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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 18, 2007 PZ Comm Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission January 18, 2007 Page 6 of 40 difficult to link those two access points and that's why we went ahead and said it would be okay to allow that driveway there and ACHD I think did the same research and found the same thing. Really, in the future to redevelop that whole area you would have to have multiple parcels come together and take care of that utility issue. Siddoway: Thank you. Rohm: Okay. Would the applicant like to come forward, please? McCallister: Mr. Chair, Commissioners, Gary McCallister, 702 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. We are in concurrence with the staff report and in agreement with the development agreement. Don't have any issues. Rohm: Wow. Thank you. There is nobody that has signed up to testify to this application, but the floor is still open. If someone would like to testify now is that time. Seeing none -- Siddoway: Mr. Chairman, I move to close the Public Hearing. Moe: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to close the Public Hearing on RZ 06-013. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Borup: Mr. Chairman, after considering all staff and applicant testimony, I move to recommend approval to the City Council of file number RZ 06-013, as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of January 18th. End of motion. Moe: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to forward onto City Council recommending approval of RZ 06-013. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 8: Public Hearing: RZ 06-014 Request for a Rezone of 15.58 acres from an R-4 zone to an 0- T zone for Joint School District NO.2 by Joint School District NO.2 - 911 N. Meridian Road: Rohm: At this time I'd like to open the Public Hearing on RZ 06-014 related to the School District No.2 and begin with the staff report. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission January 18, 2007 Page 7 of 40 Watters: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, the application before you is a rezone request for a property located at 911 North Meridian Road, which includes the Joint School District's administrative offices and elementary school site. The subject property is generally located on the northwest corner of North Meridian Road and West Pine Street. The property is surrounded by single family residences. You can see here on the aerial. Zoned R-4 and OT. And a medical office directly north of the site here on Meridian Road. The property consists of 15.58 acres and is currently zoned R-4. The applicant is requesting a rezone to the OT zone, which complies with the Comprehensive Plan future land use map designation of Old Town. No new development is proposed at this time. The school district is in the process of relocating their administrative offices to another site and would like to sell the portion of the property where their offices are currently. Rezoning the property to OT would allow for commercial and office uses on the property, which are not allowed in the R-4 zone. The elementary school would also be a permitted use in the OT district. The administrative offices are accessed from Meridian Road and the school is accessed from West 1 st Street. Let's see here. At the north of the site. No landscaping improvements are required at this time, but will be required upon development of the property. The historic preservation committee submitted comments on this application late that were not included in the staff report. They would like to have an historic marker acknowledging the education heritage of the site installed on the old Pine Street school site. The old school is located -- I believe it's right there on Pine. They would also like the applicant to address at the Public Hearing where the school will be relocated. Staff is recommending approval of the requested rezone as requested by the applicant and stated in the staff report. That's all staff has, unless the Commission has questions. Rohm: Any questions of staff? Okay. Would the applicant like to come forward, please? Stiles: Shari Stiles. Engineering Solutions. 1029 North Rosario Street in Meridian now. The school district asked for our help in -- our help in rezoning this property, so that they could sell off the excess property that they will no long require once they move into the Jabil site with the administrative offices. The existing Pine school -- or Pine Street school is there, the old historic building. That was done in cooperation with the school district and the city and the superintendent of schools for the Joint School District No. 2 and the Mayor will be working out the details of relocating that. It may be put on the site there. Definitely once they have a buyer for the site where that building is situated that will be included in their agreement that they know that they have to wait until that building is relocated. We did have one question, if staff could clarify for us. It's on Exhibit A under the fire department comments, under 3.3, it says the applicant shall work with the planning department staff to provide an address identification plan and a sign which meets the requirements of the City of Meridian sign ordinance at the required intersections. I'm not quite sure what that means. The school district will not be developing the site that they sell off. Each -- you know, it could be somebody buys each lot or it could be one entity buying all three lots. But they certainly want to work with the Planning and Zoning staff and want to meet all the safety requirements, but they just -- we had a little question about that particular item and how we would go Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission January 18, 