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A.RESOLUTION GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR INCREASED DENSITY DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE. SOUTHEAST CORNER OF RIDGE STREET AND WEST MAIN STREET. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that there is hereby granted pursuant to §31-33 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1976, as amended, a special permit for.the use of the property located at the southeast corner of Ridge Street and West Main Street, designated on City Real` Property Tax Map 28 as Parcel 93; for construction of a highrise apartment building, intended for occupancy by elderly residents, at a density of 42.5 units per acre, or a maximum of 100 units on such property. Such permit shall be subject .to the conditions and regulations set forth in the aforesaid §31-33 for such higher density development, to all general conditions and regulations opposedJupon special permits by Chapter 31 of such City Code, including the obtaining by the developers of an approved site plan prior to -initiating use of the property for such purposes, and to the following special conditions: (a) The building to be constructed on such site shall have not more than nine stories above ground level. (b) The building concept and site orientation shown on the preliminary plan presented with the application for this special permit shall be maintained. (c) The northwest portion of the property shall be substantially preserved in its present form and contours and major trees on such portion of the site shall be protected. (d) The site shall be screened from the railroad on the east and south and from Ridge Street from the west through fencing or adequately dense vegetation, provided that the screening along Ridge Street shall take the form of a fence or retaining wall sufficient to discourage pedestrian movement through the site. Copy Teste: Clerk Adopted by the Council June 19, 1978