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<br />July 26. 2005 <br /> <br />At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, July 26, 2005, <br />there were present: <br /> <br />Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor William E. Moody, Jr., Charles B. Whitehurst, <br />Sr., Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Ray A. Smith, Sr., City Manager James <br />B. Oliver, Jr., Senior Deputy City Attorney George Willson. <br /> <br />Reverend Jane Cherry, opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed by <br />the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. <br /> <br />Mayor Holley called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to approve the <br />minutes of a Called Meeting on July 12, 2005, and a Regular Meeting on <br />July 12, 2005, and was adopted by unanimous vote. <br /> <br />05 - 331 - Presentations: <br /> <br />. Beauty and the Beast Presentation. <br /> <br />. Proclamation presented to Betty Wright for "National Night Out." <br /> <br />. Special presentation by the March of Dimes. <br /> <br />- Public Hearing - <br /> <br />05 - 332 - Public hearing on a code amendment application: <br /> <br />(a) CA-05-02 <br /> <br />CITYWIDE - The City of Portsmouth requests a code amendment <br />to Section 40-52.1 (b) Historic Limited Business of the Zoning <br />Ordinance to allow private banquet facilities with a use permit. <br />Vision Principle: A Robust and Prospering Economy. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to defer consideration <br />of CA-05-02 to the meeting of September 27, 2005, and was adopted by unanimous <br />vote. <br /> <br />- Unfinished Business - <br /> <br />Consent Aqenda <br /> <br />05 - 311 - Rezoning and use permits: <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to adopt the following <br />ordinance and resolutions, approved on first reading at the July 12, 2005 meeting, and <br />was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />05-311 (a): <br />"ZONING AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Z-05-09." <br /> <br />05-311 (b): <br /> <br />"A RESOLUTION GRANTING A USE PERMIT TO ALBERT WEEKS FOR A <br />DUPLEX AT 2 MOHICAN DRIVE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Albert Weeks has made application pursuant to Section 40-43.1 <br />of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) for the granting of a use permit <br />to construct a duplex at 2 Mohican Drive; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the applicant and the Planning Director have done all things <br />required to be done in connection with said application; and <br />