Planning Commission

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CITY OF PORTSMOUTH
PLANNING DEPARTMENT ATTN: (STAFF MEMBER NAME)
801 CRAWFORD STREET
PORTSMOUTH, VA 23704

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Agenda Items for December 5, 2023 Meeting

Agenda materials will be posted 5-7 days prior to the meeting.

UP-23-20 (King’s Gate Crossing) – Don Scott, Esq., on behalf of SAFStor Real Estate Co., LLC, requests a Use Permit for a four-story, approximately 104,700 square-foot self-service storage facility with 770 units on approximately 2.2 combined acres of land located at 3206, 3208, and 3210 Airline Boulevard, and a portion of 3290 Airline Boulevard in the General Mixed-Use (GMU) zoning district. The Future Land Use Map of the Build One Portsmouth Comprehensive Plan designates these properties as part of a Mixed-Use Corridor. The properties are owned by Batton II LLC and are further described as Tax Map 582 Parcel 2, 3, and 4 and a portion of Tax Map 583 Parcel 4. Applicant has requested a deferral.

SUB-23-00025 (Cradock): Hoggard-Eure Associates is requesting a major subdivision of 4300 George Washington Highway to create sixty new parcels. This is the fourth phase of the previously approved Afton Green project. The Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map recommends low to medium density single-family residential development on the parcel. The parcel is 11.75 acres, and is further described as Tax Map 461, Page 110.

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Mission Statement

The Commission’s primary responsibility is to make recommendations to the City Council on matters related to comprehensive and current planning and land use development.