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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 15, 2007 P&Z Comm Minutes Meridian Planning & Zoning March 15, 2007 Page 15 of 49 Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to continue item CUP 07-001 to the regularly scheduled meeting of April 19th, 2007. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? And thank you for coming in. Sorry to have to put you on the spot, but the bottom line is we are not going to move forward without these things being cleared up. MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES. TWO ABSENT. Item 7: Public Hearing: AZ 07-003 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 1.0 acres from RI (Ada County) to L-O (Limited Office) and R-8 zones (Medium Density Residential), for Grau Subdivision by Stanley Consultants - 4135 West Cherry Lane: Item 8: Public Hearing: PP 07-005 Request for Preliminary Plat approval of 1 office lot in the proposed L-O zone, and 3 single family residential lots in the proposed R-8 zone on 1.0 acres, for Grau Subdivision by Stanley Consultants - 4135 West Cherry Lane: Rohm: Okay. Okay. At this time I'd like to open the Public Hearing on AZ 07-003 and PP 07-005, both related to the Grau Subdivision and begin with the staff report. Hess: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. The application before you is the Grau Subdivision. The applicant has requested annexation and zoning of one acre from R-1 to L-O. limited office, and R-8, medium density residential and preliminary plat approval for one office lot and one common lot in a proposed L-O zone and three single family lots in the proposed R-8 zone. The property is designated medium density residential on the Comprehensive Plan future land use map. However, in 2004 the city approved a resolution which allows Council to consider office uses on a property with a residential Comprehensive Plan designation if that property has frontage on an arterial street and is three acres in size or less. The subject site does, in fact, have frontage on Cherry Lane, an arterial road, and totals one acre. Let's see. Sorry, Commission Members, we are having difficulties here. The property is located on the south side of Cherry Lane, approximately at the half mile mark between Black Cat and Ten Mile Road. The sole access to the development, as you can see, will be from a private street, which intersects Cherry Lane. This is the proposed private street here. A shared driveway will serve the proposed single family residential lots at the rear here, as you can see, to the terminus of the proposed private street. The applicant has applied 25 percent of the site in the form of landscaping, although not required. There are a couple of issues to mention here. Staff is generally supportive of the landscape plan. The UDC requires 20 foot landscape buffers between office uses and residential uses. The Commission should note that here to the east -- to the west and these proposed residential units will all -- should all have been buffered by a 20 foot -- feet of landscaping. Let's see. However, the footprint of the existing home, as you can see right here, which to be converted to the office building on the office lot, encroaches ten feet into the required 20 foot landscaping buffer at this west property line and in order to accommodate the private street, which staff required, the 20 landscaping buffer at the east property line is only proposed at five feet. Therefore, the applicant has submitted Meridian Planning & Zoning March 15. 2007 Page 16 of 49 an alternative compliance application to mitigate for this. In lieu of providing the full landscaping buffers at the east and west property lines, the applicant will install denser vegetation within these buffers. Staff is supportive of the proposed alternative compliance with the following modification that the applicant increase the buffer at the west property line adjacent to the parking area to, at minimum, ten feet wide. So, we will have a continual ten feet wide landscaping buffer at the west property line. Another issue is that staff has recommended that the city limit the uses which can operate on the site to an office-clinic type per a development agreement. Additionally, we propose hours of operation for business on this office lot to be limited from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Another issue is that perimeter or internal fencing is not shown on the submitted landscape plan or the preliminary plat and the applicant has not indicated whether permanent fencing will be installed around the boundary or what type of fencing is to be installed around the common lots or not. The applicant will need to state this tonight. And that is all planning staff has, unless the Commission has questions. Rohm: Thank you. Any questions of staff? Would the applicant like to come forward, please? Hall: Hi. Good evening. My name is Candy Hall. I reside at -- business address 1940 South Bonito Way, Meridian. I have a handout for you, if I could, please. I have a few changes. Rohm: Caleb, do you have a copy of these? You do? Okay. Hall: I have a board also. Can I set that up? It's a bigger -- okay. I have handed you a revised copy of the preliminary plat. We have a couple of changes that have occurred due to the adjustments being made to the topo. The existing home that is there, we had some changes. We -- it was off by a few feet, therefore, the sidewalk had to be moved. We went to the city and asked what their thoughts were and staff was in agreement that we just move the sidewalk. So, we did. The sidewalk to the east will be moved to the south. I'm sorry. Will be moved to the south of the existing home, which we have worked out with staff. Okay. Second, we have shifted the location of the parking lot. We just shifted it down just a little bit. Still we meet all the dimensional standards with these changes. We have a one acre parcel located on West Cherry Lane. These are -- these lots are residential. We are requesting R-8 zoning. These lots range in size from 5,400 to 10,000 square feet. The existing house is being converted to professional office use. In the staff report it states that the legal descriptions have to be revised. They have been revised, which we will be turning in for City Council. Staff has recommended constructing a private road to provide access to commercial and residential lots, which we have provided. Due to the location of the existing home it was impossible to meet the dimensional standards for the landscape buffers, therefore, we are applying for alternative compliance for landscaping. We have increased the buffer and front of the existing home from 20 to 26 feet and also all the vegetation landscaping around the perimeter. Staff recommendation is that we increase the landscape buffer on the east side to ten feet and we have done that. We will be putting more vegetation as required by code in the mitigation plan. We are putting more. Elroy Huff has been Meridian Planning & Zoning March 15, 2007 Page 17 of 49 contacted by the landscape architect and they are meeting next week. That's also in the staff report. So, he has been contacted and they are all meeting next week. And all conditions will be met for -- that are in the staff report. Rohm: Okay. Thank you. Any questions of this applicant? Thank you. Okay. Would Larry Taylor want to speak to this application? Taylor: Good evening, Commissioner, Chairman, staff. My name is Larry Taylor, I reside at 851 East Antilles Court, Meridian, Idaho. I am assisting Bill, the owner of the property, in accomplishing his preliminary and final plat. I have an interest in possibly improving to residential lots to the rear and there was an indication about the fencing. The fencing will be with the requirement of yourself and/or City Council. We will meet whatever the requirement that you or they will put on us for that. The remainder of it is as stated by Candy and staff and I'm just speaking tonight for approval. I'll stand for questions. Rohm: So, you're part of the application? Taylor: I am with Mr. Grau. Correct. The owner. Rohm: Okay. I think that, typically, we try to get a perimeter fencing around all developments as they come forward and so you're saying that you would be willing to fence the project? Taylor: There is an existing perimeter fence on the west boundary that is between the existing subdivision, as well as the southern end -- the western boundary -- or the eastern boundary. We will be -- if there is any additional fencing that is -- needs to be improved, we will make it in like structure and/or material. Rohm: Sounds good. Borup: So, presently there is fencing along here, here, and here? Taylor: That is correct. The fencing on the -- the eastern is not at all similar to the western. Moe: Mr. Chairman? Rohm: Commissioner Moe. Moe: In regard to the residential lots, what are you planning on each one of those lots, as far as -- Taylor: Well, we haven't had specific design at this point. We will be doing a market analysis to find out what the best possible features and functions for that will be. Meridian Planning & Zoning March 15,2007 Page 18 of 49 Moe: Okay. Okay. Thank you. Rohm: Thank you. Bill Grau. If you would like to come forward you're certainly welcome. Okay. From the audience he says that pretty much everything's been covered. You will need to come forward if you're -- Grau: My name is Bill Grau, 4135 West Cherry Lane. On the west side of the property it's a vinyl fence and on the east side of the property it's a wood fence. Rohm: Okay. Is there any way that you could get the east to match the west, then, or -- Grau: I'm sure there is something that could be worked out. Rohm: Okay. Those vinyl fences are quite attractive and they appear to -- Grau: Longevity? Rohm: Yeah. Grau: I'll have to talk to the gentleman on the east side of the property, because he has the same wood around his property and I'm not sure -- Rohm: Yeah. Grau: -- that I can do that. Rohm: Thank you. There is nobody else signed up to testify to this application, but at this time if someone would like to come forward and provide testimony, now is that time. Seeing none -- Moe: Mr. Chairman, I have a question of staff. Amanda, have you seen the revised plat and whatnot? Hess: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, I have not seen this one exactly. I have made some suggestions on meeting with the applicant's representative that we would be amenable to moving the sidewalk to make room for this extension of the house that encroached into what would have been the sidewalk. What I'm looking at -- as I'm looking at this -- this plan, what I would like to see and what this plan doesn't have, as opposed to the previous one -- the previous one showed a sidewalk that went all the way out to the sidewalk that would be installed along Cherry Lane. As you can see, the sidewalk proposed here is solely internal. I would like to see a connection out to the Cherry Lane sidewalk here. Rohm: That would be the sidewalk on the west side of the building; is that what you're saying? Meridian Planning & Zoning March 15,2007 Page 19 of 49 Hess: That would be to the west side of the building. Correct. Moe: Okay. Could the applicant come back up and discuss that? Rohm: Yeah. That's probably a pretty good idea. Would one of the applicants like to come forward and -- Hall: Yes. That's agreeable. That's fine. We will comply with whatever needs to be done. That's fine. Moe: And so your plan will be changed to show that before City Council? Hall: Absolutely. We will make any changes that need to be done. Moe: Careful as you say any changes. We could be here for -- Hall: Well -- sorry. Limited. Moe: Thank you very much. Rohm: Thank you. Hall: Thank you. Rohm: Any discussion amongst the Commission before we close this Public Hearing? Moe: Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to close the Public Hearing on AZ 07-003 and PP 07-005. Borup: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to close the Public Hearing on AZ 07-003 and PP 07-005. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES. TWO ABSENT. Rohm: Commissioner Moe, would you like to make a motion? Moe: Not really. Borup: Then I will. Rohm: Commissioner Borup. Borup: Mr. Chairman, after considering all staff, applicant, and public testimony, I move to recommend approval of City Council the file numbers AZ 07-003 and PP 07-005, as Meridian Planning & Zoning March 15, 2007 Page 20 of 49 presented in the staff report for the hearing date of March 15th, 2007. And I don't have the spot where that would go, but adding to the site plan showing sidewalk extended to Cherry Lane. Moe: This would be the revised plat; right? Borup: Yes. The revised plat. And I'm not sure what paragraph that needed to be inserted in, but I think staff can figure that out. End of motion. Moe: I would second that. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to forward onto City Council recommending approval of AZ 07 -003 and PP 07 -005, to include the staff report, with the aforementioned modifications. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES. TWO ABSENT. Item 9: Continued Public Hearing from March 1, 2007: PP 07-004 Request for Preliminary Plat approval of 16 residential lots (proposed to contain 64 multi-family units) and 3 common lots on 5.7 acres in an L-O zone for Doubletree Subdivision by Ron Babneau - 1105 W. Pine Street: Item 10: Continued Public Hearing from March 1,2007: CUP 07-002 Request for a Conditional Use Permit approval to construct a multi-family development consisting of 64 multi-family dwelling units (4 plexes) on 16 lots in an L-O zone for Doubletree Subdivision by Ron Babneau - 1105 W. Pine Street: Rohm: Thank you folks for coming in. Okay. At this time I'd like to reopen the continued Public Hearing from March 1st, 2007, of PP 07-004 and CUP 07-002, both items related to the Doubletree Subdivision and begin with the staff report. Lucas: Thank you, Chairman Rohm, Members of the Commission. The applicant has applied for preliminary plat approval and Conditional Use Permit approval for a multi- family development consisting of 64 multi-family dwelling units within 16 four-plexes on 16 building lots and three common lots, all on 5.7 acres in the existing L-O zone. The site is located on the south side of Pine Avenue approximately 1,000 feet east of Linder Road and the project site is commonly known as Lot 2, Block 1, of the Treymore Subdivision. And the site is currently vacant. I'll give a brief context of what's going on around the site. The zoning map will help. To the north is the Treymore Senior Apartments, which are located right here. You can probably see those even on the aerial. This structure right here on Pine Avenue. To the east is the Rock Creek multi- family development, zoned R-15. It doesn't show up on the aerial, but it's actually -- almost all of those buildings, from what I understand, are just being finished right now. And to the south is the Union Pacific Railroad line and the large land holding that they