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072 August 10, 2004 "ORDINANCE CLOSING AND VACATING A PORTION OF ANN STREET, BLAIR STREET, ARMSTRONG STREET, HOLLADAY STREET, BUTLER STREET AND OWENS STREET." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None - Unfinished Business - 04 - 288 - Group housing use permit: Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Smith, to adopt the following resolution, approved on first reading at the July 13, 2004 meeting, and was adopted by the following vote: 04-288(a): "A RESOLUTION GRANTING A GROUP HOUSING USE PERMIT (GHP-04-04) T(: AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, L.L.C. TO CONSTRUCT THIRTEEF RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSE UNITS AT 3711 AND 37'15 TURNPIKE ROAD. WHEREAS, Lloyd Vaughan, Managing Partner of Affordable Residential Housing, L.L.C., pursuant to Section 40-112 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988), as amended, has applied for a group housing use permit for thirteen residential townhouse units to be constructed at 3711 and 3715 Turnpike Road, Portsmouth, Virginia; and WHEREAS, the subject property is more particularly described as follows: GHP-04-04 Beginning approximately 188 feet west of the intersection of Rodman Avenue and Turnpike Road along the southern right-of-way line of Turnpike Road; thence south approximately 427.23 feet to a point; thence west approximately 152.50 feet to a point; thence north approximately 414.58 feet to a point; thence east approximately 152.00 feet along the southern right-of-way line of Turnpike Road to the point of beginning. and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed such application and site plan submitted therewith and has recommended conditional approval of said application; and WHEREAS, the applicant has been informed that approval of the group housing project pursuant to Section 40-116 only grants an exemption from certain requirements for residences as stated in said section and does not constitute a waiver of any other requirement embodied in the Subdivision Ordinance, Zoning Ordinance, Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, or any other applicable local, state or federal law or regulation; and WHEREAS, the applicant is aware that building permits and any other required permit will be issued only upon compliance with the ordinances, laws or regulations applicable thereto; and WHEREAS, the following conditions exist: (a) The proposed project is compatible with surrounding land uses; (b) The density of the project does not exceed the maximum allowable density for the zoning district, and, where applicable, the floor-area ratio of the project does not exceed the maximum allowable floor-area ratio for the zoning district;