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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 1, 2006 P&Z Minutes Meridian Planning & Zoning June 1, 2006 Page 3 of 64 Item 4: Public Hearing: AZ 06-023 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 1.0 acres from RUT to R-2 zone for Martin Annexation by the Ada County Highway District - 1120 S. Locust Grove Road: Rohm: And so with that being said, we will start with our first hearing and it is Public Hearing AZ 06-023, annexation and zoning for the Martin Annexation and I'd like to start with the staff report. Hood: Thank you, Mr. Chair, Members of the Commission. The first item on your agenda this evening for public hearings is the Martin Annexation. I want to thank Sonya Watters for helping me out on this one. She took this ball and ran with it and did a staff report for this project. So, I will present for her this evening. The applicant, who is ACHD, is requesting annexation and zoning for one acre located on the east side of Locust Grove Road just north of the interstate and the reason that this application is before you tonight is ACHD purchased a large portion of the subject property for the overpass and the existing home that's on the site is going to be taken with that project and they will be reconstructing a home on the -- further to east on this site. I think ACHD is retaining .513 acres and the Martins are keeping .486 acres, so they will have about a half acre lot that they will have a single -- future single home on that will be connected to city services, sewer and water. I think that's probably about it for the staff report as far as I'm concerned. There really aren't any conditions of approval. Pretty standard stuff. But they do to need hook up services when they construct that home. ACHD -- just maybe a little bit more background information -- is constructing a street into this property, so they have access from this local internal street, rather than taking direct lot access to Locust Grove where an overpass is going to be. So, with that I think I will stand for any questions you may have and the applicant is here tonight and she can probably answer some more questions if you have them as well. Rohm: Thank you, Caleb. Any questions of staff? Moe: Mr. Chairman, just one. Caleb, I'm just kind of curious. Am I assuming that ACHD's taking the other two lots to the south for the overpass? Is that -- Hood: I'm not quite sure you can see on this -- Mr. Chair, Commissioner Moe. You can see on this slide some of the right of way lines -- and excuse me for a second while I grab a pointer. Some of the -- the dark black lines are parcel lines. So, this is -- whoa, kind a shaky this evening -- is right of way there and, then, you can see there is right of way here. So, I'm not sure -- Kathy may be able to explain a little bit more, but you can see that for the overpass some of their property is going to have to be taken. I'm not sure about the properties to the south. I believe they have already acquired what they need there, but she can correct me if I'm wrong there. Moe: Yeah. I was just kind of curious as far as access to those properties once that's in, because the new road for this property will be cul-de-sac'd to this property, so, therefore, I don't see where their access would be. Meridian Planning & Zoning June 1, 2006 Page 4 of 64 Hood: That's a good question. Moe: Thank you. Rohm: Okay. With that would the applicant like to come forward, please? Smith: Good evening, Commissioners. Kathy Smith, right of way supervisor for Ada County Highway District. Thank you for this application tonight. If you look at your packets, the first drawing that's marked A, it shows a plot map with how the cul-de-sac's going to be built. Basically, what we are going to be doing is we have bought the pieces from the Markham and Gunder properties already. Those have closed escrow, so they are showing up on the assessor maps. We have also bought from Mr. Nelson to the north, it just hasn't been mapped by the county yet, so that's not showing. We are in the process of working out the appraisals from the Hooglands up on Bentley. We have got a right of entry, so we can have possession of the property, so that the project can move forward, but we still have to come to terms on the numbers. What we are building is a cul-de-sac to come in off of Bentley and it's going to come through here, it will cul- de-sac in. Right now the driveway for the Martin services the other two southerly properties. So, we do this public street and cul-de-sac, it will perpetuate those driveways. So, that's how we solve that dilemma. The dilemma we are at right now is we've had to move Mr. Martin out of the house, because we need to demo it. He can't built his new house until the street goes in with the new water and sewer lines, so -- and we can't put the sewer and water lines in until the project is built. So, we have kind of -- so we have had to move him out, we will demo the house, and, then, once we get the new cul-de-sac put in, then, he can put his new house in. So, ITD has agreed to pay the relocation for him to have temporary housing. This is a federal aid property, as you're very aware of. One of the issues that we have is that we do need to have this approved, because if it doesn't get approved for the sewer and water connection to the house and they have the replacement house built, then, all bets are off on our contract with them and that means we don't have possession of the property and it means we don't have the federal approval to move forward with construction. We have to, basically, withdraw our right of way certification. I have Mr. Brown from ITD here to back me up if you have more questions on that, but, basically, what it does with is a federal aid project, ACHD certifies to the feds that we have a hundred percent possession of all the property. If this doesn't go through, then, we have a problem that, basically, we haven't held up our end of the bargain of making sure they have the ability to build the replacement house. So, then, I'm just letting you know that up front that is a consideration that we have to look at. So, if this doesn't go forward, then, we have to let the city know what's going on with the overpass, so -- Caleb explained that the staff report is fairly thorough. There was a couple things in the staff report that was questions that were raised from the fire department. With this project, when we put the sewer and water lines in on the new cul-de-sac, there will be a hydrant -- it, actually, will be just to the north of the Martin remainder property, so there will be services readily available to this property once it is annexed. The other part of it is is that there was concern about the name of this new cul-de-sac. We have applied to Ada County for the new -- the street naming committee to find out what the new name is. I think we are Meridian Planning & Zoning June 1, 2006 Page 5 of 64 submitting it as Bentley Court, but I don't know -- we are still in process of getting that done. But it will be resolved. Part of the issue of that is going to be what street numbers are going to be for this Martin property and also the two properties to the south, if they are going to get renumbered because of the fire safety issues. So, we are just working that out with Ada County. And I stand for questions. Rohm: Thank you. Any questions of the applicant? You did a good job. Thanks very much. And, Marvin, did you want to speak as well or just -- from the audience he said that Kathy's spoke for him. So, thank you. Discussion? Anybody else would -- is there anybody that would like to speak to this issue? Seeing none -- Moe: Mr. Chairman? Rohm: Commissioner Moe. Moe: I move that we close the Public Hearing on AZ 06-023. Zaremba: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded that we close the Public Hearing on AZ 06-023. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Moe: Mr. Chairman? Rohm: Commissioner Moe. Moe: After considering staff, applicant, and public testimony, I move to recommend approval to the City Council of file number AZ 06-023 as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of June 1 st, 2006. End of motion. Newton-Huckabay: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded that we forward onto City Council recommending approval of AZ 06-023. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 5: Continued Public Hearing from April 6, 2006: AZ 06-015 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 182.60 acres to R-8 (Medium Density Residential) (168.23 acres) , TN-R (Traditional Neighborhood-Residential) (10.42 acres) and C-N (Neighborhood Business) (3.94 acres) for Tanana Valley Subdivision (f.k.a. - Lookout Ridge Subidivision) by Farwest, LLC - southeast corner of Meridian Road and Victory Road: