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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRegency at River Valley AZ-06-035 BEFORE THE MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL C/C 10/03/06 ) ) ) ) ) ) THE REGENCY AT RIVER VALLEY, LLC ) ) ) ) IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXA nON AND ZONING OF 12.06 ACRES TO C-C AND R-40 FOR REGENCY AT RIVER VALLEY Case No. AZ 06-035 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL APPLICANT The above entitled annexation and zoning application having come on for public hearing on October 3,2006, at the hour of7:00 o'clock p.m., Anna Canning, City Planning Director for the Planning Department, Benjamin Clegg of Bach Corp., appeared and testified, 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 October 3,2006, 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 of the property under consideration more than fifteen (15) days prior to said hearings and with the notice of public hearings having been posted upon the property under consideration more than one week before said FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL REGENCY AT RIVER V ALLEY; CASE NO. AZ-06-035 PAGE 1 OF4 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 October 3,2006, 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 67-6511, and ~11-5A, Municipal Code ofthe 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 12.06 acres in size and is generally located at 2500 N. Eagle Road; East side of Eagle Road, approximately 12 mile north ofPairview Avenue, in Section 4, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, Ada County,. 5. RAMI, LLC, whose address is 2785 W., 9000 South, West Jordon, Utah, 84088, is the current property owner. 6. Applicant is The Regency at River Valley, LLC, whose address is 2785 W., 9000 South, West Jordon, Utah, 84088 7. The subject property is currently zoned RUT (Ada County). FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL REGENCY AT RIVER VALLEY; CASE NO. AZ-06-035 PAGE20F4 8. The Applicant requests the property be zoned C-C (Community Business District) and R-40 (High Density Residential District). 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: Community Business District and High Density Residential District. 11. The Meridian Comprehensive Plan Generalized Land Use Map designates the subject property as Mixed Use Regional. 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 ~50-222. The Municipal Code of the City of Meridian ~11-5B-3 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 ofIdaho Code ~50-222 govern the conditions upon which the City may exercise its authority to annex territory, but the exercise of that authority is discretionary as determined by the City Council. DECISION AND ORDER 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: FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL REGENCY AT RIVER V ALLEY; CASE NO. AZ-06-035 P AOF " OF 4 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 /7 ~ay of October, 2006. ROLL CALL: COUNCILMAN SHAUN WARDLE VOTED ~ COUNCILMAN JOE BORTON VOTED ~ COUNCILMAN CHARLIE ROUNTREE VOTED ~ COUNCILMAN KEITH BIRD VOTED 4 MAYOR TAMMY de WEERD (TIE BREAKER) VOTED - DATED: I tJ -17 --t;7.. MOTION: APPROVED: X . DISAPPROVED: ATTEST: _ SEAL := ~ "7.~ ~ ~ -::;. ,4"'. :::.' ~ "fa _ r 1S-C; , .P .2-"::- ......... -..., iJ" :--.'" Copy served upon Applicant, the PI~ij~~li(l'I.('Public Works Department, and C't Att "I/fllIl\\\\ 1 Y orney. BY:~~~ City Clerk's Office FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION AND ORDER OF DENIAL RFORNCY AT RIVER V ALLEY; CASE NO. AZ-06-035 Dated: 10.::J ~.o, PAGE 4 OF 4