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STAFF SUMMARY
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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
Project Name:
Case No(s).:
Applicant:
Sutherland Farm No. 4 Subdivision
RZ-04-006, PP-04-009, CUP-04-009
Sutherland Farm, Inc.
P&Z Commission Hearing Date: May 6, 2004
City Of Meridian
City Clerk Office
Recommendation: Approve with conditions (All Ayes)
Summary of Public Hearing:
The applicant's representative, Daren Fluke, testified in favor of the application.
Cornel Larson testified in favor of the application, regarding its relationship to
Silverstone.
Key issues of discussion and questioning by the Commission included:
1. Emergency Access
2. Buffers
Key Commission Changes to Staff Recommendation:
• The Commission modified the minimum frontages and lot sizes to match the
applicants' request and to accommodate other requirements of the staff report.
Outstanding Issues for City Council:
1. Staff has not yet received a revised plat or landscape plan, in conformance with the
conditions of approval (per CUP condition 14).
2. The other Department comments (Fire, Police, SSC, and Parks) were inadvertently
left out of the original staff report. The comments are attached to this summary and
should be included in any motion.
Fire Department Comments:
1. One and two family dwellings will require afire-flow of 1,000 gallons per minute available
for duration of 2 hours to service the entire project. Fire hydrants shall be placed an average
of 400' apart. International Fire Code Appendix D
2. Final Approval of the fire hydrant locations shall be by the Meridian Fire
Department.
a. Fire Hydrants shall have the 4 %z" outlet face the main street or parking lot aisle.
b. The Fire hydrant shall not face a street which does not have addresses on it.
c. Fire hydrant markers shall be provided per Public Works spec.
d. Locations with fire hydrants shall have the curb painted red 10' to each side of the
hydrant location.
e. Fire Hydrants shall be placed on comers.
f. Fire hydrants shall not have any vertical obstructions to outlets within 10'.
3. All entrance and internal roads shall have a turning radius of 28' inside and
48' outside radius.
4. Provide a 20' wide Fire Lane for all internal & external roadways.
5. Operational fire hydrants and temporary or permanent street signs are required before
combustible construction begins.
6. To increase emergency access to the site a minimum of two points of access will be required
for any portion of the project, which serves more than 50 homes. The applicant shall
provide a stub street to the property to the (west/eastJnorth/south). The two entrances shall
be separated by no less than''/z the diagonal measurement of the project.
7. Building setbacks shall be per the Building Code for one and two story constmction.
The roadways shall be built to Ada County Highway Standards and shall have a clear
driving surface, available at all times, which is 20' wide. Streets with less than a 29'
street width shall have no parking. Streets with less than 33' shall have parking only on
one side.
9. The proposed project lies outside the five-minute response zone goal. Achievement of
this goal is subject to budgetazy constraints and is intended to enhance the probability of
a favorable outcome on a request for Basic Life Support. The budget constraints are
typically defined as capital outlay for facilities that are located within 1.5 miles from a
given location and sufficient operational funds to staff the facilities.
10. Maintain a separation of 5' from the building to the dumpster enclosure.
Police Department Comment:
1. To increase emergency access to the site, the applicant shall provide an emergency access
on Lot 41, Block 11. Prior to the next public hearing, the applicant shall submit a revised
plat/site plan to reflect this requirement.
Sanitary Services Comment:
SSC will not provide trash pick-up services utilizing the common driveways. Prior to
release of buildmg permits for homes that take access from the common driveways, the
developer shall install a concrete pad at the end of the common drive no more than five
(5) feet behind the sidewalk. The pad shall be of sufficient area to accommodate the
receptacles of the residences that take access from the common driveway. Receptacles
shall be placed on the concrete pad on collection day in a manner that does not cause a
nuisance.
Parks Department Comments:
1. Pathway and Trail standards: The proposed pathway and/or trail shall meet the standazds
as set forth in the August 2003 Comprehensive Parks and Recreation System Plan, pgs. 3-
2 and 3-3, sections B & C.
2. Standard for City to assume Maintenance of a section of Pathway: The pathway must
connect from one major arterial to another, and either an easement or ownership deed
must be granted before the city will assume the maintenance of any section of pathway.
BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE
REQUEST FOR A REZONE OF 16.1
ACRES TO R-8 ZONE FOR
SUTHERLAND FARM N0.4
SUBDIVISION
Case No. RZ-04-006
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY
1 COUNCIL
Sutherland Farm, Inc.,
Applicant
The property is approximately 16.1 acres in size and is generally located
approximately'/: a mile south of Overland Road on the east side of S. Eagle Road,
Meridian.
2. Sutherland Farm, Inc. is the current property owner and they have submitted
notarized consent for the subject application.
Applicant is Sutherland Farm, Inc., 3895 Girdner Lane, Meridian, Idaho.
4. The subject property is currently zoned R-4 and consists of agricultural land and
was part of the previously approved Sutherland Farms project.
5. The Applicant requests the property be zoned as R-8 (Medium Density
Residential).
6. The property which is the subject of this application is within the Area of Impact
of the City of Meridian.
7. The entire parcel of the property is included within the Meridian Urban Service
Planning Area as defined in the Meridian Comprehensive Plan.
The Applicant proposes to develop the subject property in the following manner:
A residential neighborhood planned development.
9. The Meridian Comprehensive Plan Generalized Land Use Map designates the
subject property as Medium Density Residential/Mixed-Use Community.
11. There are no significant existing trees that affect the consideration of this
application.
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RECOMMENDATION
The Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission hereby recommends to the City Council
of the City of Meridian that they approve the requested Rezone as requested by the
applicant for the property described in the application, with the following condition:
The existing Development Agreement shall be amended to include all conditions
of approval for the proposed plat and conditional use permit.
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