[0:01] Good afternoon.

[0:02] » Good afternoon.

[0:05] » I am Shondaanda Taylor and this is our

[0:10] planning commission work session agenda

[0:12] for Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

[0:16] starting at 12:35

[0:18] in the city council conference room,

[0:20] sixth floor of city hall.

[0:23] » Dr. Russell.

[0:24] » All right, doc. And I'm going to for the

[0:26] rest I'm going to defer to Dr. Russell.

[0:28] » Good afternoon. Uh and thank you. We

[0:30] have one agenda item this afternoon. Um

[0:33] and it is a use permit application. Mr.

[0:36] Bill Landfair is going to provide the uh

[0:40] staff report for that uh item. And then

[0:43] we're going to follow that with an uh

[0:47] brief review of our agenda items for our

[0:49] board of zoning appeals meeting um

[0:54] uh for March 25th. And then we're going

[0:56] to provide a project update for our

[0:58] comprehensive planning projects for the

[1:00] department. Mr. Landfair, principal

[1:02] planner.

[1:02] » Thank you, Dr. Russell. Good afternoon,

[1:04] planning commissioners.

[1:06] » Good afternoon.

[1:07] » Bill Lanfair, principal planner with the

[1:09] city of Portsouth planning department.

[1:12] The application before you today is a

[1:15] request for a use permit for the

[1:17] development of three townhouse units on

[1:19] approximately. 61 acres located at 531

[1:24] Edward Street in the multifamily urban

[1:26] residential zoning district.

[1:29] The subject property is located adjacent

[1:32] to the Southside Gardens and Portide

[1:34] Manor multifamily neighborhoods and is

[1:37] also near the Port Center commercial

[1:39] park.

[1:41] The property is vacant, measuring

[1:43] approximately 75 ft in length and 121 ft

[1:47] in depth for a total of 9,075

[1:50] square ft or.21 acres. It's located

[1:54] within the AE8 special flood hazard area

[1:58] and the resource management area of the

[2:00] Chesapeake Bay preservation area.

[2:03] The surrounding neighborhood is

[2:05] characterized by a mix of residential,

[2:08] commercial, industrial, and

[2:09] institutional land uses all within two

[2:12] blocks of the subject property.

[2:16] To the north and west, there are

[2:17] multifamily developments containing town

[2:20] houses, condominiums, and apartments

[2:22] zoned multifamily urban residential.

[2:26] To the east and south are detached

[2:28] single family residences also zone

[2:30] multifamily urban residential.

[2:34] Additionally, two family and three to

[2:37] four family dwellings can be found

[2:39] within about one block of the subject

[2:41] property.

[2:44] The applicant is proposing to subdivide

[2:46] the property into three townhouse lots.

[2:49] Two will be end units 3,449

[2:53] square ft in size and one will be an

[2:56] interior lot 2,178

[2:59] square ft in size. Each townhouse will

[3:02] measure 18 ft in width and 30 ft in

[3:05] depth providing 1556 square ft of living

[3:09] area. Each dwelling will have a driveway

[3:11] accommodating two off- streetet vehicle

[3:13] parking spaces which satisfies the

[3:16] requirement for the use.

[3:19] Each unit will also include a covered

[3:21] front porch and a seconds story rear

[3:23] balcony. The submitted elevations and

[3:26] conceptual plans are incorporated into

[3:29] the conditions of approval for the use

[3:31] permit to ensure substantial conformity

[3:34] with the recommended design standards.

[3:37] Staff is recommending approval of the

[3:39] applicant's request with the recommended

[3:41] conditions. The proposed residential use

[3:44] will be consistent with the overall

[3:46] intent and policies of the city's build

[3:48] one portsmith comprehensive plan and the

[3:52] citywide strategic housing plan

[3:54] particularly relating to improved

[3:56] housing quality and the provision of

[3:59] mixed income housing. The development

[4:01] will be appropriate at this location. It

[4:04] provides compatible infill that improves

[4:07] the appearance of the property and has

[4:09] an architectural design that will

[4:11] complement the surrounding area. The

[4:13] planning department has not received any

[4:15] public comments. This concludes my

[4:18] presentation and I'll now stand by for

[4:20] any questions.

