HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-03-18 Philip Artz
Charlene Way
From:Chris Johnson
Sent:Tuesday, March 18, 2025 4:48 PM
To:Charlene Way
Subject:FW: H-2024-0058 In-n-Out Ten Mile-CUP
For the record.
From: David Miles <dmiles@meridiancity.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 4:20 PM
To: Philip Artz <pjartz@hotmail.com>
Cc: Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>; Bill Nary <bnary@meridiancity.org>; Chris Johnson
<cjohnson@meridiancity.org>; Kurt Starman <kstarman@meridiancity.org>
Subject: RE: H-2024-0058 In-n-Out Ten Mile-CUP
Philip,
Thank you for reaching out with your questions. To start, I have copied the Current Planning Manager, the City
Clerk as well as the City Attorney’s Office and they can provide any additional information they see fit, and you can
follow up with them on any further questions as well.
In the City’s response that you mention regarding “regulating land uses”, in this case that means that the City
zoning regulates the land uses for lands that are within the City jurisdiction. In this case, I believe the subject
parcel is in zone C-G, so the uses that are identified as generally permissible in a C-G zone are what the city
regulates.
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) will review the application on its merits as it pertains to the required
conditions for that zone and any other general zoning requirements, similar to those things you mention (hours of
operation, parking spaces, size of signage & lighting, location of curb cuts for ingress/egress, etc.) If any of those
create conflict within the codes, the staff as well as the P&Z have the discretion to recommend approval or denial
based on those types of conflicts and what, if any, mitigation measures could be proposed.
To your blunt question, the staff and the P&Z can recommend denial based on factors similar to what you
highlighted, and the City has always encouraged public involvement, engagement and values hearing from citizens
about how applications may or may not meet the various requirements.
As an FYI, I also understand that there was a noticing issue with the application and because of that, the
application is now rescheduled to April 17, 2025 to meet the statutory noticing requirements.
Sincerely,
Dave Miles | Chief of Staff
City of Meridian | Mayor’s Office
33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: (208) 489-0532|Fax: (208) 884-8119
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From: Philip Artz <pjartz@hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 3:09 PM
To: David Miles <dmiles@meridiancity.org>
Subject: H-2024-0058 In-n-Out Ten Mile-CUP
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Good afternoon Mr. Miles.
I was hoping you could clarify something regarding the above application. I was reading some of the emails
that have been sent to the City by residents of the homes near the proposed site and several of them show a
response from the City. In those responses I noted that almost all the responses contain a statement that:
"the City does not determine which food service or business locates on a property (but rather) the City
regulates the land use of various properties and businesses decide to locate at given sites based on market
conditions." (emphasis added)
I'm wondering what the City means by "regulates the land use" of properties. Does this mean that the City
cannot stop In-n-Out or any other business from locating at this site, as long as the zoning permits the type of
business at the site, but can merely place conditions on the business, such as hours of operation, parking
spaces, size of signage & lighting, location of curb cuts for ingress/egress, etc.
In other words are residents wasting their time arguing we don't want this business at this location and should
instead accept the fact that it will be here and focus on urging reduced hours and other terms with respect to
the operation of the business.
Speaking bluntly, is there any chance the City will say No to In-n-Out- you can not operate your business on
this site?
Thank you.
Philip Artz
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