HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-04-21 ACHD ACHD Kent Goldthorpe, President
Dave McKinney,Vice-President
Jim D. Hansen,Commissioner
Clio + -to � Mary May,Commissioner
Alexis Pickering,Commissioner
To: Joseph Dodson
Current Associate Planner
City of Meridian — Community Development
33 E. Broadway Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642
Subject: MER21-0051/ MDA H-2021-0016
1450 W. Ustick Road
Development Agreement Modification
Thank you for the opportunity to review the proposed development agreement modification (MDA
H-2021-0016) for the property located at 1450 W. Ustick Road. ACHD does not typically provide
comments on this type of application, but has chosen to for this application due to ongoing issues
associated with a stub street planned to be constructed to the site's north property line.
As part of ACHD's November 2019 approval of Edington Commons Subdivision located directly
north of the site, a stub street was proposed and approved to be construct which would stub to this
site's north property line. ACHD's policy requires that the stub street be extended into the site and/or
terminated in a cul-de-sac turnaround. The site plan included as part of the development agreement
modification application does not reflect this, as the applicant has indicated that they do not want to
extend the street into the site.
To address this ACHD staff suggested that the applicant work with the City of Meridian and the
developer of the Edington Commons project to eliminate the stub street, however City staff have
not been supportive of this proposal.
If the stub street to the north has not been eliminated by the time ACHD is transmitted a development
application for this site (CUP, CZC, Etc.)then applicant will need to either extend the stub street into
the site and terminate the roadway with the construction of a cul-de-sac turnaround or request a
waiver of ACHD's Continuation of Street policy.
Due to the site's limited frontage on both Ustick Road and Linder Road, extending the stub street to
intersect either roadway is not recommended and would not meet ACHD policy, which would require
any new local street intersecting an arterial roadway to align or offset from any other street by 660-
feet. It is recommended that the proposed driveways on these roadways be restricted to right-
in/right-out only, as they are proposed to be located within the influence area of the intersection.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (208) 387-6178.
Sincerely,
Mindy Wallace, AICP
Planning Review Supervisor
Development Services
cc: Mark Bigelow
Greg Anderson - JUB
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