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Miller: That was it.
De Weerd: Okay. This is a Public Hearing. Is there anything further by any member of
the public who would like to provide testimony on this application? Okay. Council,
seeing none --
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we close the Public Hearing for TE 08-001.
Rountree: Second.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve Item 13. I'm sorry. To close
the Public Hearing on Item 13. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIES: THREE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
De Weerd: Any further information needed from Council?
Bird: Not me.
Rountree: I need none.
De Weerd: Okay.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird..
Bird: I move we approve TE 08-001.
Rountree: Second.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve Item 13. Any discussion?
Mrs. Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent.
MOTION CARRIES: THREE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 14: Continued Public Hearing from March 4, 2008: ZOA 07-002 Request
for a Zoning Ordinance Amendment to amend the current provisions in
Chapter 3, Article E (Temporary Use Requirements) of the UDC (Title 11)
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and the definition of Temporary Use found in Chapter 1, Article A for
Temporary Use UDC Text Amendment by the Meridian City Planning
Department:
De Weerd: Okay. Item 14 is a continued Public Hearing from March 4th on ZOA 07-002.
will start this item with staff comments.
Canning: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, this is an amendment to the Unified
Development Code regarding temporary uses. Mrs. Kane came and spoke to you about
the proposed changes we are recommending to Title 3 of our City Code that would
house all the temporary uses. So, what this is -- this is the follow up to take them out of
the Unified Development Code, so that they can be in Title 3. So, it was a longer
process. We started it a long time ago and we are just kind of bringing them together
here at the end. Staff is -- as I mentioned, staff is proposing to remove the temporary
use provisions from Title 11 in anticipating -- okay. I can talk. In anticipation of
consolidating them all in Title 3. The Commission did recommend approval of the text
amendment at their December 20th, 2007, Public Hearing. Caleb Hood spoke in favor.
There was no one in opposition, commenting, or providing written testimony. The key
issues of discussion by the Commission were timing the application to make sure that
there is not a time when there are no temporary use standards and there were no key
changes to staffs initial recommendation. You did receive a memo since the staff report
was written from Mr. Hood and it was with regard to construction sites and that brings
me to the outstanding issues. There is two outstanding issues I need you to -- if you're
in favor of this amendment, one, I need you to include the items from Mr. Hood and I
also had in my notes. Do you have that in Section 11-3-E2? And that's in bold and
underlined there. Not the color edits. The second thing I would ask Council to do, if
you're inclined to approve the -- this text amendment, is to structure it so that we direct
staff to bring back an ordinance to coincide with the ordinance for the Title 3
amendment, so that we can adopt them simultaneously. And with that I can answer any
questions. Basically, the only two items we are leaving in the UDC is we are calling out
trailers and other construction related equipment associated with an access
construction site and, then, temporary uses that are conducted as part of a curricular --
or extra-curricular programming of an education facility. We would deem those
accessory uses. So, what that would mean as far as construction sites is you may see
larger construction trailers and you may see more of them. This has been a constraint
for a lot of folks. We have got some remodels going on of grocery stores that requires a
lot of -- a lot more tents and places to store the food while they are remodeling as well.
So, it seems to address that concern for the construction sites as well. And with that
will answer any questions Council may have. And Mayor.
De Weerd: Thank you, Anna. Any questions from Council?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: Not on this one.
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De Weerd: Okay. This is a Public Hearing. Is there a member from the public who would
like to provide testimony on this application?
Rountree: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Rountree.
Rountree: Seeing no public testimony, I move that we close the Public Hearing on Item
-- well --
Zaremba: Second.
Rountree: Okay. We will close it on Item 14.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to close the Public Hearing on Item 14.
All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIES: THREE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Rountree: Question for Mr. Nary. Mr. Nary, we haven't taken action on Title 3 at this
point. Haven't requested resolution. I think we have asked for clarification and some
additional information. If we were to approve these amendments and, then, have a
resolution and timing at such time as we get that ordinance, is that appropriate and still
keeps us with the definition of temporary use?
Nary: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, Councilmember Rountree, yeah, what
we would actually bring back -- when you. approve this tonight, if that's your direction,
we will, then, bring back an ordinance that deletes that from the UDC --
Rountree: Okay.
Nary: -- in conjunction with the ordinance for outdoor sales and temporary uses.
Rountree: Okay.
De Weerd: Okay. Anything further?
Rountree: I need nothing.
De Weerd.: Okay.
Rountree: Madam Mayor, I move that we approve the UDC text amendments as
proposed in Item 14 and Anna --
De Weerd: I have a motion. Do I have a second?
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Zaremba.: I'll second that for discussion.
De Weerd: Mr. Zaremba.
Zaremba: And I would ask the maker of the motion if he would add --
Rountree: Mr. Hood's --
Zaremba: -- the question that he asked that would direct staff to bring this back with the
Title 3 amendment.
Rountree: That's part of -- that's part of Item 13 -- 14, but the thing I would add is that
we add Mr. Hood's comments.
Zaremba: Okay.
De Weerd.: Okay. Anything further from Council or staff? Mrs. Clerk, will you, please,
call ro11.
Roll-Call: Bird., yea; Rountree, yea.; Zaremba, yea; Boston, absent.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 15: Public Hearing: 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 North Goddard Creek Road and north of McMillan Road:
De Weerd: Okay. Item 15 is a Public Hearing on RZ 07-020. I will open this Public
Hearing with staff comments.
Canning: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council; this is the Selway Apartments
project. It's located on the west side of North Goddard Creek Way, approximately 500
feet north of McMillan Road and about a quarter mile east of Ten Mile Road. The
application before you tonight is a rezone. Staff asked the applicant to submit this
rezone. This is one of those clean-ups for the planned developments that allowed the
use exceptions and we wanted to make sure we got the appropriate zoning on the
property for clarity in the future. So, the highlights of the proposed development is that
they are requesting the rezone to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan
designation of high density residential and a previous approval for the 171 multi-family
dwelling units in 2002 with the Lochsa Falls planned development. The DA for the
property currently requires Conditional Use Permit approval prior to construction of the
multi-family units. The final plat was approved in June of 2007 and the City Council
recently approved the Selway Apartment CUP on December 18th, 2007. The property is
approximately ten acres in size and is currently zoned R-4. Commission recommended
approval at their February 17th, 2008, Public Hearing. Lisa Bochman spoke in favor.
Linda and Jim Ohlman, Sandy and Jim Freeman, Chris Freis and Glenn Titerman spoke