PZ- Planniing Department Memo to Commissioners - 12/12December 8, 2016
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Josh Beach, Associate City Planner
CC: Bill Nary, City Clerk
RE: Firenze Plaza Subdivision – H-2016-0087 (AZ, CPAM, PP)
The original hearing date was set for November 3rd, but was continued to December 15th to allow ACHD
Commission to act on the subject application based on neighborhood concerns. Since the print date of the
staff report, City Staff has received numerous comments and petitions on the application. The written
testimony has been provided to the City Clerk and included as part of the public record. Due to the volume
of the public comments, staff has best summarized the concerns as follows: :
Traffic safety
Volume of traffic
Safety of pedestrians (children)
Change in the comprehensive plan from Low-density residential to Mixed-Use
The number of street connections from the proposed development to the existing Tuscany
Subdivision
Proposed R-8 and R-15 zoning districts adjacent to existing homes in the Tuscany Subdivision
zoned R-4.
Tuscany’s community pool is located adjacent to Mt. Etna Drive. The residents are especially
concerned about pedestrian safety in this location.
On December 5, 2016, the applicant held a second neighborhood meeting at Siena Elementary School in an
attempt to mitigate the neighborhood opposition. The applicant provided a revised concept plan which
includes changes to the road layout. These changes will eliminate the long, straight roadway between Eagle
Road and the existing Mt. Etna Stub Street.
In addition to the changes to the road layout, staff has been informed by the applicant the Ada County
Development Services has [processed their property boundary adjustment. With this recent approval the
recommends the applicant revise the preliminary plat the residential portion as part of the proposed
preliminary play. In discussions with the applicant, it has come to our attention that AD county
Development Services approved a record of survey has been made aware that the Lot 1, Block 3 and Lot 1,
Block 2 have been tentatively approved by Ada County for a property boundary adjustment. Staff’s
requirement to include these remainder parcels within the plat is due to the fact that the county considered
these two remainder parcels as non-legal parcels. Assuming that Ada County finalizes the property
boundary adjustment, staff no longer has concerns about the remainder parcels being considered non-legal,
and therefore condition 1.1.3(a) can be removed and replaced with the following language:
1.1.3(a) “Prior to signature on a final plat, the applicant shall provide documentation to the city verifying
the approval of a property boundary adjustment from Ada County for the subject property.”
Additionally, the following conditions should be modified to reflect the revised concept plan submitted by
the applicant:
1.1.1(e) “The landscape buffer and sidewalk requirements along Parcels A and B Lot 1, Block 3 and Lot 1,
Block 2 shall be installed with the development of those parcels.”
1.1.1(i) “Remainder parcel A Lot 1, Block 3 shall be zoned R-8 and shall have lot sizes generally consistent
with the adjacent single-family homes to the north.
1.1.1(j) “Remainder parcel B Lot 1, Block 2 shall be zoned R-15 to allow for a greater variety of housing
types within the Mixed-Used Community designation.
1.1.1(n) “Parcels A and B Lot 1, Block 3 and Lot 1, Block 2 shall be further subdivided prior to any
development on those parcels.
Also, on December 8th, staff received the final staff reports from ACHD regarding the application. Staff
recommends that the Commission incorporate the conditions as part of the project.
It is important to note that in their staff report, ACHD has approved the two right-in/right-out only accesses
to Eagle and Amity Roads.