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177 RESOLUTION: GRANTING SPECIAL 'PERMIT FOR USE OF PARKING AT 409 ALDERMAN ROAD (ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH PROPERTY) Mr. Huja stated that the Planning Commission recommended approval of the special permit for the following reasons: 1) It will not have any significant adverse impacts on the surrounding area if conditions are met and 2) The proposal provides for a logical joint use of a facility by the Church and the University to help alleviate~parking shortages which impact the adjoining neighborhoods. On motion by Rev. Edwards, seconded by Ms. Daugherty, the resolution granting a special permit for use of parking at 409 Alderman Road (St. Thomas Aquinas Church property) was unanimously approved by Council. WHEREAS, the St. Thomas Aquinas Church has requested a special use permit to allow the University of Virginia to use the proposed lower parking lot on church property at 409 Alderman Road; this property being further identified as Parcel 73 on City Real Property Tax Map 13, having 655.5 feet of frontage on Alderman Road, 249 feet of frontage on Midmont Lane, and containing approximately 164,221 square feet of land or 3.77 acres; WHEREAS, following a joint public hearing before this Council and the Planning Commission, duly advertised and held on December 14,1993, this Council finds that such use will conform to the criteria applicable to special permits generally under Chapter 34 of the City Code; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that a special use permit is hereby granted to St. Thomas Aquinas Church to allow the University of Virginia to use the proposed lower parking lot on church property at 409 Alderman Road~ The approval of this special use permit is conditioned upon the following: 1. Administrative approval of the site plan. 2. Prohibition on, exiting the new parking lot by way of the service drive due to the relatively poor line-of-sight at Midmont Lane and Alderman Road. 3. Use of more than one (1) variety of tree on-site. ORDINANCE: REZONING 501 GROVE AVENUE FROM R-2 TO B-1 Mr. Huja stated that the Planning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning of 501 Grove Avenue for the following reasons: 1) It is in harmony with the Land Use Plan of the Comprehensive Plan; 2) It will not have a significant adverse impact on the surrounding neighborhood as proposed; 3) The proposed development is in harmony with the majority of the uses in the surrounding area; 4) The proposed rezoning is for the southern most lot in the group of R-2 lots on Grove Avenue slated for future office use, thereby lessening the encroachment into the residential neighborhood to the north; 5) The proposed rezoning supports the recommendations of the Martha Jefferson Impact Study to have the hospital and related office uses grow to the south and east beyond High Street and within the planned office corridor along both sides of High Street. This permits the concentration of hospital related facilities'within walking distance of the main hospital; 6) There should be dependability and predictability of public policy on land use so that people can make long-term property decisions with relative security; and 7) There has been no change of circumstances in land use trends~since the 1990 study and the 1992 rezonin.g request.