Feb18-2022 second submittal email V1(E IDIAN —
APPROVED
DATE: 02/22/22
FILE NUMBER:-0210om
Corey,
Alan Tiefenbach
"diamondcreek4482(aa mai I.com"
Ten Mile Store it
Friday, February 18, 2022 2:39:00 PM
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Thanks for providing the updated information. It appears you have decided to go with the mono -
pine option.
Although you DID submit elevations, can you email me a photo of an identical model? With the
"branches" greyed out of the elevations, I really cannot ascertain the final appearance.
Also, UDC 11-4-3-43-E8 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. In locations where the visual impact of the tower
is minimal, the applicant may request a reduction to these standards through the alternative
compliance process in accord with chapter 5, "administration", of this title.
As this tower is in the middle of the storage facility, and the facility already has landscaping around
it, this requirement makes no sense for this project. However, I still have to process Alternative
Compliance and have the Director sign it off.
Here is the link to Alternative Compliance:
https://Iibrary.municode.com/id/meridian/codes/code_ of ordinances?
nodeld=TIT1IUNDECO CHSAD ARTBSPPR 11-5B-5ALC0
I need a letter from you with the following:
a. The specific requirements that are proposed to be modified;
b. The reasons for the modification; and
c. A demonstration of how the alternative means for compliance meets the requirements' intended
purpose.
and making a statement that it meets one of the following:
2. Requests for alternative compliance are allowed only when one
(1) or more of the following conditions exist:
a. Topography, soil, vegetation, or other site conditions are such that full compliance is impossible or
impractical;
b. The site involves space limitations or an unusually shaped lot;
E IDI� I.1\—
�J considerations make alternative compliance desirable;
APPROVED regulatory agencies or departments having jurisdiction are requiring design standards that
OATS: 02/22/22 with the requirements of this article;
FUNWKR-.-0 _000, 11roposed design includes innovative design features based on "new urbanism",
ditional design", or other architectural and/or site designs that promote walkable and mixed
use neighborhoods,
f. Additional environmental quality improvements would result from the alternative compliance.
I'm statusing Project Dox with "more information required" requesting a photo and that alt comp
needs to be processes.
Alan Tiefenbach Current Associate Planner
City of Meridian Community Development Dept.
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-489-0573 1 Fax: 208-489-0571
Built for Business, Designed for Living