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ORESOLUTION APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 416-428 MONROE LANE WHEREAS, Piedmont Hospital LLC ("Applicant") has requested a special use permit with respect to property identified on City Tax Map 11 as Parcel 117 (416-428 Monroe Lane), consisting of approximately 0.951 acres ("Subject Property"), to authorize: (i) additional residential density, up to a total of 87 dwelling units per acre, pursuant to §34-420; (it) reduction of several yard regulations, pursuant to §34-162; and (iii) additional building height, pursuant to §34-353(b)(5); and WHEREAS, the Subject Property is zoned "R-UHD" (University High Density District), where, pursuant to §34-420 of the City Code, residential density of 65-87 dwelling units per acre is allowed only by Special Use Permit, and building height of more than 60 feet (measured as specified in §34-1100(a)) is allowed only by Special Use Permit; and WHEREAS, ajoint public hearing on this application was held before the City Council and Planning Commission on March 8, 2005, following notice to the public and to adjacent property owners as required by law; and WHEREAS, on March 8, 2005, based on the information presented by Neighborhood • Development Services staff as well as by the Applicant, the Planning Commission recommended that the application be approved as submitted; and WHEREAS, this Council finds and determines that the Applicant's requested modifications of applicable yard regulations (i) will be in harmony with the purposes and intent of Article I, Division 8 of the City's zoning ordinance and of the R-UHD zoning district; (ii) are necessary or desirable in view of the nature, circumstances and location of the proposed development; and (iii) do not propose a use that is not otherwise allowed within the R-UHD district; and WHEREAS, this City Council finds and determines that granting the requested Special Use Permit would be consistent with the City's zoning ordinance and the criteria generally applicable to special use permits under Chapter 34 of the City Code; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Charlottesville City Council that: (1) A special use permit is hereby granted to allow the residential development of the Subject Property at a density of up to eighty seven (87) dwelling units per acre; and (2) For the development authorized by this Special Use Permit, the maximum building height shall be sixty eight (68) feet; however, due to topography of the site, this height allows for a building height of (a) 70 feet (measured from the curb of the street to the mid -point of the sloping roof of the building) along the Subject Property's 15`n Street frontage, and (b) 58 feet (measured from the curb to the mid -point of the sloping roof of the building) along the Subject Property's Monroe Lane frontage;