CC - Staff Report for 7-231
Charlene Way
From:Sonya Allen
Sent:Tuesday, July 16, 2019 8:53 AM
To:Becky McKay (beckym@engsol.org); Shari Stiles
Cc:Bill Parsons; Charlene Way; Chris Johnson
Subject:Elevate Franklin Storage - MDA H-2019-0072 Staff Report for July 23rd
Attachments:Elevate Franklin Storage - MDA H-2019-0072 Staff Report.pdf
Attached is the staff report for the proposed DA modification for Elevate Franklin Storage. This item is scheduled to be
on the Council agenda on July 23 rd . The public hearing will be held at City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Avenue, beginning at 6:00
pm. Please call or e-mail with any questions.
Becky/Shari - Please submit any written response you may have to the staff report to the City Clerk’s office
(cityclerk@meridiancity.org ) and me as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Sonya Allen | Associate Planner
City of Meridian | Community Development Dept.
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 | Fax: 208-489-0578
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HEARING
DATE:
7/23/2019
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: Sonya Allen, Associate Planner
208-884-5533
SUBJECT: H-2019-0072
Elevate Franklin Storage
LOCATION: 3755 W. Perugia St.
(SE ¼ of Section 10, T.3N., R.1W.)
I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Request for a modification to the terms of the (not yet recorded) Development Agreement approved
with H-2018-0109 in accord with the recently approved UDC text amendment pertaining to self-
service storage facilities (H-2019-0034).
II. APPLICANT INFORMATION
A. Applicant:
Ten Mile Development, LLC – 1409 N. Main St., Meridian, ID 83642
B. Owner:
Same as Applicant
C. Representative:
Becky McKay, Engineering Solutions, LLP – 1029 N. Rosario St., Ste. 100, Meridian, ID 83642
III. NOTICING
City Council
Posting Date
Legal notice published in
newspaper 7/5/2019
Radius notice mailed to
properties within 300 feet 7/2/2019
STAFF REPORT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
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Public hearing notice sign posted 7/13/2019
Next Door 7/2/2019
IV. STAFF ANALYSIS
Since City Council’s approval of the rezone (H-2018-0109) of this property last year to the R-15
district for the development of a self-service storage facility, the UDC (11-4-3-34, Self-Service
Storage Facility) has been amended to allow for residential storage facilities with different specific
use standards than commercial facilities (see below). The development agreement provisions
approved with the rezone applied to commercial facilities; therefore, the Applicant proposes a
modification to the provisions in accord with the recently approved specific use standards as shown in
Section VI.
Note: The Applicant has submitted a conditional use permit application for the storage facility that is
currently in process and is scheduled to be heard by the Commission on August 15th.
11-4-3-47: SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY, RESIDENTIAL
A. The facility is encouraged to accompany or be a component of a single-family or multi-family
residential development with a conditional use permit in an R-15 or R-40 zone.
B. The size of the facility shall be limited to thirty five percent (35%) of a residential development
not to exceed a maximum of eight (8) acres.
C. The location of the facility may be located along an arterial roadway as a buffer to a residential
development, but shall not take direct access from an arterial. Access to the facility shall be from
a collector or local street only.
D. The hours of operation shall be limited to six o’clock (6:00) a.m. to ten o’clock (10:00) p.m.
E. The use shall be limited to individual storage compartments which shall be used for residential
related personal property including vehicles.
F. Storage units shall not be used as dwellings or as a commercial or industrial place of business.
The manufacture or sale of any item by a tenant from or at a residential storage facility is
specifically prohibited.
G. The distance between structures shall be a minimum of twenty-five feet (25’). The maximum
height of the buildings shall not exceed 35 feet.
H. The storage facility shall be fully enclosed and screened from public view.
I. A minimum twenty-foot (20’) wide landscape buffer shall be provided along a collector or local
road and a twenty-five-foot (25’) wide buffer adjacent to residential development. Landscaping
shall be provided as set forth in subsection 11-3B-7C and 11-3B-9C of this title.
J. The facility shall have a second means of access for emergency purposes approved by the
Meridian Fire Department.
