CC - November 7 Memo to Council
Community Development Department 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Suite 102, Meridian, ID 83642
Phone 208-884-5533 Fax 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org
November 1, 2018
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Council
CC: Bill Nary, C. Jay Coles
FROM: Josh Beach, Associate Planner
RE: Summertown Subdivision (H-2017-0066)
On May 15, 2018 City Council continued the subject application to November 7, 2018 so the
applicant could resolve the property boundary dispute with their neighbor to the east, and modify
the concept plan and building elevations in accord with the comments brought forth by City
Council and the public at the April 24, and May 15, 2018 hearings. The applicant has resolved the
property boundary dispute and provided staff with revised plans to analyze.
Below you will find the comparison between the previous proposal and the current proposal. Staff
has also included the previous and current versions of the site plan, landscape plan and
architectural elevations.
The current proposal includes townhomes as an additional housing type and includes architecture
that is much more traditional in nature than the previous version. Staff also feels that this style of
architecture will blend much better with the surrounding area. The townhomes will have a single-
car garage and will have one parking stall on a driveway. The buildings are two-story and will
have a doorway that faces either Venable or Ustick.
Staff continues to have some concern about the lack of transition from the existing single-family
residences to the south and feels that additional townhomes between the future single-family lots
on the south side of the project and the multi-family structures would serve as a good transition in
density.
The previous version of the plan had a large amount of parking within the central are of the
development. The current proposal includes all of the parking on the edges of the development and
includes a large amount of open space and amenities within the center of the development, which
serves to connect the project together.
Access for the previous version of the project was shown at two points along Venable and a
proposed cross-access and a stub street to the east. The current proposal eliminates one of the
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access points to Venable but keeps the requirement of a stub street to the east as well as the
requirement for a cross-access to the east if the property develops as a commercial development.
The applicant has not included the nine (9) single–family residential lots in their lot count. These
lots are not included in this project and will need to be subdivided in the future.
The analysis of open space, amenities, density, and parking is as follows:
1. Open space:
a. Previous: 22% or 3.1 acres
b. Current: 40% or 5.2 acres
2. Amenities:
a. Previous: Pool, Water feature, Clubhouse, Fitness Facility, Yoga room, Indoor play
structure, outdoor play structure, media room, pet park
b. Current: No change in amenities
3. Density
a. Previous: 18 units per acre
b. Current: 13 units per acre
4. Number of Units:
a. Previous: 272 units
b. Current: 205 units(Including 9 future single-family lots)
5. Parking spaces
a. Previous: 544
b. Current: 404
Staff received the revised plans on October 29, 2018 and has not had the opportunity to perform a
detailed review of the proposal to ensure compliance with the UDC in terms of the items listed
above. Though the applicant will not be required to go through the Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
process for this multi-family development, they are still required to go through the Certificate of
Zoning Compliance (CZC) and Administrative Design Review (DES) applications.
The changes before you this evening have not been reviewed by staff, nor have they been reviewed
by the Planning and Zoning Commission. If Council feels that the changes are substantial enough
to warrant an additional hearing before the planning and Zoning Commission, you have the ability
to remand the application back to them for their recommendation.
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April 24th Site/Landscape Plan:
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April 24th Architectural Elevations:
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November 7th Site/Landscape Plan:
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November 7th Architectural Elevations:
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