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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAlexandria Subdivision AZ-04-011 PP-04-017 CU- 04-015 Remand BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN IN THE MATTER OF THE REMAND TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THE APPLICATIONS OF ALEXANDRIA SUBDIVISION LOCATED SOUTH OF E. MCMILLAN ROAD ON N. LOCUST GROVE ROAD, TOWNSHIP 4 N., RANGE IE, SECTION 31, MERIDIAN, IDAHO LONNIE JOHNSON, APPLICANT C/C 08-24-04 C/C 09-21-04 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NOS. AZ-04-011, PP-04-017 CUP-04-015 ORDER OF REMAND TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION This matter having come before the City Council on August 24, 2004 and September 21, 2004, at the hour of7:00 o'clock p.m., at the Meridian City Hall, 33 East Idaho, Meridian, Idaho, and the Council having received the Recommendations ITom the Planning and Zoning Commission, and additionally having heard testimony at the September 21, 2004 meeting from Brad Hawkins-Clark, Principal City Planner for the Planning and Zoning Department, and Mike Wardle, representing the applicant, the Applicant would need to re-design the Site Plan and Preliminary Plat and address the proposed zoning ofthe non-residential portion at the east end of the development due to three distinct issues raised at the October 12, 2004 Pre-City Council meeting, which pertained to the following issues: 1. The 2.17 acres at the east end of the property is proposed as a Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) zone and contains four non-residential building lots. The City has previously approved three other mixed-use developments on the west side ofN. Locust Grove Road that include either commercial or office uses. The City Council is concerned with strip, non-residential development along Locust Grove Road and the additional traffic generated by these uses. ORDER GRANTING REMAND TO PLANNING AND ZONING AZ-04-0 11, PP-O4-017, CUP-O4-015 Page 1 of 4 2. The City Council finds this parcel is not close enough to the half section line - which is where neighborhood centers are to be located based upon the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map - to warrant non-residential uses. Medium density residential uses are preferred. It is recommended that the applicant re-design the development to incorporate all residential uses and zoning. 3. The City Council recognizes the concerns of the public with the proposed C-N zoning and, specifically, the hours of operation as compared with office or residential type uses. Therefore, due to the aforementioned issues, the City Council issues the following Decision and Order: DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING ORDER OF REMAND TO PLANNING AND ZONING Based upon the above and foregoing facts and testimony, the Applicant would need to re- design the project and amend the zoning due to three distinct issues raised at the October 12, 2004 Pre-City Council meeting, which pertained to the following: I. The 2.17 acres at the east end of the property is proposed as a Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) zone and contains four non-residential building lots. The City has previously approved three other mixed-use developments on the west side ofN. Locust Grove Road that include either commercial or office uses. The City Council is concerned with strip, non-residential development along Locust Grove Road and the additional traffic generated by these uses. 2. The City Council finds this parcel is not close enough to the half section line - which is where neighborhood centers are to be located based upon the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map - to warrant non-residential uses. Medium density residential uses are preferred. It is recommended that the applicant re-design the development to incorporate all residential uses and zoning. 3. The City Council recognizes the concerns of the public with the proposed C-N zoning and, specifically, the hours of operation as compared with office or residential type uses. ORDER GRANTING REMAND TO PLANNING AND ZONING AZ-04-0 II, PP-O4-017, CUP-O4-015 Page 2 of 4 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND THIS DOES ORDER THAT: 1. The decision of the City Council is based upon the findings discussed at the September 21,2004 public hearings and further elaborated at the October 12, 2004 Pre-City Council meeting for the annexation and zoning, preliminary plat and. conditional use permit applications. That there are three distinct issues as outlined above and, therefore, the Applicant will need to re-design this project to address those concerns. 2. This matter is remanded back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for further action in accordance with this decision. By action of the City Council at its regular meeting held on the g rç( day of ¡1/pl/e4?v~, 2004. ROLL CALL: Ct:?U-n.-u -II?< epw~ bñn,¿t.(. V'Þ-kd. ~ COUNCILMAN WARDLE Voted æ6.r~ COUNCILMAN ROUNTREE Voted~ COUNCILMAN BIRD Voted~ MAYOR TAMMY de WEERD (Tie Breaker) DATED: /1--g-d?4-- Voted MOTION: APPROVED: x DISAPPROVED: Copy served upon Applicant, the Planning and Zoning Department, Public Works De and the City Attorney. ORDER GRANTING REMAND TO PLANNING AND ZONING AZ-04-011, PP-04-017, CUP-04-015 Page 3 of 4 ORDER GRANTING REMAND TO PLANNING AND ZONING AZ-04-0 II, PP-04-017, CUP-04-O15 Page 4 of 4 /1-3-01-