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Project Name:
Alexandria Subdivision
STAFF SUMMARY
OF
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
RECEIVED
AUG 2 0 2004
Case No(s).:
~-04-011, CUP-04-0IS, PP-04-017
City Of Meridian
City Clerk Office
Applicant:
Lonnie Johnson.
P&Z Commission Hearing Date: July 29, 2004
Recommendation:
Approval.
Summary of Public Hearing:
. At the July IS, 2004 hearing, testimony was provided by the following people:
Staff testified on the proposed applications.
Mike Wardle and Joe Canning, representatives for the developer, testified in favor of
the subject applications.
2 neighboring property owners testified regarding concerns about potential impacts of
the proposed development
Key Commission Changes to Staff Recommendation:
. The Commission made no modifications to the conditions included in the staff report.
Outstanding Issues for City Council:
Neighborhood Center: Meridian's Comprehensive Plan has designated a Mixed-Use
Neighborhood Center on the west side of Locust Grove Road halfway between McMillan Road
and Ustick Road. The Comprehensive Plan states that only ten acres of non-residential uses may
be permitted for each Mixed-Use Neighborhood Center. Currently there are 11.21 acres of
nonresidential uses which have been approved for the Locust Grove Neighborhood Center.
Heritage Commons has 3.8 acres of commercial uses which were approved as a use exception
and Razzberry Subdivision has 3.31 acres of L-a zoning. Brockton Subdivision was approved at
the July 13, 2004 City Council hearing for 4.1 acres of nonresidential uses.
NOTE: The applicant has submitted copies of a revised landscape plan depicting minor
modifications to the landscape plan and detailed plans for proposed open space area
amenities. Staff is supportive of the revised plans.
BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE )
REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION & )
ZONING OF 9.8 ACRES TO R-8 AND )
CoN ZONES FOR A PLANNED )
DEVELOPMENT )
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Case No. AZ-O4-011
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY
COUNCIL
Lonnie Johnson,
Applicant
1.
The property is approximately 9.8 acres in size and is located on Locust Grove
Road, approximately \l2mile south of the southwest intersection of McMillan Road
and Locust Grove Road, Meridian. The property is designated as Mixed Use-
Neighborhood.
2.
The owners of record of the subject property are Lonnie and Karen Johnson.
3.
Applicant is Lonnie Johnson.
4.
The subject property is currently zoned RUT and consists ofan existing single
family home.
s.
The Applicant requests the property be zoned as CoN and R-8 .
6.
The subject property is bordered to the north by L-a zoning, to the south by R-R
zoning, to the east by R-4 zoning, and to the west by R-4 zoning.
7.
The property which is the subject of this application is within the Area of Impact
of the City of Meridian.
8.
The entire parcel of the property is included within the Meridian Urban Service
Planning Area as defined in the Meridian Comprehensive Plan.
9.
The Applicant proposes to develop the subject property in the following manner:
as a residential and commercial planned development
10.
The Applicant requests zoning of the subject real property as CoN and R-8 which
is consistent with the Meridian Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map which
designates the subject property as Mixed-Use Neighborhood.
11.
There are no significant or scenic features of major importance 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 Annexation and Zoning
as requested by the applicant for the property described in the application, subject to the
following:
A.
Adopt the Recommendations of the Meridian Planning & Zoning Department
as follows:
1. The legal description submitted with the application appears to meet the
requirements of the City of Meridian and State Tax Commission and places the
parcel contiguous to existing city limits.
2. The requested zoning designations of R-8 and CoN are compatible with the City
Comprehensive Plan and Meridian's Zoning Ordinance.
3. The subject property is within the Urban Service Planning Area. Essential City
services are available to the subject property.
4. Any existing domestic wells and/or septic systems within this project will have to
be removed from their domestic service per City Ordinance Section 5-7-517.
Wells may be used for non-domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation.
S. The applicant has requested the following reductions for setbacks, lot sizes, and
lot frontages:
Setbacks-
Citv Requirements (R-8)
Rear: 15'
Street side: 20'
Proposed Setbacks
Rear: 10'
Street side: 12'
Lot Size-
Citv ReQuirements
R-8 zone: 6,500 sq. ft.
Proposed Lot Sizes
5,500 sq. ft.
Lot Frontage-Citv ReQuirements
6S'minimum
Proposed Frontage
45' min.
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