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44g Resolution~re: Granting special permit for use of property at John & 13th Streets 0n mdtion by Mr. Conover, seconded by Mr, Albro, Council unanimously agreed to request that the Albemarle County Board of SuperVisors pass an ordinance authorizing the charging of fees for the disposal of tires at the landfill. Mr. Roger Wiley, city attorney, agreed to handle the request. CoUncil again considered a resolution granting a special permit for use of the property at gohn & t3th Streets as a group home for mentally retarded adults. Fir. John Pezzoli,~of Region Ten Community Services Board, the agency that is requesting that the City sell the land for such a use, summarized the need for such a home and the great effort that had been spent in planning and publicizing the proposal. Mr. DOn Sandridge of the Charlottes- ville-Albemarle Association forRetarded Citizens endorsed the project on behalf of the CAARC board of directors. Ms. Dorothy Emerson, a resident of the Venable neighborhood where the home is p~oposed to. be located, also endorsed the project and said that the retarded need that property more than the City school system. On motion by M~. Gleason, seconded by Dr. Hall, Council voted unanimously to sell the land at John and 13th Streets for the use of a group home for mentally retarded adults. On.motion by Mr. Albro, seconded by Dr. Hall, Council unanimously approved the following resolutiOn: WHEREAS William Meffert, managing partner of Residential Alternatives Limited, has applied for a special permit to use property, located at the northeast corner of John & 13th Streets, N.~W., in an R-2 Residential District for construction of ~a group home for not more than eight mentally retarded orhandi- capped adults; and WHEREAS such application has been duly advertised, as prov~e'd by'law'and has been the subjectof public hearings before the City Planning Commission on April 14, 1981, and before this Council on May 4, 1981; and WHEREAS the City Planning Commission has recommended approval of such special permit; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that- (1) City Real Property Tax Map Parcel 4-227.1, located at the northeast corner of John & 13th Streets, N.W., is hereby granted a special permit for use as a group home for not,more than eight mentally retarded or handicapped adults, as permitted by Sections 31-14 (f) and 31-21 of the City Code. (2) The Council finds that such use conforms to the require- ments for special permits generally imposed by Article XX (Section 31-218 et seq,) of Chapter 31 of the City Code and this permit is subject to all conditions and restrictions imposed generally by such article. (3) Such special permit shall be conditioned upon development of the property in accordance with the site Plan, as conditioned by the Planning CommiSsion and finally approved by the Director of Planning. Mayor Buck commened the school board~on its handling of a difficult decision to oppose the use of the property in question in favor of the school system's possible future use. He reminded everyone that the members of the school board, though perhaps in personal sympathy with the Region Ten proposal, had a responsibility to look out for the welfare of the school system. Mr. Conover complimented Region Ten on its effective representation