[4:27] » Commissioner is there any questions? No.

[4:31] Okay. Thank you.

[4:36] All right.

[4:39] » All right.

[4:40] » The next agenda items um will be

[4:43] presented by Mr. Travon Boon, our zone

[4:46] administrator, and he's going to review

[4:48] the uh board of zoning appeals agenda

[4:50] items that will be considered on March

[4:52] 25th.

[4:54] » Um good afternoon, commissioners. I say

[4:56] that I am Son, zoning administrator for

[4:58] the city of Portsouth. Um there are five

[5:00] cases to be heard before the board of

[5:02] voting appeals on March the 25th um at

[5:04] our BCA meeting. Um those items include

[5:07] 1404 Center Avenue. Um they are

[5:10] requesting a special exception to

[5:12] authorize the reduction of the minimum

[5:14] minimum required side yard setback from

[5:16] 7 ft to 3 ft and that's in order to

[5:19] construct a detached single family

[5:20] dwelling on a narrow lot. Um the next

[5:24] item that we have is 316 High Street and

[5:28] also 330 County Street. Um both are

[5:31] requesting a special exception to

[5:33] authorize a residential ground floor

[5:36] conversion in accordance with section

[5:38] 40.2-535

[5:41] subsection B subsection 2.

[5:44] The next item that we have is 822

[5:46] Garfield Street. They are requesting a

[5:49] variance in or in accord in in

[5:51] accordance excuse me with zoning

[5:52] ordinance section 40.2534

[5:55] subsection B subsection 6 to allow for a

[5:58] deviation from the provisions of the

[6:01] city code chapter 14.1 and the flood

[6:04] protection area. And the last item that

[6:06] we have is 1204 airline boulevard and

[6:09] they're also requesting a variance to

[6:11] reduce the side yard setbacks

[6:13] requirements from 20 ft to 14 ft. and

[6:16] they are all the items that we have by

[6:18] our March the 25th meeting for the board

[6:20] of zoning appeals.

[6:22] » Commissioners, the um code of Virginia

[6:25] requires that um we share with the

[6:28] planning commission those agenda items

[6:29] for our board of zoning appeals meeting

[6:31] in the event that you have comments that

[6:34] you would like for us to uh share with

[6:36] board members or appear uh before the

[6:39] board during their deliberations.

[6:43] Okay, Madam Chair, that concludes the

[6:46] formal agenda items for the meeting. I

[6:49] do have an update on our planning

[6:51] projects if I may share that with

[6:53] commissioners. Okay,

[6:55] » Miss Jackson. Mrs. Jackson.

[7:03] Thank you.

[7:21] Thank you.

[7:23] » Thank you.

[7:26] Thank you.

[7:29] I was hoping you save one for me. So

[7:32] anyway,

[7:33] » Thank you.

