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Portsmouth council approves five townhouse units in Port Norfolk over neighborhood objections
Summary
The Portsmouth City Council voted 5-2 on July 8 to approve a use permit allowing Coastal Virginia Developers to build five townhouses on Douglas Avenue in the Port Norfolk historic district.
The Portsmouth City Council voted 5-2 on July 8 to grant Coastal Virginia Developers a use permit (UP2502) to construct five townhouse units on three parcels at 430, 436 and 442 Douglas Avenue in the Port Norfolk historic residential district.
Developer counsel Grady Palmer of Williams Mullen told council the project was reviewed and unanimously approved by the Historic Preservation Commission and that the design follows Port Norfolk’s historic-district guidelines. He said the five for-sale units would address “the missing middle” in Hampton Roads and estimated prices of $300,000 to $340,000 for approximately 2,000-square-foot units.
Neighbor speakers, including Erica Nessler, president of the Port Norfolk Civic League, and John Lipsey, the…
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