CP-00-02 <br /> <br />RIVER POINTE NEIGHBORHOOD - An amendment to the <br />Comprehensive Plan's Tax Base and Jobs section to permit <br />residential development in the River Pointe Office Park. <br />Amendments will also be made to the following tables: Exhibit 4-5, <br />Development Strategy, Exhibit 4-7, General Land Use and Exhibit <br />8-1, Major Development Opportunities. Deferred from the <br />December 12, 2000 City Council meeting. <br /> <br /> Motion by Mr. Pitts, and seconded by Mr. Benn, to refer this item back to the <br />Planning Commission, and was adopted by unanimous vote. No public hearing was <br />held. <br /> <br />- Unfinished Business - <br /> <br />Consent Aqenda <br /> <br />01 - 49 - Rezoning, group housing, and parking reduction applications: <br /> <br /> Motion by Mr. Benn, and seconded by Mr. Robinett, to adopt the following <br />resolutions and ordinance, approved at the February 13, 2001 meeting, and was <br />adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />01-49(a): <br /> <br />"ZONING AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Z-01-01." <br /> <br />01-49(b): <br /> <br />"A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL FOR A GROUP HOUSING USE PERMIT <br />(GHP-01-01) TO PERMIT 21 APARTMENTS FOR THE ELDERLY AT 253 <br />CONSTITUTION AVENUE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the applicant, Regency Development Associates, has made <br />application pursuant to Section 40-112 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia <br />(1988), as amended, for the approval and granting of a group housing use permit for 21 <br />apartment units for the elderly at 253 Constitution Avenue, Portsmouth, Virginia, more <br />particularly described as follows: <br /> <br /> <br />