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Home My WebLink AboutA-2022-0007 - Ten Mile Stor-It CZC Staff Report V1E IDIAN � IDAHO APPROVED DATE: 02/22/22 FILE NUMBEF•A-zozz 007 CERTIFICATE OF ZONING COMPLIANCE REPORT Planning Division Meridian City Hall, Suite 102 33 E. Broadway Avenue Meridian, Idaho 83642 Project Number A-2022-0007 Project Name and Address Ten Mile Stor-It Wireless Communication Facility, 355 N. Ten Mile Rd Project Description (include proposed use, CZC and Design Review for new 100-foot-high square footage of building and property and mono -pine in the C-G zone district. This existing zoning designation) proposal includes a request for Alternative Compliance from UDC 11-4-3-43-E requiring a 5' wide landscape buffer. Applicant Corey Edwards Assigned Planner Alan Tiefenbach Expiration Date February 23, 2023 Note: This is not a building permit. Please contact Building Services at (208) 887-2211 to verify if you need a building permit and/or inspection. If you do need a building permit, you must complete that process before you commence the use or construction. Please contact Building Services for additional details about building permits and inspections. I. DECISION The applicant's request for Certificate of Zoning Compliance and Design Review are approved with the conditions listed below. (Include any DES, ALT and Design exception approvals here.) ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUEST TO UDC 11-4-3-43-E-8: The applicant is seeking Alternative Compliance approval from UDC 11-4-3-43-E which states "All tower facilities shall include a landscape buffer. The buffer shall consist of a landscape strip of at least five (5) feet wide outside the perimeter of the compound. A minimum of fifty (50) percent of the plant material shall be of an evergreen variety." Applicant notes the mono -pine is in the middle of an existing RV storage yard surrounded by RVs and covered storage. In order to grant approval for alternative compliance, the Director shall determine the following findings: a. Strict adherence or application of the requirements is not feasible. The Director finds that the visual impact is minimal because the location of the proposed mono pine is within an existing RV storage facility; there is already a landscape buffer around the facility, and the entire storage facility is asphalt, which does not allow planting. b. The alternative compliance provides an equal or superior means for meeting the requirements; and; The requirement for the landscaping buffer is to soften the visual impacts of wireless facilities on the surrounding vicinity. In this case, the tower is located in the center of an existing RV storage facility, it will be surrounded on all sides by RVs and covered storage spaces, and the storage facility already has an existing landscape buffer around the compound. 3. The alternative means will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or impair the intended uses and character of surrounding properties. 1 I Page (E IDIAN — APPROVED DATE: 02/22/22 FILE NUMBEF•A-zozz W7 As mentioned, the mono pine is within an existing RV storage facility, completely surrounded by RVs, covered parking, and the storage facility already has a landscape buffer with trees surrounding it. It is staffs finding that the request for alternative compliance would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or impair the intended uses and character of surrounding properties. The Director finds that the proposed alternative will not be detrimental to the public welfare or impair the intended use/character of the surrounding properties. The director agrees it is impractical to require a landscape buffer around a mono -pine in the center of a RV storage facility, which would already be screened by RVs, covered parking, fences and landscaping. Site Specific Conditions of Approval 1. The applicant shall construct all proposed fencing and/or any fencing required by the UDC, consistent with the standards as set forth in UDC 11-3A-7 and 11-3A-6B. 2. Per UDC 11-513-5132, the Director (at the applicant's request) approved alternative compliance from UDC 11-4-3-43-E regarding a required landscape buffer around the base of a wireless facility. 3. No signs are approved with this application. Prior to installing any signs on the property, the applicant shall submit a sign permit application consistent with the standards in UDC Chapter 3 Article D and receive approval for such signs. 4. The approved site plan, and/or elevations may not be altered without prior written approval of the City of Meridian Planning Division. 5. The applicant shall pay any applicable impact fees prior to the issuance of a building permit. 6. If any changes must be made to the site plan to accommodate ACHD requirements, the applicant shall submit a new site plan to the City of Meridian Planning Division for approval prior to issuance of the building permit. 7. The applicant shall complete all required improvements prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy. It is unlawful to use or occupy any building or structure until the Building Official has issued a Certificate of Occupancy. 100 Watt and 250 Watt, high-pressure sodium street lights shall be required on all public roadways per the City of Meridian Improvement Standards for Street Lighting. All street lights shall be installed at developer's expense. Final design shall be submitted as part of the development plan set for approval. Applicant shall also include the location of any existing street lights in the development plan set. Street lighting is required at intersections, corners, cul-de-sacs, and at a spacing that does not exceed that outlined in the Standards. The contractor's work and materials shall conform to the ISPWC and the City of Meridian Supplemental Specifications to the ISPWC. General Conditions of Approval 1. The project is subject to all current City of Meridian ordinances and previous conditions of approval associated with this site [AZ-04-033, DA Inst. 105115815, CUP-12-012, CZC-12- 089, DES 12-058, CZC/DES-13-084, CZC /DES-13-085, CZC-14-048, CZC-14-035, DES 14-038, A-2015-0042]. 2. The issuance of this CZC does not release the applicant from any previous requirements of the other permits issued for the site. 2 1 Page (E IDI� I.�1\ APPROVED DATE: 02/22/22 RENNO..—D -Dom The applicant and/or property owner shall have an ongoing obligation to prune all trees to a minimum height of six feet above the ground or sidewalk surface to afford greater visibility of the area. The applicant has a continuing obligation to comply with the outdoor lighting provisions as set forth in UDC 11-3A-11. 5. The applicant and/or property owner shall have an ongoing obligation to maintain all landscaping and constructed features within the clear vision triangle consistent with the standards in UDC 11-3A-3. 6. The applicant and/or assigns shall have the continuing obligation to meet the specific use standards for the proposed use as set forth in UDC 11-4-3-43. [Wireless Communication Facilities]. II. CITY COUNCIL REVIEW The applicant or a party of record may request City Council review of a decision of the Director. All requests for review shall be filed in writing with the Planning Division on or before March 9, 2022, within fifteen (15) days after the written decision is issued, and contain the information listed in UDC 11-5A-6B. If City Council review of the decision is not requested, the action of the Director represents a final decision on a land use application. You have the right to request a regulatory taking analysis under Idaho Code 67-8003. 3 1 P a g e