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Borup: Commissioner Zaremba.
Zaremba: I have -- and we probably all have received a note from staff indicating that
the next item on our agenda was not properly noticed and asking that we table it. I so
move.
Borup: Okay. We'd like to do that, unless the applicant has any evidence that it was
posted.
Zaremba: I would be happy to move t hat we move it to 0 ur next meeting, which is
December 5th.
Rohm: I will second that.
Borup: Motion and second to --
Zaremba: Table.
Borup: -- table Item 5 to our next December 5th meeting. All in favor? Any opposed?
Thank you.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, ONE ABSENT
Item 6.
Public Hearing: CUP 02-034 Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a
Pediatric Clinic on 1.22 acres in an L-O zone for Treasure Valley
Pediatrics by Treasure Valley Pediatrics - Between South Locust Grove
Road and South Eagle Road 0 n the southeast corner 0 fEast 0 verland
Road and South Celebration Avenue:
Borup: It doesn't have to be right at seven days you can do it earlier. Okay Item
Number a Public Hearing CUP 02-034, request for Conditional Use Permit for a
Pediatric Clinic on 1.22 acres in an L-O zone for Treasure Valley Pediatrics by Treasure
Valley Pediatrics. It's on Locust -- between Locust Grove and Eagle on the southwest
corner of Overland and Celebration. 'd like to open the Public Hearing at this time and
start with the staff report.
McKinnon: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the Commission. Again, on the
overhead you can see the property that we are talking about. It's approximately half a
mile west of Eagle Road, located on Overland, just a little bit to the north of the New
Mountain View High School. The applicant has requested an 81 -- a roughly 8,200
square foot pediatric clinic. This is a site view of the project with the landscaping
included. This property was part of the Resolution Business Park when it was annexed
and per the annexation, all uses within this project are required to go through a
Conditional Use Permit. Were it not for the Development Agreement that required the
Conditional Use Permit, this would have been handled at a staff level, with staff level
approval. This project meets the requirements of the Meridian City Code and it meets
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the requirement of the approved Development Agreement. If I could have you turn to
Page 3 of the staff report. There are essentially three site-specific comments that we
need you to be aware of tonight in making your motion. One is that the landscaping be
installed and be maintained. This is going to be somewhat of a struggle for the first little
bit of this project, because they are only proposing to develop half of the lots at this
time, so all the landscaping on this south side will be immediately abutting up to a
vacant piece of property. We have not received an application yet for the subdivision of
this property. They are only developing half of it and they need to maintain the other
half of the property in a weed free manner or non-nuisance -- in a non-nuisance
condition. Then Item Number 3 is that the undeveloped portion of the lot cannot be
developed without further approval, either to the subdivision and the Conditional Use
Permit or a Conditional Use Permit for a Planned Development for multiple buildings on
a single lot. Other than that, this is a very straightforward application. Staff
recommends approval of the application with the staff comments as noted. With that, I
would ask if there is any questions and turn the time back over to you.
Borup: Questions from the Commission?
Zaremba: Yes. You brought up the Paragraph 3 under site-specific when I read that I
wasn't clear. They are developing half of one lot? These are not two separate lots?
McKinnon: This is half of one lot.
Zaremba: And that causes the need that if they want to build a second building on the
same lot, they need to divide the lot or do they need a Conditional Use Permit?
McKinnon: There are two options for them. They would -- you can get a Conditional
Use Permit for two buildings on a single lot. That's through the Planned Development
Ordinance. Or you can subdivide it and then get a Conditional Use Permit for that use.
The reason for the Conditional Use Permit in the future is the Development Agreement
says all future uses require a Conditional Use Permit.
Zaremba: Okay but that decision doesn't need to be made for the first building, it can
be made for the second building?
McKinnon: That's correct.
Zaremba: It just hangs over their head.
McKinnon: That's right.
Zaremba: Okay.
Borup: Any other questions?
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Wollen: I h ad a question for D ave. Was i tt he intent 0 f staff that the developer be
required to maintain the landscaping on both lots, even on the undeveloped lot as well,
during the time before it is developed?