[7:38] Members of the commission, I um what you

[7:41] uh traditionally see from um our agenda

[7:45] items monthtomonth, you'll see resoning

[7:47] applications, you'll see use permit

[7:49] applications. Occasionally um over the

[7:52] the 24 months that I have been on board,

[7:55] you've seen a couple of zoning ordinance

[7:57] text amendments, but I thought as we

[7:59] were deliberating amongst our team

[8:01] members uh about project assignments and

[8:04] priorities of projects that it would be

[8:06] beneficial to share with the

[8:07] commissioners the comprehensive planning

[8:09] projects or the long-term planning

[8:11] projects that we're working on and then

[8:13] to give you some status information

[8:15] about those projects. I also think that

[8:17] it's um

[8:21] prudent to share this information with

[8:23] you because we often get requests. I

[8:25] received a request this morning from a

[8:26] citizen that made an appointment to

[8:28] speak to me about things that they think

[8:30] we ought to be involved in and put on

[8:32] our list of priorities. Um and so uh the

[8:36] first item is the historic uh district

[8:39] design guidelines review. Mr. Bill

[8:42] Landfair uh coordinates and supports

[8:44] both our uh uh historic preservation

[8:47] commiss commission and our uh DDC our

[8:51] our downtown design um commission. And

[8:55] what we have found um is that the design

[9:00] guidelines for both districts really

[9:03] don't take advantage of some of the new

[9:06] opportunities for materials um that are

[9:10] more costly. uh and more effective um in

[9:14] terms of um uh energy efficiency and

[9:17] other efficiencies. Um and because

[9:20] they're not in the guidelines, they are

[9:22] not ready opportunities for property

[9:24] owners to use. So take for example slate

[9:27] roofing. They're composite materials

[9:30] that emulate that so that from the

[9:33] untrained eye, they're

[9:35] indistinguishable, especially if you're

[9:37] looking at it from the ground level. and

[9:39] our design guidelines don't um currently

[9:42] permit that. Additionally, for window

[9:44] treatments, composite window treatments

[9:47] that resemble wood material um that

[9:50] would be appropriate. Our design

[9:52] guidelines in many instances don't

[9:53] permit. And so um for at least a year uh

[9:58] I have u been party to discussions about

[10:01] when are we going to update the historic

[10:04] uh preservation district uh design

[10:06] guidelines and we are undertaking that

[10:09] effort as we speak and so we want you to

[10:11] be aware of that. In addition to um the

[10:15] materials, we want to review the

[10:18] administrative

[10:20] um

[10:22] allowances that would permit uh staff to

[10:25] review and approve

[10:28] uh work within our historic districts

[10:30] and issue a certificate of occupancy

[10:33] without having to go through board

[10:35] review. And the reason why that's

[10:37] important is in in most instances it

[10:41] time is money. And if we can get a

[10:43] project to construction four weeks

[10:46] faster or eight weeks faster, we are um

[10:51] uh improving the outcome from the

[10:54] developer or the property owner just by

[10:57] the nature of uh saving time and saving

[10:59] money.

[11:01] We've talked a lot about the link

[11:03] district and uh you most recently

[11:06] considered amendments to the uh

[11:10] Portsmith zoning ordinance uh regarding

[11:13] adoption of provisions um of the

[11:15] ordinance to implement the

[11:17] recommendations of the innovation plan.

[11:20] You will recall that we propose that we

[11:23] do that in two phases. Um that we put

[11:26] forth those prescriptive recommendations

[11:28] that are in the plan and we follow that

[11:31] effort with a stakeholder engagement

[11:34] process so that we readress some of the

[11:37] design guidelines that uh are outlined

[11:41] in the innovation plan to model um some

[11:45] of the observations that we've made in

[11:48] other areas. main street downtown areas

[11:51] that have reinvented themselves. Um that

[11:55] effort where we are is developing or

[11:57] identifying stakeholders who would be

[11:59] involved in that process. Uh we have

[12:02] intentionally sought to observe the

[12:05] stakeholder engagement process around

[12:08] the Crawford Bay um

[12:11] um uh stakeholder public engagement

[12:15] efforts that have just includ concluded

[12:18] and and I'll share with you that um I

[12:21] actually registered as a participant uh

[12:24] in the um Porsmith um it was on our the

[12:27] Porsche website and I just marveled how

[12:32] that uh the updates for real time for

[12:35] both of the community engagement efforts

[12:38] uh were sent to me by text message, by

[12:40] email uh and by phone. So, it would have

[12:43] been impossible to forget uh that both

[12:45] of those activities were occurring and

[12:48] then what we were being asked to do as

[12:51] stakeholders

[12:52] uh in the process in in our

[12:54] participation. And so we're going to as

[12:57] closely as possible mimic that process

[13:01] uh in the development of the link

[13:03] district design guidelines.

