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RESOLUTION APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR RELOCATION OF PET MOTEL ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADDITION OF AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL AND AND VETERINARIAN'S OFFICE ON 5TH STREET, S.W. WHEREAS, the BMW Partnership, owner of property located on the west side of 5th Street, SW at Moore's Creek, has requested a special use permit to allow relocation of the Pet Motel animal shelter from its existing location on 5th Street, SW, and the addition of an animal hospital/veterinarian's office, to an adjoining parcel approximately 200 feet southwest. This property is further identified as Parcel 2 on City Real Property Tax Map 21B, having approximately 407 feet of frontage on 5th Street, SW, and containing approximately 170,273 square feet of land or 3.9 acres; WHEREAS, following a joint public hearing before this Council and the Planning Commission, duly advertised and held on June 11, 1996, 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 BMW Partnership to allow relocation of the Pet Motel animal shelter • from its existing location on 5th Street, SW, and the addition of an animal hospital/veterinarian's office, to an adjoining parcel approximately 200 feet southwest. Approval of the special use permit is conditioned upon the following: (1) Administrative approval of the final site plan with all necessary data shown on the final plan, including drainage data, specific building height, tree canopy area and signs. (2) Additional landscape to include junipers along the frontage down to the toe of the slope and a minimum of 30 trees along the Moore's Creek terraces as called for in the original special permit for that work, and any other work called for in the soil erosion plan. All improvements to the slope at Moore's Creek and landscaping shall be completed prior to the issuance of any occupancy permits. (3) Completion of the specific improvements to address the issues of sanitation, sound, odor,and waste management, including but not limited to: a. That drainage from interior pens go into the sanitary sewer system. b. That the building area where animals are housed be enclosed with walls and window construction having a sound transmission coefficient of at least 50 STC. -1-