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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 15, 2007 P&Z MinutesMeridian Planning & Zoning Commission November 15, 2007 Page 47 of 60 Hood: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission and the applicant, too. Just, again, for clarification, we will make those changes in our staff report. It still doesn't change AGHD's reports or requirements regarding those issues. But we will put in parenthesis, you know, that the city recommends -- it's kind of almost like a rebuttal thing to -- to the conditions. But just so everyone's clear, that would kind of be the format that this will come -- that the City Council will see based on that motion, so -- Moe: Understood.. Item 9: Continued Public Hearing from October 4, 2007: AZ 07-011 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 6.84 acres from RUT to an R-4 Medium Low-Density Residential zone for Belhaven Subdivision by Pole Creek Properties, Inc. - 5230 N. Black Cat Road.: Item 10: Continued Public Hearing from October 4, 2007: PP 07-016 Request for Preliminary Plat approval for 16 single-family residential lots and 5 common lots on 6.84 acres in a proposed R-4 zone for Belhaven Subdivision by Pole Creek Properties, Inc. - 5230 N. Black Cat Road.: Rohm: At this time I'd like to open AZ 07-011 and PP 07-016 for the sole purpose of continuing these two items to the regularly scheduled meeting of December 20th, 2007. Newton-Huckabay: So moved. Moe: Second.. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to continue Items AZ 07-011 and PP 07-016 to the regularly scheduled meeting of December 20th, 2007. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 11: Continued Public Hearing from October 18, 2007: AZ 07-013 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 4.92 acres from Ada County RUT to an R-4 zone for Matador Subdivision by Equity Development - 1235 E. McMillan Road: Item 12: Continued Public Hearing from October 18, 2007: PP 07-017 Request for Preliminary Plat approval for 16 single-family residential lots and 3 common lots on 4.92 acres in a proposed R-4 zone for Matador Subdivision by Equity Development - 1235 E. McMillan Road: Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission November 15, 2007 Page 48 of 60 Rohm: At this time I'd like to open the continued Public Hearing from October 18th, 2007, Items No. AZ 07-013 and PP 07-017 and begin with the staff report. Parsons: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. The applications before you are an annexation and zoning of 5.18 acres from RUT, Ada County, to R-4 medium density residential and preliminary plat approval of 16 single family residential building lots and three common lots for the Matador Subdivision. The subject property is located at 1235 East McMillan Road, approximately a quarter mile west of Locust Grove. The property is bordered on the east and west by single family residential and pasture land. So, these two parcels here. On the south by single family residential homes, which is Havasu Creek Subdivision, zoned R-4. And to the north, which is the Tustin Subdivision, zoned R-4. The existing residential home is to remain on the site as part of the plat. So, I kind of have my arrow right on there, but the home is located in the northwest corner of the property. Again, here is where the home is shown on the plat. Access to and from the subject site will be from East McMillan. Internal public roadways will be built to ACHD standards and one stub street, which is called East Cooper Ridge Street, will be provided at the west and east boundary for future connectivity as proposed. So, the applicant is proposing to stub the street here for future connectivity when these parcels come in for future development. UDC requires any site five acres in size to have a minimum of ten percent open space. The applicant has provided .4 -- 0.4 acres or 8.1 percent of the landscape common open space. Except for the landscaping along McMillan Road and one common lot that is proposed to contain storm drainage, there are no amenities on the site. Staff has conditioned the project to shorten the width of proposed Lots 2 and 3, Block 3, and add a picnic area or tot lot within the proposed development. Again, here are the common lots here with the 25 foot landscape buffer and here is the drainage lot. Staff -- these are the two lots that staff is referencing to kind of shrink the frontage to allow this -- to increase this common lot and add an additional amenity here for the site. The applicant has proposed six different front elevations with this application. The submitted elevations indicate hardy plank siding or wood siding with variations in siding styles, including wide plank, shake siding., board and batten -- or batten siding. The front facades are accented with stone veneer and varying shutter designs. These building materials and elevations will be included and subject to a development agreement. So, again, here is some of what they are proposing. I know it's kind of hard to see, but the front porch pillars are to have rock accents. You can kind of see the cedar single style there on the front. Additional elevations. Some two story, as well as single story homes proposed in the development. Staff is recommending approval of the project and I'll stand for any questions Commission may have. Rohm: Thank you, Bill. Any questions of staff? Would the applicant like to come forward, please. