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STAFF SUMMARY
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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDA nON TO CITY COUNCIL
Project Name:
Chatsworth Subdivision
Case No(s).:
AZ-04-018, PP-04-025
Applicant:
Dyver Development, LLC
P&Z Commission Hearing Date: August 19, 2004
Recommendation:
Approve with conditions (all ayes)
Summary of Public Hearings:
. Shawn Nickel, representing the applicant, testified in favor of the application.
. David Bailey, representing the applicant (engineer), discussed the existing east-west
easement and that the applicant intend to vacate the easement through the City's
established process.
. Lori Bi, property owner to the south, testified on concerns regarding access to the back
part of her property and requested a gate at the end of the stub street to her property. She
also had concerns about the applicant's proposal to vacate the 30-foot wide easement, as
a portion of the easement is on her property.
. Another point of discussion was the location of the proposed access point to Locust
Grove Road for this development.
Key Commission Changes to Staff Recommendation:
. Amended Site Specific Condition #8 on Page 11 to require a gate at the tenninus of East
Pisa Street for the Bi property.
Outstanding Issues for City Council:
. None.
NOTE: Joint School District No.2 has submitted a letter stating that the high schools, middle
schools, and elementary schools throughout the district are operating over capacity and that
approval of Chats worth Subdivision will have a significant impact on school enrollments at
Mary McPherson Elementary, Lake Hazel Middle, and Mountain View High School. The
letter does not contain any specific conditions regarding the subject development, but it does
call out the current overcrowded situation. Please see the letter from Joint School District No.
2, dated July 20, 2004, for more infonnation regarding the subject development's impact on
the School District.
BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE )
REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION & )
ZONING OF 19.40 ACRES TO R-8 )
FOR CHATSWORTH SUBDIVISION)
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Case No. AZ-04-018
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY
COUNCIL
DYVER DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
Applicant
1.
The property is approximately 19.40 acres in size and is located on the west side
of South Locust Grove Road, approximately 1/3 of a mile south of Victory Road,
in Section 30, Township 3 North, Range 1 East.
2.
Dyver Development, LLC is the current property owner and Corey Barton, a
managing member, has submitted notarized consent for the subject application.
3.
The Applicant is Dyver Development, LLC.
4.
The subject property is currently zoned RUT (Ada County) and has an existing
residence with other outbuildings.
5.
The Applicant requests the property be zoned R-8.
6.
The property which is the subject of this application is within the Area ofImpact
ofthe City of Meridian.
7.
The entire parcel of the property is included within the Meridian Urban Service
Planning Area as defmed in the 2002 Meridian Comprehensive Plan.
8.
The Applicant proposes to develop the subject property in the following manner:
A residential subdivision with seventy-seven (77) buildable lots and four (4)
other/common lots.
9.
The Applicant requests zoning of the subject real property to R-8 (Medium
Density Residential) which is consistent with the Meridian Comprehensive Plan
Future Land Use Map, which designates the subject property as Medium Density
Residential.
10.
There are no significant or scenic features of major importance that affect the
consideration of this application.
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11.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recognizes the concerns of Lori Bi,
expressed at the hearing on August 19,2004.
RECOMMENDATION
The Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission hereby recommends to the City
Council of the City of Meridian that they approve the Annexation and Zoning as
requested by the Applicant for the property described in the application, subject to the
following:
A.
Adopt the Comments and Recommendations of the Meridian Planning & Zoning
and Public Works Departments as follows:
1. The legal description submitted with the application (dated 1-23-04, stamped by
D. Terry Peugh) shows the property as contiguous to the existing corporate
boundary of the City of Meridian and is approved.
2. 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,
when services are available from the City of Meridian. Wells may be used for
non-domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation.
3. All irrigation ditches, laterals or canals, exclusive of natural waterways,
intersecting, crossing or lying adjacent and contiguous to the parcel shall be tiled
per City Ordinance 12-4-13. Plans will need to be approved by the appropriate
irrigation/drainage district, or lateral users association (ditch owners), with written
approval or non-approval submitted to the Public Works Department. If lateral
users association approval can't be obtained, plans will be reviewed and approved
by the Meridian City Engineer prior to final plat signature.
4. Any future subdivision, uses and construction on this property shall comply with
the City of Meridian ordinances in effect at the time.
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