PZ - ITD
December 12, 2017
C.Jay Coles
Meridian City Clerk’s Office
33 East Idaho Avenue
Meridian, Idaho 83642
VIA EMAIL
RE: H-2017-0151 CUP, PP HARPER RIDGE SUBDIVISION
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has reviewed the applications for a conditional use permit
and preliminary plat consisting of 16 multi-family building lots with 124 multi-family dwelling units,
four (4) storage building lots, and two (2) common lots for the Harper Ridge Subdivision located at
3885 E. Copper Point Drive, Meridian, Idaho, on the southwest corner of Copper Point Drive and
Knapp Avenue, south of I-84 milepost 46.40. ITD has the following comments:
1. This property does not abut the State highway system.
2. This development will gain access to the State Highway system at the I-84 / SH-55
(Eagle Road) interchange. Trip generations for the full build out of the site were not
provided. The Idaho Administrative Proceedures Act (IDAPA) governs access to state
highways. Per IDAPA 39.03.42 rules, when a development generates 100 or more new
trips in the peak hour, 1000 or more new trips per day, or the new volume of trips will
result from development that equals or exceeds the threshold values in table 2, a traffic
impact study shall be required, unless waived by the District Engineer. The applicant
will be responsible to construct any mitigation identified by the traffic impact study.
IDAPA Table 2
LAND USE TYPE THRESHOLD VALUE
Residential 100 Dwelling Units
Retail 35,000 square feet
Office 50,000 square feet
Industrial 70,000 square feet
Lodging 100 rooms
School (K-12) All (Sections 67-6508 & 67-
6519, Idaho Code)
3. Idaho Code 40-1910 does not allow advertising within the right-of-way of any State
highway.
4. IDAPA 39.03.60 governs advertising along the State highway system. The applicant
may contact Justin Pond, Program Manager for ITD’s Headquarters Right-of-Way
Section at 334-8832 for more information.
5. The City is reminded that the I-84 and SH-55 (Eagle Road) corridors are already
congested. This project will increase the number of vehicle trips in those corridors. ITD
has no current funding assigned to mitigate traffic congestion on the I-84 and SH-55
(Eagle Road) corridors near this location.
6. ITD does not object to the construction of a subdivision on this parcel.
If you have any questions, you may contact me at 332-7190 or Shona Tonkin at (208) 334-8341.
Sincerely,
Ken Couch
Development Services Coordinator
Ken.Couch@itd.idaho.gov