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission November 15, 2007 Page 49 of 60 Whitehead.: Chairman, Members of the Commission, hello and good evening. And for the record my name is Sabrina Whitehead.. I am here on behalf of Equity Development and Briggs Engineering. My business address is 1800 West Overland Road, Boise, Idaho, 83705 and this evening I am presenting to you a request for an annexation, zoning., and .preliminary plat for Matador Estates and the site is located south of McMillan Road. With this development the development took into consideration the character of the area, the City of Meridian's Comprehensive Plan, and as well as the existing residents and zoning out there. With these considerations in mind, the developer felt an R-4 zoning would be the most compatible and the most appropriate for this area. Therefore, with our annexation we are requesting the zone of R-4. Can we get the color landscape up? Thank you, Bill. Whereby we were requesting to subdivide for a total of 19 lots, 16 buildable, three common. What -- lot sizes ranging from 8,000 to 16,000 square feet. This site will take one ingress-egress off of McMillan Road and will provide two stub roads east and west of the site for public future interconnectivity. The site will have pressurized irrigation through Settler's Irrigation District and at this time we don't know'who is going to own and maintain it, either the irrigation district or the HOA. That will be determined at a later date. For sewer and water, the developer is under negotiations with the property owners to the west to obtain a sewer easement. On July 3rd of this year I conducted a neighborhood meeting where I had three neighbors attend. The concerns expressed by the neighbor was Curt Herd, who I believe lives over in this area. He was worried about his view shed and so the developer agreed to protect that he would allow within the CC&Rs Lot 3 of Block 2 to only be single story. Another concern that was brought up was fire access and I assured the neighbors that we are going to meet fire code, obviously we need to, and as Joe Silva of the fire department has issued to you guys that we are in compliance. The developer has reviewed the staff report and agreed with the recommended conditions. We are going to be modifying this and adding some more amenities for this development. Overall we feel it's going to be a quality development. It's more of an in- fill, it's going to be kind of a pocket in-fill, filling in the spaces off of McMillan and with that I would like to thank you for your time and consideration, respectfully request that you recommend approval to City Council for our request and I will stand for any questions that you may have. Thank you. Rohm: Good. You're going to modify the lot to -- are you going to put any tot lot items on that expanded area? Whitehead.: Yeah. I believe the developers wanted to maybe put a tot lot slash kind of picnic area. Originally what had happened was we thought our annexation was below five acres, 4.92, and we talked to Bill and I thought this might be an issue, it was kind of a gray area, that's why we didn't provide it, but he felt that -- and we have some wiggle room, so I will definitely get this revised for City Council showing the -- an added amenity, so -- Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission November Y5, 2007 Page 50 of 60 Rohm: Good.. Thank you. Any additional questions? Thank you. Newton-Huckabay: Mr. Chair. Bill? I was just wondering if we had the view with the developments that are already approved in that area, the aerial view with the overlay? Moe: Not much. Newton-Huckabay: Didn't we already approve one on that southwest corner, those three there? Hood: Mr. Chair, Commissioners, Commissioner Newton-Huckabay, everything in yellow there has been annexed.. I don't know why the preliminary plat lines aren't showing up on there, but just this past year, or maybe a year and a half, yes, three, four, five of these five acre parcels have come in. There were two just on the southwest corner of Locust Grove and McMillan. That was all one project. I believe Harp was the name of that one. Newton-Huckabay: Yeah. Hood: And, then, this one's kind of sandwiched between the two remaining five acres of that original county sub. But, yeah, just recently here again within the past 18 months, all five of those have -- have been approved by the City Council. Newton-Huckabay: And were those all R-8 also or R-4? Hood: Those show up as R-4. Yeah. The darker of the yellows are the R-8 and, then, the lighter colors are -- you can see Harp has a split zoning designafiion on that one, the five -- Newton-Huckabay: Yeah. Hood: -- the north part, there is an existing home there. If you recall that's zoned R-4 and the remainder is R-8. So, yeah, everything else that's been annexed is all R-4 in this area. Newton-Huckabay: Thank you. Parsons: Commissioner Newton-Huckabay? Newton-Huckabay: Yes, sir. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission November t5, 2007 Page 51 of 60 Parsons: Also when I researched these other parcels for what we had approved, that the -- excuse me -- the street that they are proposing here will connect in the future with those preapproved -- Newton-Huckabay: Oh, excellent. Parsons: Already approved subdivision. Newton-Huckabay: Thanks, Bill. There is not anybody that is signed up to speak to this application, but if anyone would like to, now is that time to come forward. It doesn't look like we have anyone that has any objections. This is good. Could I get a motion to close the Public Hearing? Moe: So moved.. Newton-Huckabay: Second. Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to close the Public Hearing on AZ 07-013 and PP 07-017. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Rohm: Boy. Commissioner Newton-Huckabay, would you like to make the motion? Newton-Huckabay: Sure. After considering all staff, application, and public testimony, I move to recommend approval to the City Council of file numbers AZ 07-013 and PP 07- 017, as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of October 18, 2007, with no modifications. Moe: Second... Rohm: It's been moved and seconded to forward onto City Council recommending approval of AZ 07-013 and PP 07-017, to include the staff report with no modifications. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? Motion carried. Thanks for coming in. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 13: Public Hearing: AZ 07-017 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 40.4 acres from RUT to C-C zone (21.3 acres), R-8 zone (6.27 acres) and R-2 (12.87 acres) for Three Corners by David Dean - 6380 N. Locust Grove Road.: