HomeMy WebLinkAboutRegency at River Valley AZ-06-035
BEFORE THE MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL
C/C 10/03/06
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THE REGENCY AT RIVER VALLEY, LLC )
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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
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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).
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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:
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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
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DISAPPROVED:
ATTEST:
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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,
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