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Ms'. Carole Kirkland, President of the University of Virginia Student Council, <br />opposed the ordinance for the following reasons: 1) it will increase housing <br />costs, 2) fewer units will be avail~able, 3) further erosion of iow income housing <br />will occur, 4) the changes would only benefit a few, and 5) traffic to and from <br />the University of Virginia will increase. <br /> <br /> Dr. Gunter responded that six neighborhoods are presently affected by the <br />problem. <br /> <br /> Mr. Joe Thomas, Vice-President of the Intra-Fraternity Council at the <br /> <br />University of Virginia, agreed with Ms. Kirkland's statements and questioned the <br />effect of..requiring special permits ~on fraternities. <br /> <br /> Mr. Wiley responded that the wordin.g fn the ordinance specifically protects <br />existing fraternities and their restoration and that special permits would only <br />be required for expansion. <br /> <br /> Mr. Tom Forlo.ines of 275 Jefferson Drive, requested that landlords be <br /> <br />given until 1985 to. grandfather in numbers of tenants if the ordance is changed. <br />Mr. Forloines opposed enforcement of the four-person limit in business zones <br />as the apartments that he owns in those zones were designed for six students. <br /> <br /> Ms. Sandi Cohen of Gordon Avenue spoke in favor of the or.dinance because of <br />parking and noise problems. Ms. Cohen opposed Mr. Forloines' suggestion that <br />landlords be given an extra year to increase the number of tenants in units and <br />added that if landlords properly kept up property they would have no problem <br />renting them. <br /> <br /> Mr, Robert Hubbard from the Jefferson Park Avenue neighborhood, spoke in <br /> <br />favor of the ordinance, adding that he felt it was Council's intention to enforce <br /> <br />the four-person limit in R-3 zones when the ordinance was adopted in 1976. <br /> <br /> Mr. Richard Rodewald of 528 Valley Road, spoke in favor of the ordinance <br /> <br />because of-an erosion of quality in his neigh <br />of students and other transients. <br /> <br /> Mrs. Lillian BeVier of 712 Rugby Road st <br />were not anti-student and it was because of .t <br />partnerships were formed to renovate some of <br />recommended granting special permits if it ca <br />not exist. <br /> <br /> Mr. Rick Jones, President of the Blue Ri <br />and manager Of 80.0 apartments, opposed the or <br />five other persons in the audience who also w <br /> <br />borhood due to increased overcrowding <br /> <br />ated that the neighborhood associations <br />heir interest that the limited <br />the fraternities. Mrs. BeVier <br />n be shown that overcrowding does <br /> <br />Jge Apartment Council and an owner <br /> <br />~inance and acknowledged approximately <br /> <br />~re in opposition. Mr. Jones <br /> <br />summarized a letter he had writ-ten to Council and stressed the administrative <br />problems invol~e.d.in such enforcement. Mr: Jones recommended that Council <br />continue to investigate possible compromises to the problem. <br /> <br /> Mr.. Preston Stallings of Kimberling Lane opposed the four-person limit and <br />stated~ that he felt a six-person limit would be more reasonable. <br /> <br /> Mrs. Peggy King of Lewis Mountain Road and Preskden't of the Charlottesville <br />Federation of NeighborhOod Associations, read a letter in support of the ordinance <br />which had been signed by the following neighborhood associations: Barracks Road, <br />Belmont, Charlottesville High School, Fifeville, ~ry Springs, Greenbrier, Jefferson <br />Park Avenue, Johnson Village, Lewis Mountain Road, North Downtown, and Venable. <br />Mrs. King stated that a decision had not been made by Ridge Street and Starr Hill <br />Neighborhood Associations about support of the ordinance. Speaking as a resident, <br /> <br /> <br />