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September 10, 2024 “RESOLUTION GRANTING A USE PERMIT (UP-24-08) TO OPERATE AN EVENT SPACE/BANQUET HALL IN A SUITE HAVING AN ADDRESS OF 507 WILLIAMSBURG AVENUE LOCATED WITHIN A LARGER PARCEL IDENTIFIED AS 1629 HIGH STREET (TAX PARCEL 0097-0010). WHEREAS , T. Majors, the authorized agent of the contract lessee of the subject property, has made application pursuant to Section 40.2-533 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia for the granting of a use permit to operate an event space/banquet hall in a suite having an address of 507 Williamsburg Avenue located within a larger parcel identified as 1629 High Street (Tax Parcel 0097-0010); and WHEREAS, Thomas W. Dana III, the owner of the subject property, has consented to the filing of the application; and WHEREAS , the applicant and the Planning Director have done all things required to be done in connection with said application; and WHEREAS , the Planning Commission has recommended the approval with conditions of the application for a use permit. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That it has reviewed and considered the application materials, the City staff report, the proceedings and recommendation of the Planning Commission, all comments made at the public hearing, and the discussion of the Council regarding the application. 2. That it has considered factors it deemed applicable and consistent with the Code of Virginia, which may include, without limitation, the nature, extent, external effects, location, design or method of operation of the requested use, the City’s comprehensive plan, and the public health, safety, and general welfare. 3. That it has considered the imposition of conditions regarding the location, character, and other features of the proposed use and finds and determines that the conditions imposed by this Resolution are necessary to ensure compliance with the general intent and purposes of the Zoning Ordinance and to prevent or minimize adverse effects from the proposed use. 4. That based on its review and consideration, it has determined that the use GRANTED WITH CONDITIONS permit requested by the subject application should be as provided in this Resolution. 5. That a use permit is hereby granted pursuant to Section 40.2-533 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia to operate an event space/banquet hall in a suite having an address of 507 Williamsburg Avenue located within a larger parcel identified as 1629 High Street (Tax Parcel 0097-0010), the said property being more particularly described as: UP-24-08 507 Williamsburg Avenue (a portion of Tax Parcel 0097-0010) THAT CERTAIN suite designated as 507 Williamsburg Avenue and located within the following property: ALL THOSE certain lots, pieces or parcels of land in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, known, numbered and designated as Lots Nine (9) through Twelve (12) and Lots Twenty- One (21) through Twenty- Three (23), and the north forty (40) feet of Lot Twenty-Four (24) in Block B on the plat of Goshen Farm, which plat is duly recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia in Map Book 1, at Page 81, said property being more particularly described as follows: