HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-06-24 Larry and Lonnie Zuccaro
June 24, 2023
Larry & Lonnie Zuccaro
5409 N. Mitchum Ave
Meridian, ID 83646
Regarding the Development Agreement Modification request submitted by
CSHQA (Linder Village MDA H-2023-0005).
This application is a laundry list of largely dissimilar modification requests and we hope the City will
consider their merits individually, taking into consideration the impact on the lives of your constituents
and not just the business interests of the applicants.
We have two particular areas of concern.
The Crystal Barn. The developer wants to combine three smaller buildings into one very large multi-level
structure that is much bigger than what was originally approved for this space. But it’s not just the
footprint. It would be an entertainment venue with features expected to draw visitors from far away,
bringing in even more traffic into what was intended to be a community-level project. This sort of
attraction belongs out near the interstate alongside Roaring Springs, Top Golf, Vertical View, etc.
The apartments. We don’t object to multi-family and other residential projects per se. But a massive 5-
story, 500+ unit apartment complex would be totally out of scale for the surrounding area, dwarfing the
adjacent neighborhoods. You have to travel at least a mile to find a building taller than even two stories
(other than the temple). The Prelude apartments on the other end of this square mile are “only” three
stories and they tower above the nearby homes and businesses.
Besides the obtrusive visual anomaly, we are alarmed at the prospect of increased traffic caused by
hundreds of additional vehicles, especially those who use our neighborhood streets as shortcuts to
avoid the inevitable congestion on Chinden, Linder, and Meridian Road. It would be a threat to our
quality of life and our property values.
The MDA concedes that multi-family development is not permitted in a C-C district without a
Conditional Use Permit and that their multi-family building is “preliminary and subject to change.” So
why is the CUP even included in this request? We note there is no mention whatsoever of the building’s
size or the type and density of residential housing it would consist of. We know about their plans for a 5-
story, 500+ unit complex because that was what they presented to us at the neighborhood meeting last
November. Whether they are concealing their plans from the Council or they genuinely don’t know what
they want to do, the CUP request should be denied until they can bring more to the table than a wish
list.