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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Comments . CITY HALL MAYOR d d `~' g.' ~ (208) 888-4433 --Fax 887-0R 13 Tammy e Weer .. ' _ _ CI'iY oP L PUBLIC WORKS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS .-. ~ ~ ~`::, BUILDING DEPARTMENT ~ ~ ~ `~ (208) 887-2211 -Fax 898-9551 Keith Bird ~ , Christine Donnell I/Z / L / l {{ I[~AHO `~ f LEGAL DEPARTMENT Shaun Wardle Charles M. Rountree ~\x 'ba /~ (208) 466-9272 -FAX 466-4405 STAFF REPORT: City Council Date: March 8, 2005 To: Mayor & City Council RECEIVED From: Sonya Allen, Assistant City Planner ,~~ MAR - ~ ~~j Bruce Freckleton, Development Serv;.,.,~ .~lanager~ City Re: Destination Place Subdivision (aka Boise Valley Commons) Request for Final Plat Approval of Eighteen (18) Commercial Building Lots on 33.1 Acres in a C-G Zone for Destination Place Subdivision, by Boise Valley Commons, LLC (File No. FP-OS-014) We have reviewed the above-referenced submittal and offer the following comments, as conditions of approval. These conditions shall be considered in full, unless expressly modified or deleted by motion of the Meridian City Council: APPLICATION SUMMARY & LOCATION The applicant, Boise Valley Commons, LLC, has requested final plat approval for 18 commercial building lots on 33.1 acres in a C-G zone for Destination Place Subdivision (aka Boise Valley Commons). The proposed subdivision is located at 2400 E. Overland Road, in the SW '/a of Sectionl7; T.3N., R.IE. The submitted final plat substantially complies with the approved preliminary plat. Staff recommends approval of the subject final plat for Destination Place Subdivision with the comments and conditions stated in this report. SITE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 1. Applicant is to meet all terms of the approved Preliminary Plat (PP-04-042) for this site. Mayor & City Council Hearing Date: March 8, 2005 Page 2 of4 2. Submit compaction test results to the Meridian Building Department for any building pads within lots receiving engineered backfill. 3. If no perimeter fencing is proposed, the applicant shall provide temporary construction fencing to contain debris along the boundaries of the subdivision prior to issuance of any building permits. 4. The Landscape Plan dated 2/7/05 and prepared by CSHQA, needs to be revised as follows: a. Include a calculations table demonstrating compliance with MCC 12-13 that includes: width of street buffers, lineal feet of street frontage, number of street trees required/proposed, acreage dedicated for common open space, number of trees provided on common areas, and mitigation for removal of existing trees on the site. 5. The following notes on the plat prepared by Anderson Survey Group, Inc., dated 2/8/05, need to be revised or added: (1.) ...section 31-3805, concerning irrigation water. (2.) ...public utility, drainage and irrigation easement slime is hereby dedicated adjacent to and parallel... (8.) Include recorded instrument number of cross access easement agreement. (9.) Strike note. This subdivision did not have a Conditional Use Permit. (1~ "Direct lot access to E. Overland Road is urohibited except for the two public streets approved with this plat." 5. Street signs are to be in place, water system shall be approved and activated, fencing installed, drainage lots constructed, road base approved by the Ada County Highway District and the Final Plat for this subdivision shall be recorded, prior to applying for building permits. 6. All development improvements, including sewer & water, pressurized irrigation and landscaping 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 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 from exisfing 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. 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. FP-OS-014 Destination Place Sub FP.doc Mayor & City Council Hearing Date: March 8, 2005 Page 3 of 4 10. The pressurized irrigation system within this development is to be owned and maintained by Boise Valley Commons. 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, asingle- 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. 11. Complete the Certificate of Owners and accompanying Acknowledgment. 12. For addressing purposes/emergency response for buildings on Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13, the applicant shall provide monument signs with addresses at both ends of the 30-fr. wide access easement loop and at each curb cut where a given lot intersects the access drive (E. Cinema Drive). A separate sign permit is required for these signs. 13. Revise the right-of--way widths shown along the south boundary to show each 'h width. 14. Graphically depict the landscape buffer easement on the plat along S. Millenium Way, E. Cinema Drive, and S. Celebration Avenue as described in note #10. 15. Lot 2, Block 2 is missing a dimension on the west side, revise accordingly. 16. Address who will be responsible for the maintenance of the drive aisles that provide access to the public street system either in a note on the face of the plat and/or in a document such as CC&R's for the subdivision. Provide a note on the plat or a copy of the document containing this information to the City prior to the City Engineer's signature on the final plat. 17. No building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to or structurally altered, nor shall any building structure or land be established or change in use on this site without first obtaining a Certificate of Zoning Compliance (CZC) from the Meridian Planning & Zoning Department. 18. 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 norma] groundwater elevation. 19. Vacation of the outdated easements for power, irrigation, sewer, stormwater drainage, etc. must be approved prior to City Engineer signature on the final plat. 20. Please submit all updated groundwater/soils monitoring data to the Public Works Department for review. Any drainage areas (detention/retentionhasins) must be designed to ensure that water is retained only during 100-year storm events, and for a period of time not to exceed 24 hours. Side slopes within drainage areas shall not exceed 3:1. Any portion of a drainage area not improved with sod/grass seed (or other approved landscaping) shall not FP-OS-014 Destination Place Sub FP.doc Mayor & City Council Hearing Date: March 8, 2005 Page 4 of 4 count towards the required open space area. The project engineer should pay close attention to the results of field studies determining the groundwater, soil type & and characteristics during the design and construction phases. The engineer shall be required to certify that the street centerline elevafions are set a minimum of 3-feet above the highest established normal groundwater elevation. 21. Applicant shall be responsible for application and compliance with any Section 404 Permitting that may be required by the Army Corps of Engineers. 22. Applicant shall be responsible for application and compliance with and NPDES Permitting that may be required by the Environmental Protection Agency. 23. Staff s failure to cite specific ordinance provisions or terms of the approved Preliminary Plat does not relieve the Applicant of responsibility for compliance. 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 confirmation of plan approval from 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 from their domestic service per City Ordinance Section 9-1-4 and 9-4-8. (Wells maybe used for non- domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation.) Install 250-watt, high-pressure sodium streetlights at locations designated by the Public Works Department. Street light contractor shall obtain an approved design and permit from the Public Works Department prior to commencing installations. 4. Replace any tree over four (4) inch caliper that is removed from 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.) 5. Coordinate with the Meridian Public Works Department and the Meridian City/Rural Fire Department to determine fire flow requirements. Provide a letter from the Fire Department stating required fire flow requirements prior to final plat approval. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the final plat with the above stated comments and conditions. FP-OS-014 Destination Place Sub FP.doc