HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ - Memo from Applicant BRIGHTON
September 24, 2024
To: Sonya Allen,Associate Planner
Bill Parsons, Current Planning Supervisor
From: Jon Wardle
Re: Block 23—Apex Farr MDA, PP and RZ(aka Pinnacle)
In reviewing the transmitted Conditions of Approval for Apex Farr Subdivision (H-2024-0014)to City
Council, it was apparent that we failed to provide justification for the proposed Block 23 design to you
following the P&Z Commission hearing. Thus, I trust this information will enable staff to modify or
delete the Condition 14 recommendation to remove the residential units from Block 23.
As an alternative to the_applicant's request, Staff ireeomtnends a publie street is provided
property,between the residential and commercial portions of Block 23,which would require no
buffer on the (' C� zoned and an alley is ppovided foir aceess
to the residential
units, iratheir than a pirivate street. The addition of a public street will provide a named
StFeet fb ir addire ssing th e east facin g units, provide for on stireet p airking fo t! guests of th e
residential units and provide a iransition/sepairation between land uses (see concept plan
in ection T�.A)and Staff s original recommendation to provide a public street between
the residential and commercial uses, which doesn't meet ACHD's off-set requirements.
Staff recommends residential lots/uses are removed from Block 23 and all of Block 23 is
developed with commercial uses and zoned C'-C. (STAFF REPORT PAGE 2 EXCERPT)
Apex Farr Block 23 is located within property designated Mixed Use-Community(MU-C) by Meridian's
Future Land Use Map (FLUM). Meridian's Comprehensive Plan (hereafter, Plan)graphically depicts how
Mixed Use may be accomplished—and how Block 23 is compliant with concepts provided in that Plan.
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Apex Farr—September 24, 2024
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Although Figure 3D, below, is from the MU-N section of the Plan, we designed Block 23 to that scale,
showing compliance with the Plan's overall M-U intent. Block 23 provides a 25-foot landscape buffer
between the uses,whereas the Plan's depiction shows parking literally at the dwelling's front door.
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After the hearing,we created illustrative examples of the proposed design. The exhibits below, and on
pages 4—10, provide the residential context of Block 23 with 25 feet of landscaping between residential
and commercial uses, and private open space and driveway parking on each residential lot.
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Obviously, this information would have been helpful prior to preparation of the staff report.
Nevertheless, because the site plan does, in fact, provide the required 25-foot landscape buffer—in a
15-foot common lot PLUS a 10-foot front yard setback—we respectfully request that Planning Division
Condition 14 of the Staff Report to Council be modified to recommend approval of Block 23 as proposed
and designed, or simply be deleted.
Respectfully,
Brighton Development, Inc.
Jonathan Wardle, President
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