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113 Mr. Buck recommended deferring the second reading of the ordinance until Ms. Jensen, the Traffic Engineer, and the City Manager could further discuss the situation~ ORDINANCE: CLOSING AN ALLEY FROM BRANDON AVENUE TO MONROE LANE Mr. Buck stated that he would abstain due to a conflict of interest. Mr. Hendrix stated that a letter had been received from the University of Virginia opposing the closing because of its use as a pedestria5 walkway. Mr.. Hendrix stated that the viewers had also commeSted that the pedestrian walkway be maintained. Mr. Hendrix added that ~he alley has been partially closed apparently illegally. Mr. Jim Grigg, owner of the property on both sides of the alley, stated that changes had been made in the alley with approval by the Community Development staff. Mr. Grigg stated that his plan is to convert the property on Brandon Avenue into condomiuns and to remove the building on Monroe Lane and rebuild. Mr. Grigg indicated his willingness to make improvements to and maintain a pedestrian walkway in the alley. Mr. Huja recommended that permanent access to an apartment building off the alley also be maintained. It was decided that the ordinance should be rewritten for the next meeting. ORDINANCE: RBZONING PROPERTY ON EAST SIDE OF STH STREET, S.W. SOUTH OF WILLOUGHBY SUBDIVISION FROM R-2 TO B-3 Mr. Huja stated that the Planning Commission had been concerned with how the property related to the flood plain. Mr. Huja listed t'he following reasons for the Planning Commission's recommendation to approve the rezoning: 1) The property is located at a transitional area between commercial land and residential land in the Land Use Plan, 2) The property is located south of required open space as part of the Willoughby Subdivision PUD which guarantees proper buffering for that development, 3) The proposed conceptual plan minimizes the impact on the 100 Year Flood Plain and includes a deed restriction to further prevent encroachment into the 100 Year Flood Plain on the applicant's property in the county, 4) The conceptual plan provides that only two curb cuts will be proposed along the 5th Street frontage, and 5) The conceptual plan provides sufficient frontage landscaping to meet the objectives of our site plan development standards and our Comprehensive.Plan. Mr. Huja added that the owner of the property had agreed to having only one access into the property. Mr. Buck questioned whether the single access could be required in the site plan approval. Mr. Huja responded that he felt the single entrance could be required as a safety factor. Mr. Murray, representing the owner, stated that as a practical matter the grade would make additional accesses to the property very unlikely. On motion by Dr. Gunter, seconded by Dr. Hall, the ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT MAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 31-4 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, AS AMENDED, BY THE REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIFTH STREET, S.W." was offered and carried over to the. next meeting for consideration. PUBLIC There were no matters by the public.