HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-13-04 Letter from Wallaces
12113/2004 11: 25 FAX 208 378 9892
PARKS WESTS IDE
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12-13-04
RECEIVE
DEC 1 3 2004
To City of Meridian P&Z,
City of Meridian
City Clerk Offie<
In May of 1994 we purchased a 1.1 acre building lot in the Dartmoor Subdivision,
from Skyline Development Company to build a new home. The lot prices were at a
premium price because oflocation, 15 year deed restriction, and we were told that the
56.6 acre lots behind our development wouJd be 1 to 2 acre home sites. When we met
with Vision Firs! (Kingsbridge) Development Company February 24, 2004 at a Dartmoor
Homeowners Association meeting, we were told that the 15 year deed restriction would
expire when annexation from the City of Meridian was in affect. We as homeowners
hired Moffatt Thomas Law finn to advise us on the deed restriction. The legal fees have
become a big burden to the homeowners of Dartmoor Subdivision, for something that we
should not have to deal with for another five years. You have denied this issue once, and
I hope that you will deny the appeal once again that is in front ofus on Tuesday evening.
We have spoke to several real estate agents and appraisers, who teU us that we will lose
anywhere from 10-20% off of the cost of our houses if this development is approved.
This 219 home site development is not consistent with the other one to five acre home
sites already there.
The Iraffic study prepared by Dobie Engineering shows that 550-700 cars per day
will use Dartmoor drive and 1200-1600 cars a day would use Kingsbridge drive. On
paper they can make the traffie study look that way, but if you look at the biggest part of
the development you can see that most people will use Dartmoor drive to get to their
homes, not Kingsbridge drive.
If this development is approved, we will continue to seek legal council from
Moffatt Thomas to uphold our legal right to obtain an injunction to stop the development
in order to have time to sell our house and move on.
Sincerely,
Tim and Laurie Wallace
3834 S. Gideon Dartmoor Subdivision
Meridian, ID 83642
Hm-884-0740
Wk-378-9887
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