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MEMORANDUM:
To:
From:
March 26, 2002
Mayor & City Council RECEIVED
Bruce Freekleton, Assistant to City Engineer- MAR 2 8 2002
David McKinnon, Planner II CITY OF MERIDIAN
CITY CLERK OFFICE
Request for a Final Plat Approval of Inglenook Subdivision - 20 Single-Family Lots
and 4 Other Lots on 5.97 Acres in an R-4 Zone by Providence Development Group,
Inglenook LLC (File # FP-02-O03.)
We have reviewed this submittal and offer the following comments, as conditions of the
applicant. These conditions shall be considered in full, unless expressly modified or deleted by
motion of the Meridian City Council:
APPLICATION SUMMARY
The application is for 20 single-family building lots on 5.97 acres of land in an R-4 zone, at a gross
density of 3.35 units per acre. The parcel is currently fallow agricultural ground and bordered on the
north and south by Ada County parcels, each with a single residence. The property is designated as
Single Family Residential in the Comprehensive Plan.
LOCATION
The parcel is located at 2720 S. Locust Grove Road, on the east side of the road, 1,500 feet north of
Victory Road.
SURROUNDING USES
North: Two unincorporated parcels, zoned RUT. Each parcel has a single family residence.
South: A 5-acre, unincorporated parcel, zoned RUT, with a single family residence.
East: The Nine Mile Drain abuts the east boundary. A common open space lot in the recently
approved Tarawood Subdivision, zoned R-4, is iramediately east of the drain.
West: SaLmon Rapids Subdivision, zoned R-4.
CURRENT OWNER OF RECORD
Clifford D. Babbit is the current property owner and has submitted notarized consent for both
applications.
SITE SPECIFIC COMMENTS
1. Applicant is to meet all terms of the approved preliminary plat.
FP-02-003
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Mayor and Council
March 26, 2002
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Street signs are to be in place, water system shall be approved and activated, pressurized
irrigation system approved and activated, fencing installed, and road base approved by the Ada
County Highway District prior to applying for building permits. All development
improvements, including landscaping, shall be installed prior to obtaining certificates of
occupancy. A letter of credit or cash surety in the mount of 110% will be required for all
fencing, landscaping, pressurized irrigation, sanitary sewer, water, etc., prior to signature on the
final plat.
Applicant shall be responsible to construct permanent perimeter fencing, except where the City
has expressly agreed, in writing, that such fencing is not necessary. Fencing is to be in place
prior to applying for building permits. Fencing adjacent to the Nine Mile Drain shall be
wrought iron, installed to match the fence in adjacent to the Nine Mile Drain in Tara Wood
Subdivision to the east. The wrought iron fence shall be installed along the rear lot lines of lots
3-5, Block 2 in order to delineate the buildable lots from the NMID easement. A deed
restriction shall be added to Lots 3-5, Block 2 requiring that the fence remain an open-vision
fence. Fencing along the southern boundary oftbe subdivision shall be non-combustible (chain-
link). All other fencing is to be six-foot (6') cedar.
Landscaping shall be installed per the approved landscape plans (dated 3-27-02). All required
landscaping shall be completed prior to obtaining certificates of occupancy.
Sanitary sewer and water service to this site shall be via extensions ficom existing mains in
Locust Grove Road. Subdivision designer to coordinate main sizing and routing with the
Public Works Department. This development will be subject to applicable latecomer fees,
which shall be paid prior to City signatures on the final plat map.
Applicant's engineer will be required to submit a signed, stamped statement certifying that all
street finish centerline elevations are set a minimum of three feet above the highest established
normal groundwater elevation. This certification will be required prior to approval of the
development plans.
Provide a copy of the executed encroachment agreement (if any) with Nampa-Meridian
Irrigation District, indicating how the land underlying the Nine Mile Drain easement may be
used, prior to signature on the final plat.
In accordance with City Ordinance 12-13-8-1, underground year-round pressurized irrigation
must be provided to all common landscape areas on site. Applicant shall be required to utilize
any existing surface or well water for the primary source. If City water is proposed as a
secondary source, developer shall be responsible to pay water assessments for the common
landscaped areas. Applicant has not indicated whether the pressurized irrigation system within
this development is to be owned and maintained by an association or the Nampa & Meridian
Irrigation District. If the system is being proposed as a private system, plans and specifications
for the irrigation system shall be reviewed by the Public Works Department as part of the
development plan review process, and a dra~ copy of the pressurized irrigation system O&M
manual must be submitted prior the pre-construction meeting.
FP-02-003
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Mayor and Council
March 26, 2002
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Staff's failure to cite specific ordinance provisions or terms of the approved preliminary plat
does not relieve Applicant of responsibility for compliance.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
All irrigation ditches, laterals or canals, exclusive of natural waterways, intersecting, crossing
or lying adjacent and comiguous to the area being subdivided 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, with written confirmation of said approval submitted to the Public
Works Department.
Any existing domestic wells and/or septic systems within this project will have to be removed
fi:om their domestic service per City Ordinance Section 9-1-4 and 94-8. Wells may be used
for non-domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation.
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Two-hundred-fitly and one-hundred watt, high-pressure sodium streetlights will be required at
locations designated by the Public Works Department. All streetlights shall be installed at
subdivider's expense. Typical locations are at street intersections and/or fire hydrants.
Submit "Final" letter from the Ada County Street Name Committee, approving the subdivision
and street names. Make any corrections necessary to conform.
5. Coordinate fire hydrant placement with the City of Meridian's Public Works Department.
6. Provide five-foot-wide sidewalks in accordance with City Ordinance Section 12-5-2.K.
RECOMMENDATION
Staffrecommends approval of this application, with the above noted comments.
FP-02-003
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