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<br />February 28. 2006
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<br />06 - 77(b)
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<br />"RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL OF A GROUP HOUSING USE PERMIT
<br />(GHP-05-04) TO LAND DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT, INC., FOR 15 RESIDENTIAL
<br />CONDOMINIUM UNITS ON TOWNE POINT ROAD.
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<br />WHEREAS, Land Design & Development, Inc., has made application, pursuant
<br />to Section 40-112 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988), as amended,
<br />for the approval and granting of a group housing use permit for 15 residential
<br />condominium units to be constructed near the intersection of Towne Point Road and
<br />Twin Pines Road, Portsmouth, Virginia; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the subject property is furthermore described as:
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<br />GHP-05-04
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<br />All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements
<br />thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and being
<br />known, numbered and designated as Part II, as shown on a plat entitled
<br />"SUBDIVISION OF PARCEL B-1, SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF PROPERTY
<br />OF PEACHTREE ASSOCIATES, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA", which said plat is
<br />duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth,
<br />Virginia, in Map Book 13, at page 213, consisting of 1.1852 acres (51,628.93
<br />square feet).
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<br />and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed such application and site
<br />plan submitted therewith and has recommended conditional approval of said
<br />application; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the applicant has been informed that approval of the group housing
<br />project pursuant to Section 40-116 only grants an exemption from certain requirements
<br />for residences as stated in said section and does not constitute a waiver of any other
<br />requirement embodied in the Subdivision Ordinance, Zoning Ordinance, Code of the
<br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, or any other applicable local, state or federal law or
<br />regulation; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the applicant is aware that building permits and any other required
<br />permit will be issued only upon compliance with the ordinances, laws or regulations
<br />applicable thereto.
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<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia:
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<br />1. That, coupled with the terms imposed by paragraph 2 hereof, the following
<br />conditions exist:
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<br />(a) The proposed project is compatible with surrounding land uses;
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<br />(b) The density of the project does not exceed the maximum allowable
<br />density for the zoning district, and, where applicable, the floor-area ratio of the project
<br />does not exceed the maximum allowable floor-area ratio for the zoning district;
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<br />(c) The project as a whole conforms to applicable requirements for minimum
<br />required floor area for dwelling units, minimum allowable area for dwelling units,
<br />maximum allowable area for the number of dwelling units, and the maximum allowable
<br />area devoted to residential purposes;
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