RESOLUTION

     Granting a critical slope waiver for the properties located at 1000 Cherry Avenue


        WHEREAS The City of Charlottesville (“Landowner”) is the owner of certain land
identified within the City of Charlottesville Real Estate Assessor’s records as Tax Map and
Parcel Nos. 230192000, said parcels having current street addresses of 1000 Cherry Avenue
(collectively, the “Subject Property”); and

        WHEREAS the Subject Property contains critical slopes, over and within an area of
approximately 1.55 acres, which is approximately 8.22% of the combined area of the Subject
Property, and Landowner is requesting a waiver of the critical slopes requirements of City Code
Sec. 34-1120(b)(6)(b), in connection with the Owner’s plan to renovate and expand Buford
Middle School and surrounding infrastructure on the Subject Property (the “Project”); and

       WHEREAS the Project is described in more specific detail within the application
materials submitted in connection with waiver application no. P22-0132, as required by City
Code §34-1120(b)(6) (collectively, the “Application Materials”); and

       WHEREAS the Planning Commission considered and recommended approval of this
application at their February 14, 2023, meeting, subject to one condition proposed within the
Staff Report, therefore,

        BE IT RESOLVED by the Council for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that a
waiver is hereby granted of the critical slopes requirements for the Project, to allow for the
renovation and expansion Buford Middle School and surrounding infrastructure as described
within the Application Materials, subject to the following condition:


(1) The applicant will work with the City’s Urban Forester on tree preservation and replanting.