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APPROVED
DAT 06/02/22
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rianning manager
Community Development Services
Meridian City
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102
Meridian, ID 83642
BRIGHTON
RE: Records Apartments - Alternative Compliance
Dear Caleb,
Consistent with the testimony provided before and approval given by the Meridian Planning & Zoning
Commission for the Records Apartment (H-2022-0008) project, we are requesting Alternative
Compliance approval for both open space and landscape buffer width on a collector as allowed by the
UDC.
Alternative Compliance for Open Space
UDC Section 11-4-3-27.C.3.b states "Alternative compliance is available for these standards, if a project
has a unique targeted demographic; utilizes other place -making design elements in Old -Town or mixed -
use future land use designations with collectively integrated and shared open space areas."
The recently approved Records Apartments project provides a much -needed residential component to
The Village, a mixed -use development designated within the City's Comprehensive Plan as Regional
Mixed Use. The Record's project will construct over 1290 lineal feet of regional / multi -use pathways
that will dramatically increase and improve pedestrian connectivity to The Village and Kleiner Park.
With these regional pathway enhancements, a robust onsite amenity package, and immediate access to
the 60-acre Kleiner Park, we are requesting alternative compliance to reduce the requirement for
qualified open space from 3.74 acres (or 37.5%) to 2.69 acres (or 27.0%) as demonstrated on the site
plan and approved by the Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission.
Alternative Compliance for landscape Buffer Width
UDC Section 11-3B-7 allows for the reduction of the landscape buffer width where the required width
"results in an otherwise unavoidable hardship to the propertv..." requires that landscape buffers along
collector streets be 20 feet in width.
We are requesting alternative compliance to reduce approximately 140 lineal feet of the landscape
buffer width along Records Way from the required 20 feet to 16 feet. The width of the landscape buffer
is adjusted in this location by:
• ACHD's requirement for a turning pocket to quickly and safely move vehicles from the collector
into the Records Apartments.
• The required secondary, emergency access to and from Records Way.
• The increased width of a 5-foot sidewalk to the City's desire for a 10-foot regional, multi -use
pathway.
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APPROVED
DATE: 06/02/22
FILE NUMBER: a 02100e0
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Collectively, these design requirements limit the available width along Records Way in a limited location,
and result in an unavoidable hardship for the project.
We respectfully request approval of the Alternative Compliance for open space and the collector buffer
for Records Apartments. If you have any questions please reach out.
Sincerely,
Josh Beach
Assistant Project Manager - Entitlement