McKinnon: Nick, the reason -- they would have to maintain the landscaping as they
submitted with this Landscape Plan.
Wollen: Okay.
McKinnon: The undeveloped portion of the lot would have to be maintained in a non -- I
guess just a weed free manner and water free manner.
Borup: So you're saying that landscaping on Overland Road would be included in that,
since they submitted it --
McKinnon: The landscaping on Overland Road, to highlight that, is handled by the
subdivision, which is already installed landscaping. The rest of this landscaping that's
more in the bold area is the responsibility of each applicant. The other is handled by the
business owners association.
Borup: Okay David, just one question. Maybe -- I don't know if this is a typo or not. On
Page 2, Paragraph B, it says staff requested that childcare use --
McKinnon: There are a couple of those, actually. I'm surprised you only caught one. If
you could make that correction as to pediatric use and site-specific requirement Number
1 ,it should not read landscaping hall be installed, landscaping shall be installed.
Borup: I already changed that.
McKinnon: Yes sorry about that.
Borup: That's all right. I guess with that -- I mean that's -- is that enough notice that the
changes in the staff report have been made there? Okay. Is the applicant here and
would like to come forward?
Tumey: My name is Steve Turney. I'm with EGA Architects. I live at 4096 East
Driftwood Drive in Meridian, Idaho. I'd like to thank you and your staff for the review that
has been done. It is quite thorough and we reviewed the recommendations in the staff
report and we have -- we have no concern with those recommendations. For your
information, we do have the owner here, the owner's representative, and we also have
the contractor. If there are any questions that I -- that are outside of my realm of
addressing, they are here for -- at your requirement to answer any questions that you
may have. There are a couple things on the Site Plan I would like to address and I
apologize to the staff, because I just noticed this. There are a couple things that we
would request that you consider on the Site Plan. If I may, Mr. Chairman, I would pass
out a Site Plan. The reason I wanted to pass that out is I wanted to have you follow
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along with me. A couple things -- modifications tot he Site Plan that we have done
since we put in for the application is particularly right in front of the entry. We have a
landscaped area here and here and when we look at the path of travel from the users,
we can see that they are kind of walking around that planter and we are concerned that
they will be walking through there. If you noticed the revised Site Plan, we still have the
raised planter in the center -- excuse my hand shake here -- but we have side walked
the concrete walk all the around that and then we put a bominate or stamped concrete
texture there to show that it's a raised planter and seeding area right there in the center.
I'd like the Commissioners to consider allowing that modification. In addition to that,
there is one landscape area right here in this island in the parking lot that we would like
to request permission to remove that, mostly due to snow removal. That would allow us
one extra space. We are well over the required parking spaces, but it would allow us
that one extra space and it would also allow for a safe removal of snow and a place to
put the snow. Those are the only two requests that we'd like to make at this point. With
that -- regarding the subdivision of the remaining piece of property, it is the owner's
intent to subdivide that and sell that off or develop it at a later date. We are aware of
that requirement and prepared to -- we will be moving forward with that subdivision of
the remaining portion of that lot. With that, I'd like to open up for questions and for --
Borup: Any questions from the Commission?
Zaremba: I guess only because it was brought up. This is a general requirement all
over the city, not just put on you. You understand that on the undeveloped part you
have to keep the weeds, the dust from blowing, and all that sort of stuff.
Turney: Yes, sir.
Rohm: 'm curious, isn't that a condition that has to be maintained even now?
Zaremba: Yes.
Borup: Yes.
Rohm: That isn't anything that's changed.
Borup: No. Nothing -- it was just emphasizing it. Sometimes people have a tendency
to forget. Any comments from staff on the revised plan?
McKinnon: I just have one comment and it has to do with the final landscaping island
that he was referring to earlier. Steve, you're probably aware of this, but the new
Landscape Ordinance that was recently adopted about a couple years ago requires that
there is no linear group of parking spaces in excess of 12, without an internal planter
island. Taking that out gives them 13 spaces in a row without an island and so it's in
violation of our ordinance the way he presented it to you tonight and --
Borup: Does that apply on the perimeters also?