2007 Page 8 of 40 about that. Basically, the school district is doing this at the request of the City of Meridian and to make sure that they have buyable pieces of property left when -- when they adjust those boundaries. Right now, being zoned R-4, I don't think very many people want to live in a single family home on that corner, so -- do you have any questions? Rohm: I don't believe so, but let's see if we can get a clarification from staff. Watters: Commissioners, from what I understand, the elementary school itself is addressed off State Street. The administrative offices are addressed off of North Meridian Road. State Street does not go to this property. State Street goes to the center line of North Meridian Road on the east side. So, the fire department was concerned about emergency access, you know, finding the site should they need to, you know, in case of emergency. The applicant was asked to contact Tricia Bieren in the Public Works Department to coordinate a new address for the school site. Stiles: And we have no problem with that. It was just about -- talking about addressed identification plan and a sign which meets the requirement at the required intersections. I'm not sure what -- Watters: I'm not absolutely positive what the fire department would like on that. I'm assuming maybe that they meant if the address wasn't changed, that they would like a sign, you know, directing people to the site, but I'm not positive. The fire department could clarify that for you. Stiles: Well, Commissioners, the school district would certainly work with both departments, Planning and Zoning Department and the fire department to make sure that there are no safety concerns with the addressing. Rohm: That seems reasonable. Thank you. Stiles: Thank you. Siddoway: Mr. Chairman? Rohm: Commissioner Siddoway. Siddoway: Shari, for the existing old school, right now there is not a specific site that is to be moved to. It may -- it may actually stay on site or it may be moved; is that correct? Stiles: It will be moved from where it presently is. Siddoway: Okay. Stiles: Wendell Bigham is here and he could answer more specifically, probably, they do own a single family home that is on their property and they have been discussing the Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission January 18, 2007 Page 9 of 40 option of tearing down that home and moving the structure to where that home was. I understand that they have got an agreement with a home mover that has volunteered to do that at no charge for the city. Siddoway: Okay. Thank you. Stiles: Thank you. Siddoway: Could we hear from -- Mr. Chairman, could we hear from Mr. Bigham? Rohm: Absolutely. Bigham: Thank you. Wendell Bigham. Address 911 Meridian Road here representing Joint School District No.2. Briefly expand on where the house -- the old school house - - I think that sitting right here is the existing Pine Street schoolhouse. We own a house right here. We cleverly call it the west wing. It currently houses our substitute placement office. Our plan for our house of cards kind sounds like this. We hope to vacate all of these facilities over March spring break of this year, last week of March, at which point here in the immediate future we would like to offer up these three parcels for sale, with the condition that we move out of here, we move out of this house. This house is, then, razed, the site is back filled, and a new foundation is placed and the Pine Street school moves from here to here and any of the agreements that exist between the City of Meridian and the school district for care, custody, control of it, continues the way it is. We own the land, the city owns the building, and we are just simply moving it over here, at which point it will be contiguous -- I think the Y now has the building here, but it will be contiguous with the Meridian elementary campus and probably will reside there for perpetuity. Siddoway: Okay. One follow up. I think the best way to me to insure that that takes place is probably -- since this is a rezone, with a development agreement that would just say something to the effect that that historic structure needs to be moved or maintained on the elementary school site. Would something like that be acceptable? Is that too specific at all for you or-- Bigham: Mr. Chairman, Commissioner Siddoway, I don't believe I have a problem with that. That is truly our intent. That is the discussions we have been having. It ironically took quite a period of time to dig through actually who might own what when it came to that old school house in terms of the agreement, but I don't think that's problematic. That is our intent. It's the most cost effective way to do it and it preserves it in the neighborhood where it has existed. Siddoway: Okay. Thank you. Rohm: Thank you, Wendell. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission January 18, 2007 Page 10 of 40 Bigham: May I ask one further clarification? Shari was bringing up the addressing concerns. As a point of clarification, I'd like to know if we -- and maybe this is a staff level discussion -- whether or not we have the option to maintain the State Street addressing for the school, which for way finding works only because the school has been there for 40 years and everyone knows the address and where the school is. Or, more importantly, this is now the main entry of the school. There is a circular driveway in here. I don't know that this photograph shows it all that well. But a change in addressing we would probably be in support of the West 1 st change or the ability to somehow get a sign out on State Street if that is, in fact, State Street, to identify the school. So, am I interpreting it correctly that we have kind of two options available to us to talk to Planning and Zoning about? Because, as Shari said, I don't