[13:06] So our short-term rental ordinance, we

[13:10] don't know if we presented this to the

[13:12] planning commission or not, but in

[13:13] September we did present to uh the city

[13:17] council in a work session uh information

[13:20] about our short-term rental ordinance

[13:22] and the provisions of the code of

[13:23] Virginia. And so just in a quick

[13:26] summary, um the code permits by right uh

[13:30] a property owner to use their property

[13:33] for short-term rentals as long as they

[13:36] are residing in the property at least

[13:38] 50% of the time. Okay? So that could

[13:41] mean to, you know, if you take six

[13:43] months out of the year, say they they're

[13:44] living in the property six months and

[13:46] then they're using it as a short-term

[13:48] rental six months or they're residing at

[13:50] the in the property at the same time or

[13:54] portion of the time that it is also um

[13:56] being leased as a short-term rental. Um

[14:01] we had committed to um well we have

[14:04] committed to to have this process

[14:07] complete by summer 2026.

[14:10] Um the the

[14:13] challenge with this one is that the the

[14:16] stakeholders aren't readily

[14:18] identifiable, you know, because I mean

[14:20] in general they're property owners. Uh

[14:23] we think that the um the uh real estate

[14:27] brokerage industry would would also be

[14:29] stakeholders uh involved in this

[14:31] process.

[14:32] uh property managers. There are all

[14:35] kinds of uh levels of expertise that we

[14:37] want to bring to the table in uh vetting

[14:40] and developing an ordinance uh for

[14:43] short-term rentals. Uh I noticed over

[14:45] the weekend um

[14:49] a community is very different from from

[14:51] Portmith. Uh but it's the town of

[14:53] Smithville. There's an article that said

[14:55] they have very few uh short-term rentals

[14:58] and their ordinance only requires the

[15:00] registration um of the uh property as a

[15:04] short-term rental and uh a business

[15:07] license. And so uh we are uh also

[15:11] responsible for benchmarking and and

[15:13] just finding out you know what what our

[15:15] neighboring localities are doing and

[15:16] what's working uh what's not working and

[15:19] then try to launch our ordinance process

[15:22] in a way that avoids those uh regulatory

[15:26] practices that that did not work for our

[15:28] neighbors.

[15:30] Uh comprehensive plan update. So we did

[15:34] an audit of the comprehensive plan that

[15:36] we presented to the PL our planning

[15:38] commissioners and council. Uh we have

[15:42] actually out on EVA which is the state's

[15:45] uh procurement website uh a request for

[15:48] proposals where we're seeking consultant

[15:50] support to help us in the development of

[15:53] our 2040 comprehensive plan. We

[15:56] anticipate that that is going to be uh

[15:59] about a a a 24 to 30month effort. Uh we

[16:04] are uh well aware of the best practices

[16:07] uh Commissioner Melvin that you have

[16:08] asked us to consider uh in the

[16:11] development of that plan. Along the way,

[16:14] you will uh as commissioners will

[16:16] receive periodic reports uh on the

[16:19] status of our plan development uh as

[16:23] well as information about our

[16:24] stakeholder and public engagement um uh

[16:28] activities so that you can participate

[16:30] if you'd like. And then the last item um

[16:34] we should mark that as complete. We did

[16:36] a overhaul of our Chesapeake Bay

[16:39] uh preservation district ordinance uh

[16:42] and uh reaffirmation of the maps

[16:45] designating our RPA, RMA

[16:48] um and intensely developed area features

[16:51] uh on our map. And so just want um

[16:54] commissioners to be aware, you know, in

[16:56] tandem as we're processing these uh land

[16:58] use applications and our site plans and

[17:00] our subdivisions and supporting our five

[17:02] boards and commissions, we are also

[17:04] working on those long-term projects that

[17:07] really um will change the uh physical um

[17:14] appearance, the physical uh plant of the

[17:17] community. Uh and those efforts take

[17:20] time.

[17:21] I'm happy to answer. I'm looking at this

[17:23] is usually y'all are surprised. So, I

[17:26] have an audience of three today.

[17:28] » Do you have any questions? I'd be more

[17:30] than happy to answer them.

[17:31] » Um I think it's just one that is not on

[17:34] this sheet, but it's up there. The code

[17:37] enforcement for entertainment venues.

