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Location: east side of Eagle Road, 12 mile north ofFairview Avenue
RECEIVED
OCT - 3 2006
City of Meridian
City Clerk Office
- Project: Regency at River Valley
Applications: annexation and zoning, conditional use pennit, private street, and 3 variance requests
Highlights of Proposed Development: Annexation and Zoning. to R-40 (10.5 acres) and C-C (1.5 acres)
for a development consisting of204 multi-family dwelling units (8 24-plexes and 1 12-plex) and 1
commercial parcel along Eagle Road. The applicant is not proposing to subdivide this property, it will be
owned by one company. The gross density is 17.86 dwelling units per acre., Approximately 22% (2.7
acres) of the area being developed is being set aside for open space. The applicant is proposing to
construct a clubhouse, pool, tot-lot, pathway system, sitting benches, and water features. The multi-family
units are accessed from private streets.
The applicant is also requesting Variance approval from 3 UDC standards: parking, to provide less than 2
covered car parks per unit; temporary access to a state highway; and, to not provide 80 square feet of
private useable open space for each unit.
Elevations: Yes
Commission Recommendation: approval at theirAugust 31, 2006 public hearing.
Summary of Public Hearing:
i. In favor: Greg Rindlesbacher, Scott Stanfield
ii. In opposition: None
iii. Commenting: Mike Ballantyne
Key Issues of Discussion by Commission: Tiling of the Finch Lateral abutting this site; Elevations; and
the proposed variance requests.
Key Commission Changes to StaffRecommenQation: None
Outstanding Issue(s) for City Council:
· Parking: The applicant is requesting a variance to the number of covered parking stalls required
by the UDC.. Staff is recommending a partial approval of this request. NOTE: The revised site
plan depicts some additional covered parking stalls, but only 403 residential car parks. Staff
recommends that the applicant be required to provide at least 408 parking stalls within the
residential portion of this development (2 per unit).
· Access: This site is land-locked, except for the frontage on Eagle Road. Staff is recommending
that access to Eagle Road be allowed until River Valley Street can be extended to Eagle Road.
· Private Useable Open Space. Except for the ground floor units, the applicant is not proposing to
provide any private useable open space for these units. Staff believes that each unit should meet
the minimum UDC requirement for private useable open space.
· Tiling the Finch Lateral: The Council has the ability to relieve the applicant of the requirement to
tile any lateral.
· Revised Plans: The applicant was supposed to submit arevised landscape plan to Staff at least 10
days prior to this hearing. The applicant submitted a revised site plan last Tuesday, but not a
revised landscape plan.
Notes: If Council chooses to approve this proiect. please address the applicant's request to leave the
Finch Lateral open.