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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCarrington Property AZ 05-049 Denial BEFORE THE MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL IN THE MA ITER OF THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXA nON AND ZONING OF 5.15 ACRES TO R-4 FOR CARRINGTON PROPERTY By MARK & KAREN CARRINGTON APPLICANT C/C 12-13-05 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. AZ 05-049 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL The above entitled annexation and zoning application having come on for public hearing on December 13,2005, at the hour of7:00 o'clock p.m., Anna Canning, City Planning and Zoning Administrator for the Planning and Zoning Department, Eric Cronin (Roylance & Associates), appeared and testified on behalf of the applicants, Mark and Karen Carrington, and the City Council having duly considered the evidence and the record in this matter therefore make the following Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, and Decision and Order: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The notice of public hearing on the application for annexation and zoning was published for two (2) consecutive weeks prior to said public hearings scheduled for December 13, 2005, before the City Council, the first publication appearing and written notice having been mailed to property owners or purchasers of record within three hundred (300') feet of the external boundaries ofthe property under consideration more than fifteen (15) days prior to said hearings and with the notice of public hearings having FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL CARRINGTON SUBDIVISION; CASE NO. AZ.OS.049 pAnr: 1 OR <; been posted upon the propelty under consideration more than one week before said hearing; and that copies of all notices were made available to newspaper, radio and television stations as public service announcements; and the matter having been duly considered by the City Council on December 13, 2005, public hearing; and the applicant, affected property owners, and government subdivisions provided services within the planning jurisdiction of the City of Meridian, having been given full opportunity to express comments and submit evidence. 2. There has been compliance with all notice and hearing requirements set forth in Idaho Code ~~67-6509 and 67-651], and ~~11-2-416E and 11-2-417A, Municipal Code of the City of Meridian. 3. The City Council takes judicial notice of its zoning, subdivisions and development ordinances codified at Title 11, Municipal Code of the City of Meridian, and all current zoning maps thereof, and the Amended Comprehensive Plan of the City of Meridian adopted August 6, 2002, Resolution No. 02-382, and maps and the ordinance Establishing the Impact Area Boundary. 4. The property is approximately 5.15 acres in size and is generally located at 2955 S. Locust Grove Road, Meridian, Idaho, within a portion of Lot 7, Block 1, Kachina Estates and a portion of the SE \4 of the SE 'l;; of Section 19 Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho. 5. Mark and Karen Carrington, 2955 W. Locust Grove Road, Meridian, Idaho 83642, is the current property owner. 6. Applicant is Mark and Karen Carrington, 2955 W. Locust Grove Road, Melidian, Idaho 83642. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL CARRINGTON SUBDIVISION; CASE NO. AZ.05-049 PAnr. ') (lr. <; 7. The subject property is currently zoned RUT (Ada County). 8. The Applicant requests the property be zoned R~4 (Medium-Low Density Residential). The property which is the subject of this application is within the Area of Impact of the City of Meridian. 9. The entire parcel of property is included within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area as defined in the Meridian Comprehensive Plan. 10. The Applicant proposes to develop the subject property in the following manner: Medium-Low Density Residential 11. The Meridian Comprehensive Plan Generalized Land Use Map designates the subject property as Medium-Low Density Residential. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. The City of Meridian has discretionary authority to annex real property upon written request for annexation and the real property being contiguous or adjacent to city boundaries and that said property lies within the area of city impact as provided by Idaho Code 950-222. The Municipal Code ofthe City of Meridian gll-2-417 provides the City may annex real property that is within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area as set forth in the City's Comprehensive Plan. 2. The provisions of Idaho Code 950-222 govem the conditions upon which the City may exercise its authority to annex territory, but the exercise ofthat authority is discretionary as determined by the City Council. DECISION AND ORDER FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL CARRINGTON SUBDIVISION; CASE NO. AZ-05-049 Dllr.~ 1. nr. " NOW, THEREFORE, BASED UPON THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, the City Council does hereby order and this does order: That the application for annexation and zoning is denied for the following reasons: The proposed development is not in the best interest ofthe City of Meridian. By action of the City Council at its regular meeting held on the $ ~day of January, 2006. ROLL CALL: COUNCILMAN SHAUN WARDLE VOTED ~ COUNCILWOMAN CHRISTINE DONNELL VOTED ~ COUNCILMAN CHARLIE ROUNTREE VOTED *~ COUNCILMAN KEITH BIRD VOTED $/A.-- MAYOR TAMMY de WEERD (TIE BREAKER) VOTED - DATED: !-3-/Jb MOTION: APPROVED: )G DISAPPROVED: FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LA W AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL CARRINGTON SUBDIVISION; CASE NO. AZ-05-049 PAnr: It nr. " Copy served upon Applicant, the Planning and Zoning Depaliment, Public Works Depmiment, and City Attorney. By: Oh (), L' o a/I nrc) mAj{1. City Clerk's Office Dated: 01 -tJ5 ~Of; FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL CARRINGTON SUBDIVISION; CASE NO. AZ-05-049 PAra: ,("'11' ,