[17:39] » We took that off. You know why? Cuz we

[17:41] we we are for the most part done with

[17:44] that. We have to tweak that ordinance

[17:46] that was adopted in August 2026.

[17:49] » Um

[17:51] relative to implementation because we

[17:53] had some some challenges that I I don't

[17:55] want to discuss um in public because I'd

[17:58] be identifying the specific properties.

[18:00] Okay.

[18:01] » Um but with respect to uh enforcement

[18:05] and um mitigation of of the the two

[18:09] properties that were a challenge, those

[18:11] issues were resolved on February 25th.

[18:13] » Yes.

[18:13] » Okay.

[18:19] I definitely like the historic district

[18:21] design guideline review. Thank you so

[18:25] much. Um I learned about that the hard

[18:28] way by actually going through it. Um but

[18:31] everybody was great, especially Phil and

[18:33] Miss Rhonda. Um, but I do like that it

[18:36] was uh even a thought um Sean I think

[18:39] his name is who is the president of uh

[18:42] the HPC to like once in a while have a

[18:46] meeting of the minds for everybody

[18:47] involved like from

[18:50] historical to planning commission to

[18:52] zoning just so that like we make sure

[18:54] we're all on one page about some of the

[18:56] changes that come down the pipeline. Um,

[18:59] I'm excited for the link district and

[19:03] short-term rental ordinance. That's

[19:05] going to be um a project. A project and

[19:10] a challenge, but I know you guys can get

[19:12] it done. So, I'm excited about

[19:13] everything that's on the list for the

[19:15] city.

[19:16] » Wonderful. Are you interested in being a

[19:17] stakeholder on any of those?

[19:19] » I can be.

[19:20] » Okay. Any all

[19:21] » Can be. So,

[19:22] » So

[19:24] » Maybe one or two.

[19:25] » Okay.

[19:25] » But I got you.

[19:27] » Thank you. Yeah, thank you for the

[19:28] update. I definitely interested being a

[19:30] stakeholder for the link district

[19:32] ordinance and the uh comprehensive plan.

[19:35] » Um, thank you for

[19:37] um considering my feedback for the

[19:39] comprehensive plan. I know uh doing a

[19:42] great job here with including smart

[19:43] goals which are very important. Um but

[19:46] also including like a capability matrix

[19:48] for each department will help out

[19:50] because you'll find yourself in the same

[19:52] predicament as last year with uh

[19:55] departments not um doing certain you

[19:58] know objectives cuz they just might not

[20:00] have the capability such as you know

[20:02] funding or the amount of people. So the

[20:04] capability matrix gives Mr. Carter the

[20:06] opportunity to see where each department

[20:08] is at and be able to fund or plan out so

[20:13] that they can reach that objective. So

[20:15] just just something to to note there so

[20:18] that we can

[20:20] show action with a comprehensive plan.

[20:23] » Okay. Can you help me with how is the

[20:25] capability metrics um different than uh

[20:30] a task an assignment?

[20:32] » Yeah. So you can um provide you can give

[20:35] any task right but if the department per

[20:39] se can't meet that task

[20:42] then it's just it's just out there it's

[20:44] not going to be done. So with the

[20:45] capability matrix matrix it shows you

[20:48] there's like a a taxonomy out there that

[20:52] shows you like uh from levels one to

[20:53] five

[20:55] um where you can meet at. And like

[20:57] usually typically when companies do this

[21:00] they want to be at level three or four.

[21:02] That means that their pro processes are

[21:03] in place. They have the right amount of

[21:05] people that can do the job. They have

[21:07] the funding so that they can meet that

[21:09] task. Now, if you're under level three,

[21:12] if you're at one or two, that means you

[21:14] don't have the processes in place, you

[21:15] don't have the funding, you don't have

[21:16] the people, so you can't meet that

[21:18] objective. And there's nothing to do

[21:20] with, you know, the department itself.

