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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAshtyn Park AZ C/C06-28-05 08-09-05 BEFORE THE MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXA nON AND ZONING OF 2.3 ACRES TO L-O FOR ASHTYN PARK SUBDIVISION Case No. AZ 05-020 APPLICANT ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LA W AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL DAVID PRICE The above entitled annexation and zoning application having come on for public hearing on June 28, 2005 and August 9,2005, at the hour of7:00 o'clock p.m., Anna Canning, City Planning and Zoning Administrator for the Planning and Zoning Department, David Price appeared and testified, and the City Council having duly considered the evidence and the record in this matter therefore make the following Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, and Decision and Order: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The notice of public hearing on the application for annexation and zoning was published for two (2) consecutive weeks prior to said public hearings scheduled for June 28, 2005 and August 9, 2005, before the City Council, the first publication appearing and written notice having been mailed to property owners or purchasers of record within three hundred (300') feet ofthe external boundaries of the property under consideration more than fifteen (15) days prior to said hearings and with the notice of public hearings having been posted upon the property under consideration more than one FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL ASHTYN PARK SUBDIVISION; CASE NO. AZ-O5-020 PAGE 1 OF 4 3. The City Council takes judicial notice of its zoning, subdivisions and week before said hearing; and that copies of all notices were made available to newspaper, radio and television stations as public service announcements; and the matter having been duly considered by the City Council on June 28, 2005 and August 9,2005, public hearings; and the applicant, affected property owners, and government subdivisions provided services within the planning jurisdiction of the City of Meridian, having been given full opportunity to express comments and submit evidence. 2. There has been compliance with all notice and hearing requirements set forth in Idaho Code §§67-6509 and 67-6511, and §§11-2-416E and 11-2-417A, Municipal Code ofthe City of Meridian. development ordinances codified at Title 11, Municipal Code of the City of Meridian, and all current zoning maps thereof, and the Amended Comprehensive Plan of the City of Meridian adopted August 6, 2002, Resolution No. 02-382, and maps and the ordinance Establishing the Impact Area Boundary. 4. The property is approximately 2.3 acres in size and is generally located on the southwest comer of north Meridian Road and west Ustick Road, Meridian, within a portion of the S 'l'2 of Section 10, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho. 5. Presbytery of Boise, an Idaho Corporation, c/o Joey Mills and Blair Clark, is the current property owner. 6. Applicant is David Price, 2291 Greenview Court, Eagle, Idaho 83616. 7. The subject property is currently zoned RUT (Ada County). FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL ASHTYN PARK SUBDIVISION; CASE No. AZ-O5-020 PAGE 2 OF 4 PAGE 3 OF 4 8. The Applicant requests the property be zoned L-O (Limited Office). The property which is the subject of this application is within the Area ofImpact of the City of Meridian. 9. The entire parcel of property is included within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area as defined in the Meridian Comprehensive Plan. 10. The Applicant proposes to develop the subject property in the following manner: Office buildings. 11. The Meridian Comprehensive Plan Generalized Land Use Map designates the subject property as Limited Office. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. The City of Meridian has discretionary authority to annex real property upon written request for annexation and the real property being contiguous or adjacent to city boundaries and that said property lies within the area of city impact as provided by Idaho Code §50-222. The Municipal Code ofthe City of Meridian §11-2-417 provides the City may annex real property that is within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area as set forth in the City's Comprehensive Plan. 2. The provisions of Idaho Code §50-222 govern the conditions upon which the City may exercise its authority to annex territory, but the exercise of that authority is discretionary as determined by the City Council. DECISION AND ORDER NOW, THEREFORE, BASED UPON THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, the City Council does hereby order and this does order: FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL ASHTYN PARK SUBDIVISION; CASE NO. AZ-OS-O20 MAYOR TAMMY de WEERD (TIE BREAKER) VOTED That the application for annexation and zoning is denied for the following reasons: The proposed development is not in the best interest of the City of Meridian. 6.f~ By action of the City Council at its regular meeting held on the ---==- day of September, 2005. ROLL CALL: COUNCILMAN SHAUN WARDLE VOTED ~ VOTED ~ VOTED M;~f- VOTED ~ - COUNCIL WOMAN CHRISTINE DONNELL COUNCILMAN CHARLIE ROUNTREE COUNCILMAN KEITH BIRD DATED: 9- p~ Il S- APPROVED: X DISAPPROVED: MonON: 9~ ATTEST: J~~ - XAL CITY CLERK % ')! #. J -; - ~. "'.D .:::- ~ 'ð_~r 1ß1". ~.:::':- ~ ..., ~ ,'" Copy served upon Applicant, t~~'~abd ~o~~:g Department, Public Works Department, and City Attorney. - BY:~ML\,L) City Clerk's Office Dated: 9-î -(;5 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL ASHTYN PARK SUBDIVISION; CASE NO. AZ-OS-O20 PAGE 4 OF 4