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<br />March 17, 19aB
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<br /> At a regular meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday, March 12, 1985, there were
<br />present:
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<br />James W. Holley, III, Ben A. Beamer, Sr., E. G. Corprew, Jr., J. Robert Gray,
<br />L. Louise Lucas, Gloria O. Webb, Morton V. Whitlow, George L. Hanbury, City
<br />Manager, Steven Lieberman, City Attorney.
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<br /> Rev. Percy O. White, Pastor of St. Marks Baptist Church, opened the meeting with prayer,
<br />followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
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<br />Mayor Holley welcomed all visitors in attendance.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Beamer and seconded by Mrs. Webb, minutes of the called meeting of Februar
<br />26, 1985; minutes of the regular meeting of February 26, 1985; and minutes of the called
<br />meeting of March 5, 1985, to be approved as received, and was adopted by unanimous vote.
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<br />85-70 Public Hearing on rezoning, use permit, and group housing applications:
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<br />(a) Zoning Petition Z 85-6
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<br />Rezoning application of W. F. Magann Corp., Owner, for
<br />property located at 3805 Adams Street; from Residential
<br />R-1S0 to Industrial M-2.
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<br /> Eddy G. Harwell, 3219 Channel Avenue, representing W. F. Magann Corporation, was present
<br />to answer questions.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Gray and seconded by Mr. Beamer, to concur in the
<br />Planning Commission, to rezone property located at 3805 Adams Street
<br />to Industrial M-2, and the following ordinance was approved on first
<br />vote:
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<br />recommendation of the
<br />from Residential R-150
<br />reading by unanimous
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<br />'ZONING AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Z 85-6"
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<br />(b) Zoning Petition Z 85-7
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<br />Rezoning application of Associated Churchland Investors,
<br />Owners, by Ripley Wright Associates Ltd., for a parcel
<br />of land on the east side of Twin Pines Road lying between
<br />the subdivision of Twin Pines and the Seaboard Coast Line
<br />Railroad; from Industrial M-1-R to Residential R-75-K
<br />Conditional and R-100-K Conditional.
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<br /> Ronald Ripley, 1515 N. Military Highway, Norfolk, representing Ripley Wright Associates,
<br />spoke in support of the application.
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<br /> Joseph Preziotti, Jr., 421- Quince Road, representing applicant, presented site plan f6r
<br />the rezoning.
<br />
<br /> Robert F. Ripley, 1515 N. Military
<br />and John P. Wright, 2417 Lakewood Lane,
<br />were present.
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<br />Highway, Norfolk, representing Ripley Wright Associate
<br />Chesapeake, representing RipleyWriyht Associates,
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<br />The following c~tizens spoke in opposition of the rezoning:
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<br />Thomas W. Thacker, 3936 Merrifields BoulevarJ, representing Merrifields Civic League.
<br />Motion of Mrs. Webb and seconded by Mr. Beamer, that Mr. Thacker be granted an additional
<br />5 minutes to speak, and was adopted by unanimous vote.
<br />Motion of Mrs. Webb, seconded by Mr. Gray, to grant Mr. Baule an additional 2 minutes, was adopted by
<br />Fred Baule, 4100 Tarnywood Drive, representing Merrifields Civic League, presented the
<br />following petition:
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<br /> "We, the undersigned residents anJ homeowners of Portsmouth, netition the Portsmouth
<br />City Council to withh61d approval of the requested rezoning of t~e 92 acre Twin Pines
<br />site as currently proposed. Our two maior concerns requiring corrective action prior
<br />to Council approval are:
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<br /> 1.A significant reduction in the number of dwelling units proposed
<br /> particularly the 360 apartments.
<br /> 2. That Greenbrook Drive should not be a through road connecting Twin Pines
<br /> Ro~d and Cedar Lane.
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<br /> Ou~ CiVic League would have opposed this issue at the Planning Commission public hearing,
<br />however we were award through press reports that the City Planning Department would oppose thi
<br />rezoning. We incorrectly believed the Planning Commission would follow staff recommendations
<br />not relinguish the light industrial~commercial zoning, known as Southampton Center, that the
<br />city and developer worked so hard for back in 1977. As some of you may recall, the two civic
<br />groups most affected by that rezoning, the Twin Pines concerned citizens and the Merrifields
<br />Civic League, worked together with the developer and the City to address all concerns. This
<br />was a successful city~developer/commnnity effort resulting ~n support for Southampton Center.
<br />Mr. Nathan Thomas, from Twin Pines, expressed his group's snrong support for Southampton
<br />Center and I presented for Merrifields a statement of conditional support based on the City
<br />ag$~f~ us the "Declaration of Restrictions" agreed to by the developer would in fact be
<br />documenteJ and enforced. As you know, this was accomplished through use of a new conditional
<br />zoning approach.
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<br /> We further mistakenly believed the Planning Commission would reject this proposal in
<br />it is in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan. This olan recognized the need to control high
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