[21:22] It's just that there's some there's a

[21:24] shortage somewhere. And with the

[21:25] capability matrix, it gives you the city

[21:28] manager the um the ability to see like,

[21:32] okay, I see where my shortfalls are at

[21:35] now. I can uh strategically

[21:37] um allocate resources to that department

[21:41] so that they can meet that objective if

[21:43] that's your priority. So that's how

[21:46] capability matrix will will help out

[21:47] with the task. Because if you just have

[21:49] a task and smart goals, it's nice to

[21:51] have on paper,

[21:54] but you need the people, you need the

[21:55] funding, you need the processes in order

[21:58] to actually execute. And that's where I

[22:01] realized that a lot of, you know,

[22:04] companies uh go wrong is that they don't

[22:06] have the means to execute. I know we're

[22:08] in a resource constraint environment

[22:11] and this allows you to see on paper

[22:13] where we're at and then prioritize um

[22:16] based off of that. Right. So, you know,

[22:19] we always say like the the hard thing is

[22:22] not what you're going to do, it's what

[22:24] you're not going to do. And capability

[22:26] matrix helps you plan that. So,

[22:29] » Thank you.

[22:31] » All right, Madam Chair.

[22:32] » That completes the

[22:34] » I don't know if your other audience

[22:36] members have questions or comments. All

[22:38] right. This concludes our work session.

[22:41] Work session.

[22:51] Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I

[22:53] would like to welcome you all to this

[22:55] very important meeting today, Tuesday,

[22:57] March 3rd, 2026 in the city of

[23:01] Portsmouth City Council Chambers.

[23:09] » Thank you, Madam Chairman.

[23:11] Commissioners, we will now have roll

[23:13] call. Please indicate your presence

[23:15] electronically.

[23:21] Four members of the planning commission

[23:23] are present. Commissioners, before you

[23:26] are the minutes of February 3rd, 2026

[23:29] public hearing. If there are any

[23:31] changes, we are in need of a motion.

[23:37] » I so move to approve.

[23:40] Second.

[23:42] We have a second and a motion,

[23:44] Madam Secretary.

[23:46] » Thank you, Madam Chairman. We have a

[23:47] motion and a second to approve the

[23:49] minutes from the February 3rd, 2026

[23:52] Planning Commission meeting, and you

[23:54] will be voting electronically.

[24:01] The minutes are approved by a vote of

[24:03] 420.

[24:09] Announcements of future meetings and

[24:12] conferences.

[24:14] Our next scheduled work session is

[24:17] Tuesday, April the 7th, 2026 at 12:30

[24:21] p.m. City Council conference room

[24:24] followed by public hearing at 1:30 p.m.

[24:27] City Council Chamber. Planning

[24:29] Commission rules limit a speaker up to 5

[24:32] minutes to speak. We also ask that

[24:35] everyone please silence your cell phones

[24:37] at this time if you have not already

[24:39] done so. Items reviewed today will be

[24:42] presented to city council for action at

[24:45] their April the 14, 2026 public hearing

[24:48] or as otherwise noted. Our first item,

[24:52] UP-25-16

[24:56] West Kredo Community Housing Partners

[24:59] request a use permit to construct

[25:01] multifamily dwelling on approximately

[25:04] 2.3 combined acres located at 2216

[25:10] and 2220 Wen Avenue in the multifamily

[25:14] urban residential URM zoning district.

[25:18] The properties are owned by Portsmouth

[25:20] Afton Square LP and are further

[25:24] identified as tax map 465 parcels 38 and

[25:29] 39. The future land use map of the build

[25:32] one portsmith comprehensive plan

[25:35] designates this property for low to

[25:38] medium density single family

[25:40] residential.

[25:41] The staff coordinator is Bill Landfair.

[25:44] Will the applicant or representative for

[25:47] this application please come forward and

[25:50] present your application at this time?

[25:56] » Yeah, Miss Jackson, I think that was uh

[25:59] I don't think that was correct public

[26:00] hearing item.

[26:15] Huh?

[26:23] My apologies.

