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								    August 28, 2018  
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<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED  
<br /> by the Council of the City of Portsmouth,  
<br />Virginia:  
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<br /> 1.   That it finds that the use for which the permit is sought:  
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<br />(a) Complies with the applicable standards of the Zoning Ordinance;  
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<br />(b) Is consistent with the comprehensive plan;  
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<br />(c) Is compatible with the character of surrounding lands and the uses permitted in the  
<br />zoning district(s) of surrounding lands;  
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<br />(d) Is configured to minimize adverse effects, including the visual impacts of the  
<br />proposed use on adjacent lands;  
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<br />(e) Avoids significant deterioration of water and air resources, and other natural  
<br />resources;  
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<br />(f) Maintains safe and adequate egress and ingress onto the site, and safe road  
<br />conditions around the site;  
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<br />(g) Allows for the protection of property values and the ability of neighboring lands to  
<br />develop the uses permitted in the zoning districts; and  
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<br />(h) Complies with all other city, state, and federal laws and regulations.  
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<br /> 2.   That Edward Walker is hereby granted a use permit pursuant to Section  
<br />40.1-2.3(B) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) to operate an  
<br />entertainment establishment at 467 Court Street, Portsmouth, Virginia, Tax Parcel 0006- 
<br />0900, being more particularly described as:  
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<br />UP-18-04  
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<br />467 Court Street  
<br />(Tax Parcel 0006-0900)  
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<br />ALL THAT certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the appurtenances thereunto  
<br />belonging, situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, on the east side of Court Street,  
<br />between High Street and Queen Street, and bounded and described as follows:  
<br />Beginning on Court Street at the Northwest corner of lot formerly the Court House lot;  
<br />thence running North along the east side of Court Street, forty-two (42) feet, more or less,  
<br />to the Yard pales now or formerly of Elizabeth Blamire; thence running East and parallel  
<br />with the Court House lot one hundred fifteen (115) feet, more or less, to land now or  
<br />formerly of David A. Reynolds; thence running South forty-two (42) feet, more or less, to  
<br />the lot formerly the Court House lot; and thence running West along that lot to the point  
<br />of beginning, said property being known as the Masonic Temple and being known by the  
<br />present system of street numbering as 463-467 Court Street, Portsmouth, Virginia,  
<br />together with all right, title and interest, and all easements acquired by and under a Deed  
<br />dated May 10, 1904 from Otto C.A. Bindewald, et ux., to the Trustees of Portsmouth Naval  
<br />Lodge No. 100.  A.F. & A.M., and Trustees of Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter No. 11,  
<br />which Deed is recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth,  
<br />Virginia, in Deed Book 48, at page 404.  
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<br />IT BEING the same property conveyed to 467 Court Street, LLC, a Virginia limited liability  
<br />company, by Deed from CJN Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Virginia limited liability  
<br />company, dated May 12, 2017 and recorded in the Portsmouth Circuit Court Clerk’s Office  
<br />as Instrument Number 170004827.  
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<br />3. That the use permit is approved subject to the following conditions which  
<br />shall be observed by the applicant and any successor in interest:  
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