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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff CommentsHUB OF TREASURE VALLEY MAYOR A Good Place to Live LEGAL DEPARTMENT Roper[ D. Come CITY OF MERIDIAN (208) 466-9272 • Faz 466-4405 IC WORKS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PUBL BUILDING DEPARTMENT Tammy deWeerd 33 EAST IDAHO (208) 898-5500 ~ Fax 887-1297 Keith Bad MERIDIAN, IDAHO 83642 Cherie McCandless (208) 888-4433 ~ FAX (208) 887A813 PLANNING AND ZANING City Clerk Office Fax (208) 888-4218 DEPARTMENT William L.M. Nary (208) 8845533 • FAX 888-6854 MEMORANDUM: Apri18, 2003 To: Mayor, City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission R~1 C E 1 V E From: Wendy Kirkpatrick, Planner II ~,~~ ~ APR 0 4 2003 Bruce Freckleton, Senior Engineering Tech City Of Meridian Re: Castlebrook Subdivision No. l City Clerk Office Request for Final Plat Approval of Fifty-Two (52) Building Lots and Five (5) Other Lots on 39.96 Acres in an R-4 Zone, by Crestline Development LLC (Fide No. FP-03-012). We have reviewed the above referenced submittals and offer the following comments, as conditions of approval. These conditions shall be considered in full, unless expressly modified or deleted by motion of the Meridian City Coancil: APPLICATION SUMMARY This is the Final Plat application for Castlebrook Subdivision No. 1. The property is located on the east side of Black Cat Road, approximately '/2 mile south of Cherry Lane, directly south of the recently approved Coral Creek Subdivision. Minor modifications have been to the final plat that differs from the approved preliminary plat. The changes include the elimination of a building lot to accommodate drainage (Lot 4 Block 4), the reduction of common lot square footage on Lot 1 Block 7 for NMID, and the creation of a new regional Lift Station Lot for the City of Meridian (Lot 5, Block 1). SITE SPECIFIC REOUIItEMENT5 1. Applicant shall meet all terms of the approved Preliminary Plat 2. Water service to this site shall be via main line extensions from the existing mains adjacent to the properly. The applicant shall be required to extend water mains to and through the proposed development, thereby making them available to the adjacent properties (Stub streets, and N. Black Cat Road). 3. Staff finds that sanitary sewer service will be available to the lots within the proposed subdivision. Sanitary sewer service to this site will be via a temporary lib station within Planning & Zoning Commission/Mayor & City Council April 8, 2003 Page 2 the Blackstone Subdivision. This station pumps to an existing gravity sewer main located in Black Cat Road, that then flows to the Ashford Greens lift station. The Blackstone lift station shall be upgraded or modified, at this developer's expense, to the City of Meridian's standards and specifications. The applicant will be responsible to construct lateral sewer mains to and through this proposed development. Subdivision designer to coordinate main sizing and routing with the Public Works Department. This development shall be subject to the Ashford Greens sewer latecomers fees. Black Cat trunk development fee of $1,500.00 per dwelling unit shall also be assessed against this development. Payment of the trunk development fees and latecomer fees are required prior to signature on the final plat map by the City Engineer. 4. Underground year-round pressurized irrigation must be provided to all lots within this development. The applicant has indicated that the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District. The City of Meridian requires that pressurized imgation systems be supplied by a year- round source of water. Applicant shall be required to utilize any existing surface or well water for the primary source. If a surface or well source is not available, asingle-point connection to the culinary water system shall be required. If a single-point connection is utilized, the developer shall be responsible for the payment of assessments for the common areas prior to signature on the final plat by the Meridian City Engineer. The 6' sandstone vinyl fence adjacent to Black Cat Road is approved as submitted. The applicant shall provide open vision and non-combustible fencing (i.e. chain link or wrought iron adjacent to Ten Mile Creek (Lot 1, Block 7). The aforementioned fencing shall be installed prior to the issuance of occupancy permits within this phase. 6. Any tree over 4" in caliper that is removed from the property shall be replaced by installing additional trees, being the equivalent number of caliper inches of trees that were removed. Required landscaping trees will not be considered as replacement trees for those trees that have to be removed. 7. Add or revise the following preliminary plat notes: (6.) ...homeowners association T ~.., ^~or~roclz' and ... (7.) Lot 1, Block 1 shall be owned bkthe Cit~ofMeridian, and maintained... (13.) Include the complete text referring to the Right to Farm Act. (171 Fencing adjacent to the southern property lines of Lots 1-4 Block 5 and the western property line of Lot 6 Block 5 shall be restricted to four feet (4')in height if solid fencing material is used• two additional feet of lattice style fencing may be placed on ton of the four foot solid fence. 8. Complete the recording information in plat note 16. 9. Any drainage areas (detention /retention basins) must be designed to ensure that water is retained only during 100-year storm events, and for a period of time not to exceed 24 hours. Side slopes within drainage areas shall not exceed 3:1. Planning & Zoning Commission/Mayor & City Council Apri18, 2003 Page 3 10. A revised landscape plan shall be submitted to the Public Works Department and the Planning and Zoning Department for approval prior to the cities signature on the Final Plat. The revised plan will need to address the changes made to the common areas adjacent to Black Cat Road, due to the inclusion of temporary sanitary sewer mains. 11. Crraphically depict five-foot-wide easements for public utilities, drainage, and irrigation along the southern boundary of Lot 2, Block 3, Lots 1 and 7, Block 4, Lot 6, Block 5, and the Lot 6, Block 7, As these lot lines will be side lot lines against future phases of this development. GENERAL REOUIItEMENTS Coordinate fire hydrant placement with the City of Meridian Public Works Department. 2. A letter of credit or cash surety in the amount of 110% will be required for all fencing, landscaping, pressurized irrigation, sanitary sewer, water, etc., prior to signature on the final plat. 3. Two hundred, and one-hundred-watt, high-pressure sodium streetlights will be required at locations designated by the Public Works Department. All streetlights shall be installed at subdivider's expense. Typical locations are at street intersections and/or fire hydrants. 4. All irrigation ditches, laterals or canals, exclusive of natural waterways, intersecting, crossing or lying adjacent and contiguous to the area being subdivided shall be tiled per City Ordinance 12-4-13. The ditches to be piped should be shown on the site plans. Plans will need to be approved by the appropriate irrigation drainage district, or lateral users association, with written confirmation of said approval submitted to the Public Works Department. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the proposed final plat, with the aforementioned findings and conditions.