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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 5, 2007 P&Z Minutes Meridian Planning & Zoning April 5, 2007 Page 3 of 64 to make any decisions tonight. They will need to continue all the items for at least a couple weeks, so that we can have the appropriate information to them, so that they can make one recommendation to the City Council. So, they need to take action on all the items listed on the agenda at one night and tonight will not be the night. We know that at the earliest it will be Apri/19th. So, as these hearings go on you will get, I'm sure, some feeling from the Commission as to how they stand on these, but they won't take final action tonight. They may close the public hearing on some of them, they may leave the public hearing open, so that you have further opportunity to comment and we will try and make that clear to the best of our ability as we go through the agenda, but the Planning Commission will not take any formal action on any of these items tonight. And with that I'd answer any questions that the Commission may have. Item 9: Public Hearing: CPA 07-001 Request for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map designation from Industrial to Commercial for the property located at 600 E. Franklin Road for Thomas Comprehensive Plan Amendment by Lynn Thomas - north of E. Franklin Road and east of Meridian Road: Item 10: Public Hearing: RZ 07-002 Request for a Rezone of 0.628 of an acre from I-L to C-G zone for the Lynn Thomas Property by Lynn Thomas _ north of E. Franklin Road and east of Meridian Road: Rohm: Any questions of Anna before we move forward? Okay. Good. Thank you very much. At this time I'd like to open the Public Hearing on CPA 07-001 and RZ 07-002, both items related to the Lynn Thomas property and begin with our staff report. Watters: Thank you, Chairman Rohm, Commissioners. The application before you is a request for a Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezone for the property located at 600 East Franklin Road, shown on the overhead here. The subject property is generally located on the north side of East Franklin Road midway between Meridian Road and North Locust Grove -- or, excuse me, Locust Grove Road. To the north of the site is a warehouse office building, zoned I-L. To the east are commercial multi-tenant buildings zoned C-G. To the south is a cemetery zoned RUT in Ada county. And to the west is Fire Station No. 2 zoned L-O. An aerial view of the property. Currently vacant undeveloped land. The applicant is requesting that the Comprehensive Plan future land use map be amended to change the current industrial designation to a commercial designation. Concurrently, the applicant is requesting a rezone from I-L to C-G, which would comply with the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment for a commercial land use designation on the property. The applicant did not submit a development plan, but did submit conceptual elevations for the future buildings on this site. Access to this property will be provided from an existing access point to Franklin Road along the east side of this property that this lot and three other lots within Meridian Business Park share. No other accesses are proposed or approved with this application. Staff is recommending approval of the requested Comp Plan amendment and rezone application per the staff report. And that's all staff has, unless the Commission has questions. Meridian Planning & Zoning April 5, 2007 Page 4 of 64 Rohm: Thank you very much. Any questions of staff? Newton-Huckabay: I have none. Rohm: Okay. Is there an applicant that would like to come forward and speak to this project? Sonya, would -- not necessarily would the applicant need to be here for this to move forward or -- Watters: Not necessarily. Rohm: And I suspected that that might be the case. And there is no applicant here for this project at this time? Okay. I guess at this time there is nobody that has signed up to speak to this application, but if someone would like to come up and speak to the Commission, now is that time. That is going very quick. I think that at this point probably the best thing to do is to continue this item to the regularly scheduled meeting of April 19th and we will open the next project. Could I get a motion to that effect, please? Newton-Huckabay: Mr. Chair, do we close this Public Hearing on -- Baird: Mr. Chair and Members of the Commission, they all need to be specifically continued to a date certain, so that you can make your group recommendation at that pOint. So, when you make your motion, if you don't expect any further testimony, you can specify that it's being continued to that date for the sole purpose of deliberating and making a motion -- making a recommendation. Newton-Huckabay: That's right. But we can't formally close the Public Hearing. Baird: That's correct. Because the people -- anybody who has received notice and is here tonight would need to have notice of that date certain that you want to put on the record tonight and I see Anna reaching for the mike. She might have something to add. The planning director Anna Canning. Canning: Chairman ROhm, Members of the Commission, it would be helpful if there is someone who is interested -- although you're not making an official decision, you can certainly deliberate and indicate which way you think you're going to vote once you have the opportunity to make that recommendation. So, if there is additional information you want, please, let us know. If you're satisfied and you think you have everything you need to make a decision of approval or denial, it would be helpful if you'd kind of mention that in your continuation movement. Rohm: Okay. Thank you. Before we move to continue this, maybe the best thing to do is poll the Commission and ask for any comments that you might have relating to this specific application. So, with that, Commissioner Moe, do you have comments? Meridian Planning & Zoning April 5, 2007 Page 5 of 64 Moe: Mr. Chairman, I have read through the report and whatnot and I have no problems with this application and I would be approving it. Rohm: Commission Newton-Huckabay. Newton-Huckabay: I concur with Commissioner Moe. Rohm: Commissioner Siddoway. Siddoway: I have one question for staff, which is do you see any need for a development agreement to tie the evaluations that we see to it or is staff comfortable with it going through as just a rezone and a Comp Plan amendment? Canning: Chairman Rohm, Commissioner Siddoway, the Council has expressed an interest in having the concept plans or conceptual building elevations attached to a DA. If the Planning Commission wanted to recommend that, then -- if they didn't feel it was necessary, we can always have it -- it's not that -- Siddoway: That would be the only additional recommendation. Rohm: Commissioner O'Brien. O'Brien: I have nothing further to add. It seems like it's pretty well covered. Rohm: Okay. Good. And I concur with the balance of the Commission that this seems like an appropriate use for that land and -- and possibly having elevations tied to a development agreement might be in good order. So, that's probably the way this -- direction of this Commission at such time that we do take votes, so with that being said, could I get a motion to continue this to -- we are going to hear all of these on the next meeting on the 19th -- April 19th, 2007. Moe: Mr. Chairman, I move we continue file number CPA 07-001 and RZ 07-002 to the hearing date of April 19th, 2007. Siddoway: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to continue Item CPA 07-001 and RZ 07-002 to the regularly scheduled meeting of April 19th, 2007. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 11: Public Hearing: CPA 07.004 Request for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to change the land use designation from Industrial to Commercial for Jabil East Comprehensive Plan Amendment by the Joint School District NO.2 - 1303 E. Central