understand that -- that sign comment. Probably the best solution is the change in the addressing to that West 1 st. Watters: Commissioner Rohm -- excuse me. If I could answer that. The city staff would like the address to be addressed off of West 1 st Street. Bigham: Mr. Chairman, then, our -- our plan would probably be to have that addressing changed the summer of '07 when school is out, so that the school opens in September of '07 with a new address. Just in terms of time. Watters: Staff has no problem with that. Rohm: Again, I think that's going to be worked through staff and -- as opposed to this body. Bigham: Thank you. Rohm: Thank you, Wendell. We do not have any others signed up to speak to this application, but now is the time to come forward if you have additional comments or concerns. Seeing none -- Siddoway: Mr. Chairman, I move to close the Public Hearing on RZ 06-014. Moe: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to close the Public Hearing on RZ 06-014. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Okay. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Rohm: Mr. Siddoway, you had a couple of good ideas and, possibly, if you wanted to make the motion. Moe: Before that I just have a question if I might. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission January 18, 2007 Page 11 of 40 Siddoway: Yes. Moe: I'm just kind of curious. Would the fact that the city owns the building already -- I mean I'm not opposed to adding something to the -- you know, the agreement, but at the same time the city owning the building already, that prior to it being moved and whatnot, the district is going to have to work with the city on that anyway, so I'm not sure -- Rohm: It might be a bit redundant? Moe: That's what I was -- Borup: Well, the concern is a place to put it. Siddoway: Yeah. I'd like to see it kept on the Meridian elementary school site if at all possible. Moe: Okay. No problem there. Siddoway: The other thing that I'm wondering about, Mr. Chairman and Sonya, may be the -- that condition of approval regarding the addressing. I'm just trying to determine if there is any additional wording needed to clarify, because I do think what was discussed is reasonable. What was that condition number? Borup: 3.3. I think it says needs to be worked out with staff. So, that leaves a lot of flexibility. Watters: Commissioner Siddoway, you could make that a requirement of the development agreement if you wished to do so, if you are requiring a development agreement. Siddoway: To work out the addressing situation with staff and the tire department, with the understanding that it would not have to be changed prior to the school opening in fall of '07. Watters: Correct. Siddoway: All right. Borup: It wouldn't have to be changed prior to the school letting out in the spring. Siddoway: Letting out in the spring. Borup: Yeah. It wouldn't have to be changed prior to that. Siddoway: Yeah. Okay. Mr. Chairman? Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission January 18, 2007 Page 12 of 40 Rohm: Commissioner Siddoway. Siddoway: I'd like to make a motion. I move to recommend approval to the City Council of file number RZ 06-014 as presented in the staff report for the hearing of January 18th, 2007, with the following addition: I would like to add the requirement to enter into a development agreement, which would state that the existing historic school that is on the property shall be moved and maintained on the existing Meridian elementary school lot prior to development of the parcel that's in question on the corner of Pine and Meridian Road. Second of all, in that development agreement I would add some clarifying language that the addressing for the school be worked out with the emergency services and planning staff with the address change needing to have happen after school lets out this summer and prior to school resuming in the fall of 2007. Moe: Second. Rohm: Okay. It's been moved and seconded to forward onto City Council recommending approval of RZ 06-014 to include all staff comments with the aforementioned modification. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 9: Public Hearing: CUP 06-040 Request for Conditional Use Permit approval for an Emergency Medical Service Facility for Ada County EMS by Ada County Development Services - 963 E. Pine Street: Rohm: At this time I'd like to open the Public Hearing on CUP 06-040 and begin with the staff report. Watters: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, the application before you is a request for a Conditional Use Permit for an Ada County Emergency Medical Service facility in an I-L zone. The vicinity map's overhead here. The subject property. The property is generally located a quarter mile west of Locust Grove on the south side of East Pine Street at 963 East Pine. Directly north of the site is vacant property owned by Ada County for future development, zoned I-L. To the east is industrial property zoned I-L. To the south is Ada County Weed and Pest Control building, zoned I-L. And to the west is rural residential property in Ada County, zoned R-1. The Unified Development Code requires Conditional Use Permit approval for all public uses. Also, a condition of the plat for Weed and Pest Control campus subdivision was that all future uses obtain Conditional Use permit approval. One 4,100 square foot building is proposed to be constructed on the site and will include an enclosed vehicle bay for the parking of two EMS ambulances. The interior spaces of the building will include a visitor's lobby, kitchen, day room, and sleeping rooms for the employees. The facility will operate and be manned 24 hours a day. Here is a close-up view of the site plan. This portion of the property is -- of the application is only for the southern portion of the lot. This site plan