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Council approves two use permits and consent agenda including project-based vouchers and sewer funding
Summary
Portsmouth City Council adopted two use permits — a 39-unit multifamily development and three townhouses — and approved consent-agenda ordinances including $4.25 million for sewer pump station improvements and authorization to negotiate the city hall parking garage interim agreement.
Portsmouth City Council unanimously adopted two use permits and a multi-item consent agenda at its March 10 meeting.
The council approved a resolution granting Community Housing Partners a conditional use permit (UP-25-16) to construct up to 39 multifamily dwelling units at 2216 and 2220 Waldron Avenue. Milo Feffer, the applicant, said unforeseen geotechnical conditions required additional work and that the project team sought an extension; he told council there were no plan changes from the 2023 submission.
The council also granted a use permit (UP-25-17) to develop three townhouses at 1607 Prrenice Avenue. Owner Curtis Nesbbit and designer Irving Henderson described the units as four-bedroom, 2.5-bath homes with front yards and two off-street parking spaces per unit; Henderson said the design aimed to match neighborhood character. Both permits were approved by electronic vote recorded as 7–0.
On the consent agenda, council adopted several items including: - An ordinance accepting $33,235 from the Virginia Crisis Intervention Team Coalition and appropriating the funds to the FY2026 Behavioral Healthcare Service Fund for the Portsmouth Crisis Intervention Program. - An ordinance accepting $4,250,000 from the state general fund and appropriating the amount to the FY2026 Capital Improvement Fund for sanitary sewer pump station upgrades. - A resolution authorizing the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority to provide and administer project-based Section 8 vouchers at Anselale Apartments in accordance with Va. Code §36-23. - A resolution authorizing the negotiation of an interim agreement related to the unsolicited city hall/parking garage proposal (see separate coverage).
Each consent item was adopted as part of the full consent agenda by a 7–0 electronic vote. The council directed staff to return detailed items as needed to fulfill statutory or administrative requirements.
Next steps: applicants for the adopted use permits will follow standard conditions set by planning staff; funding appropriations are effective immediately under the adopted ordinances and project implementation will follow departmental procedures.
