PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Opposed by neighbors concerned about property values, a controversial group home in the city’s Churchland section can move forward. The property is owned by Fishing Point, the healthcare affiliate of the Nansemond Indian Nation.
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The 3,600-square-foot home on Wake Forest Road in the Pinehurst neighborhood was slated for the first item on the Wednesday afternoon agenda of the Board of Zoning Appeals, but the matter was concluded in about five minutes.
Board chairman Gary Bunting said that because Fishing Point had completed the application for the zoning variance, obtained a business license and a certificate of occupancy, it becomes a “by-right” use of the property within the city’s zoning laws.
An attorney for Fishing Point said at a previous meeting that no more than eight women would be staying at the home, about a block from High Street…