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SP -06-10-22 • RESOLUTION GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR A SEVEN STORY PARKING GARAGE AND MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN THE WEST MAIN SOUTH MIXED-USE ZONING DISTRICT WHEREAS, the University of Virginia Foundation ("Applicant') has requested a special use permit with respect to property identified on City Tax Map 10 as Parcels 60, 61, 63, 81.1, 82 and 83 (located on the south side of West Main Street between 11 m Street and Jefferson Park Avenue), consisting of approximately 2.73 acres (collectively, hereafter the "Subject Property") to allow additional height above that permitted by City Code §34-637; and WHEREAS, the Subject Property is located within the West Main Street South Mixed Use Corridor District ("WMS") and is within the parking exempt area established pursuant to §34-971(e) of the City Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to §34-637 of the City Code, up to seven (7) stories of building height may be allowed within the WMS zoning district when approved by special use permit; and WHEREAS, the building(s) for which additional height is requested have been identified by the Applicant as one(s) to be used for medical offices and an associated parking garage, and within the WMS zoning district: i) medical offices are allowed by right, and (ii) parking garages that are used ancillary to a • by -right use, such as medical offices, are permitted by right; and WHEREAS, a joint public hearing on this application was held before the City Council and Planning Commission on October 10, 2006, following notice to the public and to adjacent property owners as required by law; and WHEREAS, on October 10, 2006, 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; and WHEREAS, this City Council finds and determines that granting the Special Use Permit would be consistent with City Code Chapter 34, Article VI, Division 6 and with the criteria generally applicable to special use permits under Chapter 34, Article I, Division 8 of the City Code; NOW, THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED by the Charlottesville City Council that a special use permit is hereby granted for an increase in building height from five (5) stories to seven (7) stories for the medical office building and ancillary parking garage proposed by the Applicant to be established on the Subject Property. Approved by Council November 6, 2006 CI tyler of CiCouncil