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RESOLUTION: GRANTING SPECIAL PERMIT TO WCHV/ W~V RADIO TO ERECT RADIO TRANSMISSION TOWER Mr. Huja gave the.foll]:0~ng reasons for the Planning Commission's recommendation to approve the special permit: 1) It is in harmony ~ith the Comprehensive Plan and the Land Use Plan, 2) It will not have a significant adverse impact on the surrounding neighborhood, 3) The proposed development adequately provides for the additional occupants in terms of off-street parking and suitably designed units and meets the National Building Code suggested standard of 200 gross square feet per occupant/floor. Mr. Buck stated that he did not want the granting of the special permit to be considered a precedent for future projects and felt that the builders had shown a hardship would exist in their case. Mrs. Gleason and Mr. Barnes agreed that a hardship existed and that was the reason for granting the special permit. On motion by Mr. Barnes, seconded by Mrs. Gleason, the soecial permit for increased density at 1910-1916 Jefferson Park Avenue was unanimously approved by Council. WHEREAS, application has been-made for a special use permit to allow for occupancy by up to 6 unrelated persons per unit in 23 proposed 3-bedr°om apartment units at 1910-1916 Jefferson Park Avenue under Section 31z28(k) of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, as amended; and WHEREAS, the site plan for the proposed apart.merits was approved, but improvements had not yet been made, prior to the adoption of Section 31-28(k); and WHEREAS, following a joint public hearing before this Council and the Planning Commission, duly advertised and held on September 11, 1984, this Council finds that such units will conform to the standards set forth in Section 31-28(k) and to the criteria applicable to special permits generally under Chapter 31 of the City Code; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that a specia,1 use permit is granted pursuant to City Code Section 31-28, as amended, to allow occupancy by up to 6 unrelated persons per unit in the 23 proposed 3~bedroom apartment units on the property at 1910-1916 Jefferson Park Avenue, designated as Parcels 96, 97, 98 and 99 on City Real Property Tax Map 16. Mr. Huja stated that the 30 foot tower would allow the radio station to remove the-. three taller towers. Mr. Huja presented the following reasons for the Planning Commission's recommendation to approve the special permit: 1) It is not contrary to the Comprehensive Plan, 2)It will not have a significant adverse impact on the surrounding neighborhood, 3) It will enable the removal of three nonconforming t.owers in a R-I zone. This approval is conditioned upon the following: 1) Administrative approval of the site plan as-corrected, 2) That the removal of the three 200' towers take place within six months of final approval to transmit from the new towers in the County, and 3) The tower shall have an unobstructed yard on all sides equal to the height of the tower except for the side toward WCHV/ WWWV buildings. On motion by Mrs. Gleason, seconded by Dr. Hall, the special permit for the radio transmission tower was unanimously approved by Council. WHEREAS, Clay Media, Inc. has applied for a special permit to erect a ?O-foot radio transmission tower adjacent to its radio broadcasting studios at 1140 Rose Hill Drive; and WHEREAS, such appIication has been duly advertised as provided by the law and has been the subject of a public hearing jointly held by this Council and the City Planning Commission on October 9, 1984; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission has recommended the approval of such special permit; an'd 4:'33