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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDecember 7, 2006 P&Z Minutes Meridian Planning & Zoning December 7, 2006 Page 5 of 90 Zaremba: Mr. Chairman? Rohm: Commissioner Zaremba. Zaremba: After considering all staff, applicant, and publiC testimony -- or at least the opportunity to give it, I move to recommend approval to the City Council of file number AZ 06-055 as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of December 7, 2006, with no modifications. Mae: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to recommend to the City Council approval of AZ. 06-055. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 5: Public Hearing: AZ 06-053 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 2.0 acres from RUT to a L-O zone for Ada County Highway District Locust Grove Road Pond by Ada County Highway District - 1280 N. Locust Grove Road: Rohm: All right At this time I'd like to open the Public Hearing on AZ 06..053 and this is Ada County Highway District Locust Grove Road Pond and begin with the staff report. Hood: Thank you, Mr. Chair, Members of the Commission. If we had a Consent Agenda I believe this would be another one that would be a good candidate for it, that's why they are at the beginning of the agenda tonight. This application is to annex 2.0 acres into the City of Meridian with the L-O zoning. That zoning is consistent with our current Comprehensive Plan. They have no intentions of developing any office uses or commercial uses on the site, it is solely for the use of a storm drain pond for ACHD, this triangular piece that's highlighted on the screen. To the west of the site is Cazia Subdivision. It's all residential there in Cazia, but there are two commercial lots and they are directly adjacent to across Locust Grove from this site. So, there are two C-N zoned lots there. Everything else is still RUT in the county. There are some homes around this area and, in fact, on this site now that will be removed if this is approved, so ACHD can put in their storm drain pond. Staff is recommending that they submit a certificate of zoning compliance with this application, so we can, in fact, go out there and do a final inspection and sign off on the landscaping being installed when it is complete and prior to them actually accepting water into the pond. They are providing a 3D-foot wide landscape buffer along Locust Grove. Pretty attractive. A landscape buffer. Our code requires a 25-foot landscape buffer. The design of that -- I tried to get the Parks Department to comment on it We have a current - currently we have a master agreement for these with ACHD. We will add this one to the master agreement. It, basically, says the city parks department will maintain the landscaping. ACHD is not in the business of maintaining landscaping. So, our parks department just wants to make sure that it's low maintenance stuff and they don't need to be out there every Meridian Planning & Zoning December 7, 2006 Page 6 of 90 other day cutting grass and trimming trees and things like that. So, Elroy just didn't have enough time to get a copy from The Land Group to review it, but we can work through that through the certificate of zoning compliance. I believe that's all that I have on this application. If you have any questions I will be able to answer them. Rohm: Okay. Thank you, Caleb. Any questions of staff? Okay. Do we have an applicant this time? Would the applicant like to come forward, please? Russell: Yes, sir. Thank you. My name is Doug Russell, 462 East Shore Drive, Eagle, Idaho, and I'm with The Land Group, Incorporated, and we are representing ACHD for this project. I don't really have a lot to add to the staff report, but I would like to mention just a couple of things. The first one is that we did have a neighborhood meeting as required by the city and we did have one person show up to the meeting and they were from the Cazia Subdivision and they seemed to be real pleased. He was the neighborhood association representative. They were real pleased with what was going in there and they were pleased with the design and gave us their thumbs up on that, so no issues with the neighbors there. I did have a conversation with Elroy Huff today with the Meridian Parks Department. We definitely had a hard time kind of coordinating a meeting or a conversation. I did give him some plans and he reviewed it and he had a few questions and after I answered them he seemed very comfortable with the plan. But, obviously, we can deal with anything that might come up between now and then with the certificate of zoning, but he did give me the thumbs up today. We tried to develop a site plan that was going to maintain as many existing trees on the site as possible and we -- as was mentioned, we provided a nice landscape buffer between the facility and the road and, you know, as far as drainage facilities go it's going to be a pretty nice one. So, I think it's going to fit in well, it's going to serve the needs of ACHD and the drainage that they need off the future road improvements there and just hope that you will approve it tonight so we can move forward. I'll stand for questions if you have any. Rohm: Thank you very much. Any questions of this applicant? Okay. Thank you. Okay. There has not been anybody that has signed up, but now is the time to come forward if you have any questions of this application. And seeing none -- Zaremba: Mr. Chairman, I move we close the Public Hearing on AZ 06-053. Borup: Second. Moe: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to close the Public Hearing on AZ 06..053. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Thank you. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Zaremba: Mr. Chairman? Meridian Planning & Zoning December 7, 2006 Page 7 of 90 Rohm: Commissioner Zaremba. Zaremba: After considering all staff and applicant testimony and giving the public opportunity to testify, I move to recommend approval to the City Council of file number AZ 06-0S3 as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of December 7, 2006, with no changes. Mae: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to forward onto City Council recommending approval of AZ 06-0S3. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carried. Thank you. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 6: Public Hearing: CUP 06-038 Request for detailed Conditional Use Permit approval for office uses in an L-Q zone per requirement of the Development Agreement for Troutner Park Subdivision Buildings" A & BU by Babichenko, LLC - S03 S.W. Sth Avenue: Rohm: Going pretty good. It's making me a little nervous. Okay. At this time I'd like to open the Public Hearing on CUP 06-038, related to the Troutner Park Subdivision, Building A and B, and begin with our staff report. Watters: Chairman Rohm, Members of the Commission, the application before you is a request for a Conditional Use Permit to construct two 7,200 square foot office buildings in an L-O zone. The property is located at 503 Southwest Sth Avenue on the west side of Southwest Sth Avenue, south of Franklin Road in Troutner Park Subdivision. If you look on the overhead here, Franklin Road is right here, Southwest Sth Avenue runs right down here. The subject property is there. To the north and south is vacant commercial property -- office property zoned L-O. To the east is commercial property, zoned C-G. And to the west is residential property, zoned R-8. A Conditional Use Permit would not typically be required for this project, as office uses are principally permitted in the L-O zoning district. However, the development agreement for Troutner Park Subdivision requires all development to obtain CUP approval prior to submittal of the certificate of zoning compliance application. The site plan, landscape plan, and elevations submitted with the CUP application meet the requirements of the UDC for the L-O zoning district. Staff is recommending approval of the requested Conditional Use Permit as stated in the staff report based on the Findings of Facts listed in Exhibit C and subject to the conditions listed in Exhibit B. That's all staff has, unless the Commission has questions. Rohm: Okay. Thank you. Any questions of staff? Would the applicant like to come forward, please?