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McKinnon: It does. Doesn't make any difference. It's -- I got it open right now. It's
Section 12-13-11-3-C and I have a hard time being able to make a recommendation to
take something that was presented as required by the ordinance and then taking it and
changing it from the ordinance. There are some things that we can do. Possibly, they
could bump out one of the landscape buffers. Like the applicant mentioned, they do
have ample parking and this would just give them one more parking space. It could be
possible to either bump the landscape island a little bit in on both sides. You could add
more landscaping and go down to your 12 and then there is no issue and we increased
the landscaping, which is a good thing, and we really haven't eliminated any required
parking. So -- and it would make it easier for snow removal without having that island
right in the middle. If the applicant is okay with that, we could probably wordsmith
something really quick and make it a condition of approval.
Zaremba: That works for me.
Borup: Any comment on that?
Turney: Mr. Chairman, I think that's a fine suggestion. It accomplishes our concern of
getting snow out of the drive area and we do have plenty of parking. That requirement
would be appreciated.
Borup: Okay so, Dave, I assume you're saying it would be at their option whether they
want to increase one landscaping area a whole parking space or take half out of each
side, whichever you'd prefer?
McKinnon: That would be fine if that's the way you would like to word that. I'm okay
with that.
Zaremba: So the end result is that it's only 12 spaces wide.
Borup: Okay. Any other comments? Thank you. Do we have anyone else to testify on
this application? Any public testimony? Seeing none, Commissioners? Did you have
any questions from any of the other representatives that were here? Okay.
Mathes: I make a motion to close Public Hearing CUP 02-034.
Zaremba: I will second that.
Borup: Motion and second to close the Public Hearing. All in favor? Any opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, ONE ABSENT
Zaremba: Mr. Chairman, I move we forward to the City Council recommending
approval of Item 6 on our agenda, CUP 02-034, request a Conditional Use Permit for a
Pediatric Clinic on 1.22 acres in an L-O zone for Treasure Valley Pediatrics by Treasure
Valley Pediatrics, between South Locust Grove Road and South Eagle Road on the
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southeast corner of East Overland Road and South Celebration Avenue. To include all
staff comments and to include the knowledge that the Site Plan has been slightly
modified in the decorated planting area at the building entrance. That the southern
most parking area along East Galla Street, the center landscaped island may be
eliminated, as long as the side landscaped areas are enlarged enough that only 12
spaces remain along that site.
Rohm: I will second that.
Borup: Motion and second. All in favor? Anyopposed? Thank you.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, ONE ABSENT
Item 7.
Item 8.
Item 9.
Public Hearing: AZ 02-024 Request for annexation and zoning of 15.4
acres from RUT to R-8 zones for proposed Cobblefield Crossing
Subdivision by CMD, Inc. - 4450 North Linder Road:
Public Hearing: PP 02-022 Request for Preliminary Plat approval of 73
building lots and 15 other lots on 15.4 acres in a proposed R-8 zone for
proposed Cobblefield Crossing Subdivision by CMD, Inc. - 4450 North
Linder Road:
Public Hearing: CUP 02-032 Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a
PUD for 64 single family detached homes, 6 single family attached homes
and 1 single family existing home on 15.4 acres in a proposed R-8 zone
for proposed Cobblefield Crossing Subdivision by CMD, Inc. - 4450
North Linder Road:
Borup: Okay. Let's see if we can slow things down a little with this next one.
Zaremba: M r. Chairman, I , a ctually, wouldn't 0 bject to a bout a five minute break. I
received statrs notes just as I was arriving this evening and wouldn't mine two minutes
to review this.
Borup: On this item?
Zaremba: Yes. They were not in my box yesterday. At least not when I came.
Borup: Okay. No, I don't think they were. I also thought we would probably have a little
lengthy presentation that may give some time, too, or--
Zaremba: All right. Either way.
Borup: Are you okay with that? Does anyone else need some time? Let's try that. We
do have three Public Hearings here that we would be 0 pening a II at t he same time.
Item Number 7, AZ 02-024, request for annexation and zoning of 15.4 acres from RUT