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November 23, 1993 "A RESOLUTION ~] OROUP HOUSING USE PERMIT (GHp'93-4) ! Ti,:, CONSTRUCTION OF THiRTY,EIGHT, (38)TOWNltOUSE UNITS ON CANDLELIGHT LANE AND LANTERN WAY ON A PORTION OF TAX Ir,.,_Ap 709, PARCELS 6-14, 46.1 ~ 46.2. WHEREAS, the applicant, The Creative Group, Inc., 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 use permit for the construction of thirty-eight (38) townhouse units on Candlelight Lane and Lantern Way on a portion of Tax Map 709, Parcels 6-14, 46.1 and 46.2, described as follows: GHP-93-~ Beginning at the northeast intersection of River Pointe Drive and Lantern Way; thence north along the east right-of-way line of Lantern Way 253 feet more or less to a point; thence east 114.15 feet to a point; thence southerly 231 feet to a point; thence westerly 107.33 feet to the east right-of-way line of Lantern Way, the point of beginning. Also, beginning at a point on the east right-of-way line of Candlelight Lane a distance of 233.28 feet northerly and easterly from its intersection with the north right-of-way line of River Pointe Drive; thence continuing easterly along said right-of-way 308.79 feet to a point; thence southerly 112 feet to a point; thence westerly 259.68 feet to a point; thence northwesterly 104.88 feet to the east right-of-way line of Candlelight Lane, the point of beginning. Also, beginning on the west right-of-way line of Candlelight Lane a distance of 221.30 feet northerly from its intersection with the north right-of-way line of River Pointe Drive; thence northwesterly a distance of 129.91 feet to a point; thence easterly 551.05 feet to a point; thence southeasterly 124 feet to a point; thence southerly 24.65 feet to the west right-of-way line of Candlelight Lane; thence westerly along said right-of-way 493.67 feet to the point of beginning. 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 grants only 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 or any other required permit will be issued only upon compliance with the ordinances, laws or regulations applicable thereto. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT REsoLvED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That coupled with the terms imposed by Paragraph 2 herein the following conditions exist: (a) The PrOPosed project is compatible with surrounding land uses;