K. No outside storage area shall be allowed. Materials shall not be stored within the required yards.
L. Buildings shall be designed to the architectural character of the residential area. The building
design shall comply with the Traditional Neighborhood District (TND) design standards set
forth in the City of Meridian Architectural Standards Manual.
M. Signage for the facility shall comply with Section 11-3D-8C, “Residential Signs in Residential
Districts,” of this title.
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N. On-site auctions of unclaimed items by the storage facility owners shall be allowed as a
temporary use in accord with Title 3, Chapter 4, “Outdoor Sales and Temporary Use
Requirements.” The hours of the on-site auctions shall be limited to daylight hours (sunrise and
sunset) and specified on the temporary use permit application submitted to the Clerk’s office.
O. On-site management or contact information for on-call management shall be provided for the
storage facility. If the use is unattended, the standards in accord with Section 11-3A-16, “Self-
Service Uses,” of this title shall also apply. The application materials shall also include a
security plan for the proposed facility.
P. No storage of fuel or hazardous materials shall be allowed.
Q. The site shall not be used as a “vehicle wrecking or junk yard” as herein defined in Section 11-
1A-1.
V. DECISION
A. Staff:
Staff recommends approval of the proposed MDA per the provisions in Section VI.
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VI. EXHIBITS
A. Development Agreement Provisions
Note: The existing provisions are noted in normal text; Staff’s recommended additional/revised
provisions are noted in underline/strike-out format; Staff’s comments are noted in italic text.
1. CONDITIONS GOVERNING DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJECT PROPERTY:
5.1. Owner/Developer shall develop the Property in accordance with the following
special conditions:
a. Future development of the subject property shall be generally consistent with the
conceptual development plan and elevations approved with H-2018-0109 and the
provisions included herein.
b. The applicant shall obtain conditional use permit approval for a residential storage
facility.
c. The storage facility is allowed to operate in conjunction with and as an accessory use
to the multi-family development to the north (i.e. Silver Oaks) and shall only provide
storage service for residents of the multi-family development. Providing storage
service for non-residents (i.e. the general public) is prohibited. Existing renters can
lease space for up to one (1) year after they move out of the multi-family development.
d. The Developer/Owner shall comply with the specific use standards listed in UDC 11-
4-3-34 11-4-3-47, Storage Facility, Self-Service Self-Service Storage Facility,
Residential, as follows:.
i. Storage units and/or areas shall not be used as dwellings or as a commercial or
industrial place of business. The manufacture or sale of any item by a tenant from
or at a self-service storage facility is specifically prohibited.
ii. On site auctions of unclaimed items by the storage facility owners shall be allowed
as a temporary use in accord with UDC 11-3E, Temporary Use Requirements.
iii. If the use is unattended, the standards listed in UDC 11-3A-16, Self-Service Uses,
shall apply as follows, “Entrance or view of the self-service facility shall be open
to the public street or to adjoining businesses and shall have low impact security
lighting.”
iv. All outdoor storage of material shall be maintained in an orderly manner so as not
to create a public nuisance. Materials shall not be stored within the required yards.
Stored items shall not block sidewalks or parking areas and may not impede
vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
v. The site shall not be used as a "vehicle wrecking or junk yard" as herein defined.
vi. For any use requiring the storage of fuel or hazardous material, the use shall be
located a minimum of one thousand feet (1,000') from a hospital. (Ord. 13-1555,
5-14-2013)
e. Provide a minimum of three (3) parking spaces on the site for employee and visitor
parking.
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f. To preserve public safety, a fence shall be installed along the Kennedy Lateral to
prohibit access to the waterway in accord with the standards listed in UDC 11-3A-
6C.3.
g. Six-foot tall wrought iron fencing is required to be constructed on the site along t he
Kennedy Lateral in accord with the standards listed in UDC 11-3A-6 and 11-3A-7.
h. The hours of operation for the storage facility shall be limited to 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
in accord with UDC 11-4-3-34E.
i. All future structures shall comply with the design standards listed UDC 11-3A-19 and
the Architectural Standards Manual, and the policies in the Ten Mile Interchange
Specific Area Plan.
6. COMPLIANCE PERIOD This Agreement must be fully executed within six (6) months after
the date of the Findings for the annexation and zoning development agreement modification or
it is null and void.