[26:25] The case is UP-26-01

[26:30] Oakton. TB Baker and T. Williams

[26:34] requests a use permit for the

[26:36] development of three townhouse units on

[26:40] approximately 0.21 acres located at 531

[26:45] Edward Street in the multif family urban

[26:47] residential URM zoning district. The

[26:51] property is further identified as tax

[26:54] map 39 parcel 51. The future land use

[26:58] map of the build on poresmith

[27:00] comprehensive plan designates this

[27:03] property for mixeduse employment.

[27:07] Will the applicant or the representative

[27:09] for this application please come forward

[27:11] and present your application at this

[27:14] time?

[27:19] Chairman Taylor, may I speak?

[27:21] » Sure.

[27:23] It appears that the applicant is not

[27:25] present, which gives us um one of of of

[27:29] two maybe three choices. We could wait

[27:32] uh a few minutes to see if the applicant

[27:35] is delayed by traffic or some other uh

[27:38] means and reach out to them um by phone.

[27:40] We could defer consideration of the item

[27:43] until your next planning commission

[27:44] meeting or in the absence of the

[27:46] applicant, the commission could always

[27:48] deny the request. I

[27:50] » Think we should defer

[27:53] or or as Mr. Miller has suggested al or

[27:57] approve

[27:59] » Uh do we want to give them the

[28:01] opportunity to get here?

[28:03] » Have we tried to

[28:04] » We can give them a few minutes.

[28:06] » Okay.

[28:10] » Take take a recess for five minutes.

[28:14] » Yes.

[28:15] Recess for five minutes.

[28:19] All

[28:27] right, we will resume.

[28:33] Okay.

[28:36] Uh, ladies and gentlemen, this is a

[28:38] public hearing on item 26-01.

[28:44] The applicant is not here.

[28:47] Commissioners, uh, Madame Chair Erson,

[28:50] we need a um motion and a second to for

[28:56] to defer. If that's your pleasure,

[28:59] » I so move to defer to our next meeting.

[29:07] » We need a second.

[29:08] » Second.

[29:08] » We're going to defer it.

[29:14] » Meeting.

[29:16] No, it's important that we defer to next

[29:18] meeting.

[29:18] » You say that

[29:20] » But the council said it's probably most

[29:22] important that we defer to next meeting.

[29:24] We were comparing to any other incident

[29:26] that this happened before. So

[29:32] » I think we should wait till they hear

[29:34] before we go. I think it would be more

[29:37] beautiful.

[29:39] » Second.

[29:40] » All right. We have a motion and a

[29:41] second.

[29:43] We have a motion and a second to defer

[29:45] UP-26-01

[29:48] and you will be voting electronically.

[29:54] This item is approved by a vote of 321.

[30:04] » No business.

[30:05] » All right. Madam Secretary, I believe

[30:06] that concludes our agenda for today. Is

[30:08] that correct?

[30:09] » That is correct. Madame Chairman, may I

[30:12] make a comment under director's

[30:14] comments, please?

[30:16] » Yes.

[30:16] » Okay. The um believe Miss Jackson, or it

[30:21] might already be in front of you, a QR

[30:23] code for the planning commissioner um

[30:25] satisfaction survey that we discussed

[30:28] last month. We would appreciate if

[30:30] commissioners would at this time or at

[30:32] some point within the next um couple of

[30:35] hours complete the survey just to

[30:37] provide feedback on um the staff report

[30:40] and your um how we've helped prepare you

[30:44] um for your deliberations regarding land

[30:46] use cases and we'll provide that um

[30:49] summary of your feedback and use this

[30:52] data set as the benchmark um for um how

[30:55] we have improved over time. Thank you.

[31:00] All right,

[31:02] » Commissioners. Will there be any further

[31:04] business?

[31:08] No. All

[31:08] » Right, Dr. Russell, is there any further

[31:11] business?

[31:12] All right. You're welcome. Hearing none,

[31:15] this meeting is now adjourned.

City Of Portsmouth Planning Commission Meeting & Public Hearing March 3, 2026 Portsmouth, Virginia

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