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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Comments MAYOR Tammy de Weerd Á clf;;;¡¡!M \ IDAHO CITY HALL (208) 888-4433 - Fax 887-4813 PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING DEPAR1MENT (208) 887-2211 - Fax 898-9551 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Keith Bird Christine Donnell Shaun Wardle Charles M. Rountree LEGAL DEPARTMENT (208)466-9272 - FAX 466-4405 STAFF REPORT: City Council Date: November 9,2004 From: Mayor & City Council Sonya Allen, Assistant City Planner rill ~ Bruce Freckleton, Development Ser""",o "lanager ~ RECEIVED NOV 0 S 2004 To: Re: City Of Meridian City Clerk Office Request for Final Plat Approval of Ten (10) Commercial Building Lots on 3.8 Acres in an L-O Zone for Brockton Subdivision, by Confluence Management, LLC (File No. FP-O4-068) Brockton Subdivision We have reviewed the above-referenced submittal and offer the following comments, as conditions of approval. These conditions shall be considered in fun. unless expressly modified or deleted by motion of the Meridian City Council: APPLICATION SUMMARY & LOCATION The applicant, Confluence Management, LLC, has requested final plat approval for 10 commercial building lots on 3.8 acres in an L-O zone for Brockton Subdivision. The proposed subdivision is located approximately %mile north of E. Ustick Road on the west side of N. Locust Grove Road, in the SE %of Section 31, TAN., RlE. A Conditional Use Permit was approved for this subdivision which allowed for reductions to the minimum requirements in the L-O zone for the following: lot frontage (from 50-ft. to O-ft. internally) and landscape buffer width between land uses (from 20-ft. to 10-ft.) along the northern boundary of the subdivision. The submitted [mal plat complies with the approved preliminary plat. Staff recommends approval of the final plat for Brockton Subdivision with the comments and conditions stated in this report. Mayor & City Council Hearing Date: November 9, 2004 Page 2 of 4 SITE SPECIFIC REOUIREMENTS FP-04-068 1. Applicant is to meet all temIS of the approved Annexation (AZ-04-010), Preliminary Plat (PP-04-013), and Conditional Use Permit (CUP-04-012) for this subdivision. 2. Submit compaction test results to the Meridian Building Department for any building pads within lots receiving engineered backfill. 3. All proposed fencing must' be in compliance with MCC 12-4-10. 4. Provide a recorded copy of the cross parking/cross access agreement for all the new lots within the subdivision to utilize the driveways and parking, to the Planning & Zoning Department prior to signature on the final plat per Preliminary Plat finding #2. 5. Revise the landscape plan dated 10/8/04 and prepared by Harvest Design, as follows: a. b. c. 6. If any stOmI drainage swales exist within the landscape easements, provide contours. A pedestrian walkway is required ITom the proposed internal sidewalks to the north (parcel #80531417685). The required walkway should be constructed in accordance with MCC 12-5-2.K and MCC 12-13-15 per CUP finding #8. Revise plan to extend at least one of the proposed sidewalks to the property line to the north. Relocate the 5-foot detached sidewalk shown within the 25-foot landscape buffer adjacent to N. Locust Grove Road to be within the public right-of-way. If the unimproved street right-of-way is greater than 13-feet ITom edge of pavement to edge of sidewalk or property line, a 10-foot wide gravel shoulder is required, with the remainder to be landscaped with lawn or other vegetative groundcover (per MCC 12-13-10-9). This will require a License Agreement with ACHD. A 25-ft. wide buffer is required adjacent to Locust Grove. Buffer width must exclude the width of the sidewalk per MCC 12-13-10-2. Revise or add the following notes to the face of the plat: (1.) (2.) (5.) (9.) (10.) (11.) Delete Delete "...ofthe City of Meridian unless otherwise modified bv Conditional Use Permit (CUP-O4-012i." ".. .Uft!ess speeifieally alleweà BY ¡\CHD lIftà the City efMeridian." "Maintenance of all common areas. includin!! but not limited to: drive aisles. parkin!! aisles. amenities. landscapin!!. draina!!e areas. etc.. shall be responsibilitv of the Brockton Business Owners' Association." Provide a note granting cross-access to the lot to the north (parcel #S0531417685) to utilize the new drive aisles as access to Locust Grove Road, per Preliminary Plat finding #2. Brockton Sub FP.doc Mayor & City Council Hearing Date: November 9, 2004 Page 3 of 4 7. Street signs are to be in place, water system shall be approved and activated, pressurized irrigation system approved and activated, drainage lots constructed, and road base approved by the Ada County Highway District prior to applying for building pemIits. All development improvements shall be installed and approved prior to obtaining certificates of occupancy. A letter of credit or cash surety in the amount of 110% will be required for all fencing, pathways, landscaping, pressurized irrigation, sanitary sewer, water, etc., prior to signature on the final plat. 8. Sanitary sewer service and municipal water to this development shall be via extensions ITom existing mains. Applicant will be responsible to construct, or re-construct the sewer and water mains to and through this proposed development, thereby making them available to adjacent properties. Subdivision designer to coordinate main sizing and routing with the Public Works Department. Applicant shall execute City of Meridian standard fomI of easements, for any mains that are required to provide service. 9. Applicant shall be required to pay Public Works development plan review, and construction inspection fees, as determined during the plan review process, prior to signature on the final plat per Resolution 02-374. 10. The pressurized irrigation system within this development is to be owned and maintained by the Business Owners' Association. The City of Meridian requires that pressurized irrigation systems be supplied by a year-round source of water. If a creek or well source is not available, a single-point connection to the municipal water system shall be required. If a single-point connection is utilized, the developer shall be responsible for the payment of assessments for the common areas prior to signature on the final plat by the Meridian City Engineer. II. Complete the Certificate of Owners and accompanying Acknowledgment. 12. Staffs failure to cite specific ordinance provisions or temIS of the approved Annexation, Preliminary Plat or Conditional Use Permit does not relieve Applicant of responsibility for compliance. GENERAL REOUIREMENTS FP-O4-068 I. Tile all irrigation ditches, laterals or canals, exclusive of natural waterways, intersecting, crossing or lying adjacent and contiguous to the area being subdivided per City Ordinance 12-4-13. Submit written confimIation of plan approval ITom the appropriate irrigation/drainage district, or lateral users association to the Public Works Department. 2. Remove any existing domestic wells and/or septic systems within this project ITom their domestic service per City Ordinance Section 9-1-4 and 9-4-8. (Wells may be used for non-domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation.) Brockton Sub FP.doc Mayor & City Council Hearing Date: November 9, 2004 Page 4 of 4 3. Install 250-watt, high-pressure sodium streetlights at locations designated by the Public Works Department. Street light contractor shall.obtain an approved design and pemIit ITom the Public Works Department prior to commencing installations. J. Replace any tree over four (4) inch caliper that is removed ITom the property with an equivalent number of caliper inches of trees. (Required landscape buffer trees will not be considered as replacement trees for those trees that have to be removed.) 4. Coordinate with the Meridian Public Works Department and the Meridian City/Rural Fire Department to detemIine fire flow requirements. Provide a letter ITom the Fire Department stating required fire flow requirements prior to final plat approval. RECOMMENDA nON Staff recommends approval of the final plat with the above stated comments and conditions. FP-O4-068 Brockton Sub FP.doc