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Vacation: Paramount #13 APR - 3 2007
Location: Paramount Subdivision No. 13 is zoned R-8 and is located approximately % mile south ofi City of Meridian
Chinden and mile west of Meridian Road. C' Clerk Office
Requested Vacation: The Applicant is requesting the City's consent to vacate the speciat setbacks that are
depicted on the face of the plat for Lots 4-7, and 11-13, Block 34, Paramount Subdivision. This phase
hase
of the Paramount development was recorded in 2006
Summary: The City of Meridian has required compliance with The Department of Environmental
Quality's (DEQ) Best Management Practices (BMPs) of 20-feet of separation between an infiltration
trench and a building foundation for many years. DEQs BMP # 43 states that a 20-foot
setback
minimum, with 100 feet being appropriate in certain cases. This BMP has been implem ntedp maril a
due to wet crawl spaces, and the associated complaints from homeowners. The proximity to seepa a beds
and other storm water facilities may have been among the factors contributing to wet crawl g
Possible factors included proximity to irrigation or drainage waterways, flood irrigation; and residentialO
irrigation practices. At the time that Paramount #13 was platted, the City Engineer and the
:current Public
Works Director determined that this was the lone tool at the City of Meridian's disposal to help P ate
MP
wet crawl spaces. This Bis still a standard requirement of the Public Works Department today. g
The requirement for a 20-foot separation has also been placed consistently on other projects throughout
the City. It has even been required of this same Developer/Applicant and Engineer, as recently. as uenzer
Commons Subdivision No. 9, approved at City Council on the May 3, 2005, which also had some alley
Staff Recommendation: Denial - It is the Public Works Director's, City Engineer's, ineer's, and Staffs
conclusion that the 20-foot separation Best Management Practice is in the best interest
residents in the City of Meridian and recommends that the City Council deny this application. future
Outstanding Issues before Council: Staff is recommending denial.
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