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February 7, 2008
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Moe: Next item on the agenda is the Consent Agenda and on that we have the meeting
minutes of our January 17th Planning and Zoning Committee meeting. Are there any
discussions or changes to those minutes?
Rohm: I have none.
Newton-Huckabay: None.
Marshall: None.
Moe: Okay. Can I get a motion to accept the Consent Agenda?
Marshall: So moved.
Newton-Huckabay: Second.
Moe: Who was the first?
Newton-Huckabay: Joe.
Rohm: Joe.
Hewton-Huckabay: Commissioner Marshall.
Marshall: I got it out before you finished. I'm sorry.
Moe: Okay. Not a problem. Just didn't hear you there. Okay. It's been moved and
seconded to approve the Consent Agenda. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same
sign? That motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 4: Continued Public Hearing from January 17, 2008: CUP 07-022
Request for a Conditional se Permit for a medical office in the O-T zoning
district that does not meet the criteria of the Downtown Meridian Design
Guidelines for Meridian Eye Care by Dr. Dan Thieme - 125 West Cherry
Lane:
Moe: I will go ahead and open this next one. I'd like to open the continued Public
Hearing for the Meridian Eye Care Center, CUP 07-022, for the sole purpose of
continuing it to the regularly scheduled P&Z meeting of February the 21st. Can I get a
motion to do so?
O'Brien: So moved.
Rohm: Second.
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Moe: It's been moved and seconded to continue CUP 07-022 to the regularly scheduled
meeting of the 21st of February. All those in favor say aye. Opposed same sign? That
motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Moe: Moving right along.. I don't know that there is too many people out here that
haven't been here before, but at this point I do need to just kind of give you a brief
description of what~we are going to do here this evening. Basically, I will open a hearing,
at which time staff will, then., give a brief explanation of the project. After that point we
will ask the applicant to come up and respond to those comments and give any other
comments they would like to in regard to their project. They have a ten minute time
frame to do such. After that there are sign-up sheets in the back. If you have signed up
to speak, we will call you one at a time, whoever is signed up. After we have gone
through that list I will ask if there is anyone else that would like to speak and you will be
more than welcome to come up and do so. You guys will have three minutes to make
your comments and at that point, after all that testimony has been given., then, the
applicant will have a chance to come back up and rebut anything that was discussed
before that. It's pretty simple and we will get going here.
Item 5: Continued Public Hearing from December 20, 2007: RZ 07-020
Request for Rezone of 10.1 acres from R-4 to R-40 zoning district for
Selway Apartments by Meridian Apartments, LLC -west of N. Goddard
Creek Road and north of McMillan Road:
Moe: So, I now would like to reopen the continued Public Hearing for RZ 07-020 for the
-- for a request to rezone of 10.1 acres from R-4 to R-40 zoned district for Selway
Apartments and start with the staff report, please.
Parsons: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. The application
before you tonight is a request to rezone of ten acres from R-4, medium low density
residential, to R-40 high density residential. The site is located on the west side of North
Goddard Creek Way, approximately 500 feet north of West McMillan Road and a
quarter mile east North Ten Mile Road. Directly north of the site are single family
homes, zoned R-4. To the east are single family homes, zoned R-4. To the south is
vacant land approved for future commercial development, zoned R-4. And to the west
are single family homes, zoned R-8. As part of the Lochsa Falls planned development
approval in 2002, this area was conceptually approved fora 171 multi-family unit
development as a use exception.. It is important to note the City Council approved the
Selway Apartments CUP for the site on December 18th, 2007. The site is currently --
the site is currently designated high density residential on the city's Comprehensive
Plan land use map and zoned R-4. The applicant's request would bring the site into
conformance with the city's future land use map and conform more closely to the
previously approved density for the site at 17 dwelling units to the acre. Staff is
recommending approval of the requested rezone and with. that I stand for any questions.