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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 19, 2008 P&Z MinutesMeridian Planning & Zoning June 19, 2008 Page 2 of 24 Moe: Next item on the agenda is the Consent Agenda. We have one item on that; that would be the approval of the meeting minutes of June 5th, 2008, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Are there any changes or comments? Rohm: None. Moe: None? Well, can I get a motion to approve the Consent Agenda? Marshall: Mr. Chair, I so move. O'Brien: Second. Moe: It has been moved and seconded to approve the Consent Agenda. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? That motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Moe: We are just moving right along, folks. Before I open the first Public Hearing, although we don't have a huge amount of folks in here and I know I see faces I have seen before, so if I'm repeating myself, just listen anyway. But I'm going to kind of give you a brief format that we do for our meetings. I will open the hearing, ask the staff to give a presentation on the project that is underway. They will give a brief overview of that. At that point I will ask the applicant to come up and the applicant will have 15 minutes to address any issues from the staff report or, basically, give their opinion as to why this project should go forward. After that there are sign-up sheets in the back, if you so desire to speak on any of the hearings you can sign up and I will ask you to come forward and you would have three minutes to state your case and ask your questions. After all the signatures are complete, I will ask the audience if there is anyone else that would like to speak and you would be more than welcome to do so. After all the audience has been taken care of, I will, then, ask the applicant to come back up and rebut any comments and whatnot that were made during the Public Hearing portion and, then, we'll go forward from there. Item 4: Public Hearing: PP 08-007 Request for Preliminary Plat approval of 21 building lots on 12.62 acres for Una Mas by Una Mas, LLC - 3945 E. Ustick Road: Moe: So, having said that, I would like to open the Public Hearing PP 08-007 for Una Mas and start with the staff report, please. Wafters: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. Get my slide working here. The application before you is a preliminary plat request for 21 building lots on 12.62 acres of land, zoned C-G. The property is located at 3945 East Ustick Road on the south side Ustick, approximately a quarter mile east of the Eagle-Ustick intersection. Uses that surround this site are Lowe's retail store to the north, zoned Meridian Planning & Zoning June 19, 2008 Page 3 of 24 C-G. A church and rural residential uses to the east, zoned RUT in Ada County. And property to the west and south, zoned C-G, that's currently in the development process. A little history on this site. A large portion of this site was annexed in 2005 with a C-G zone and a development agreement. A smaller portion was annexed in 2007 for Allys Way has been constructed with a C-G district and a development agreement. A Conditional Use Permit was approved for a day care center on the southern end of this site that has expired. Anew Conditional Use Permit will be required if the day care center is desired to be constructed there in the future. There is an aerial view of the property. All of the existing structures have been removed. There is one tree left on the site. This is the preliminary plat. It consists of 21 building lots, ranging in size from .35 of an acre to 1.61 acres. Three access points are proposed to the subdivision from Allys Way, one here, one here, and one here. No access points are proposed or approved from Ustick Road. Ustick -- access to Ustick is prohibited. ACRD submitted draft comments on this application that are not included in the staff report that support the access points proposed to the subdivision. Two private streets are proposed from Allys Way for addressing purposes and. for access to Allys from the properties to the west. They are the northern most and the southern most access drives here. The Milk Lateral runs along the southern boundary of the site. It was right here. It's been relocated right along the southern property boundary. It has been tiled. This is the proposed landscape plan. A 35 foot wide buffer is required along Ustick Road, an entryway corridor, and a 20 foot wide buffer is required along Allys Way, a collector street. No buffer to residential uses is proposed or required with this application as there is a 20 foot buffer here and Allys Way serves as a buffer. The landscaping complies with the UDC requirements as shown on the plan. The applicant has submitted a conceptual development plan showing how the site may develop in the future. It shows 25 buildings ranging in size from 2,500 square feet to 12,675 square feet. Off-street parking is shown. Private streets for addressing and internal access drives for circulation within this and cross-access to the west are shown on the plan. The applicant has submitted building elevations for future buildings on the site. This is an elevation of the proposed day care, so. I believe the applicant is still proposing it, but they are going to have to go through the Conditional Use Permit process again, as I stated. The applicant has submitted architectural standards for future buildings on the site that allow for individual architectural creativity, while assuring common architectural features or materials that will occur throughout the project. Standards pertaining to roof design, number of stories, exterior wall materials, accent materials, entryways, windows, and colors. And these are just photos of varying architectural features that may be used in future buildings on the site. Kind of a little bit of everything here. No uses are proposed with the subject plat at this time. Because this property is designated as mixed use regional on the future land use map, staff strongly recommends that a mix of uses be provided on this site, such as retail, nonretail commercial, public/quasi-public and multi-family residential uses, in compliance with the MUR standards listed in the comp plan. No letters of testimony have been received on this application. The applicant has submitted a letter to the city stating that they are in agreement with the staff report. Staff recommends approval for the conditions in the staff report based on the findings in Exhibit B. Staff will stand for any questions at this time. Meridian Planning & Zoning June 19, 2008 Page 4 of 24 Moe: Thank you very much. Commissioners, any questions of staff? O'Brien: I have one question, Mr. Chairman. Moe: Okay. O'Brien: Sonya, how close is that street -- is Allys Way to the Lowe's entrance on the Lowe's south side? Is there any consideration of conflict of cars coming and going onto Ustick Road from both Lowe's and -- and the street? Wafters: Chairman Moe, Commissioners, Commissioner O'Brien, Allys Way currently exists on the north side of Ustick Road. It is just an extension of that existing street. The existing drive to the front of the Lowe's store is approximately a little over an eighth of a mile from the intersection. The entrance to Allys is about a quarter mile. O'Brien: It doesn't look like it's much conflict, so that's the only question 1 have. Thank you. Wafters: I don't believe so. Moe: Any other questions? Would the applicant like to come forward? Lauerman: Hi. Denise Lauerman, 3501 West Elder. I'm here representing the owners for EHM Engineers. I'm just here to concur that the owners agree with the staff report conditions and don't have any further statements to make, I guess. Moe: Okay. I understand you're going on record to say that. That's great. Lauerman: Okay. Moe: Any questions of the applicant? O'Brien; I have none. Marshall: No. Rohm: I just have one. That one component of the mixed use with the residential, do you have any ideas as to how you're going to respond to that portion of it? Just -- I'm curious, more than anything. Lauerman: I think I'll let the owner take that one. Hansen: Burke Hansen with Una Mas. We have had various inquiries about pieces of that land, ranging anywhere from office to retail to potential residential and we are just Meridian Planning & Zoning June 19, 2008 Page 5 of 24 kind evaluating our options at this point in time to see what might make the most sense as that corner develops. Rohm: So, is -- do you read the staff report as that being a required component or just a component to be considered? Hansen: I think it's after a mixed use. I don't -- I don't read it as residential being a required mixed use within -- within that property. Rohm: Okay. Okay. Thank you. Does staff concur with that? Wafters: Yeah. Commissioners, I -- staff did not make it a requirement as a condition of approval, because the property was annexed in 2005 and 2007 prior to the new mixed use regional standards in the comp plan. Rohm: That -- Wafters: So, before they would probably have complied with it, but now it's a little bit different. So, we are just recommending that they follow those current guidelines. Rohm: Okay. Thank you. Moe: Well, there is no one signed up, so if there is anyone that would like to come forward, you're more than welcome at this time. Don't all rush now. Thank you very much. Okay. I see no one coming forward, so what do you think, folks? Rohm: I think we should close the Public Hearing. Moe: Well -- Rohm: But I can't see, so somebody else has to do it. Marshall: I would -- Mr. Chair, I would move that we close the Public Hearing at this time. Rohm: On? Marshall: Oh. On -- Moe: He can't read, remember. Marshall: PP 08-007. Rohm: Second. Meridian Planning & Zoning June 19,2008 Page 6 of 24 Moe: Okay. It's been moved and seconded to close the Public Hearing on PP 08-007. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? That motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. O'Brien: Mr. Chairman, one question. The latest applicant I don't believe gave his address. How important is that for him to publicly give his address? He only gave his name. Baird: Mr. Chair, it's on the record. It's in the record. O'Brien: Okay. Moe: Okay. Thank you. Baird: And just for information, that's just so we can identify who they are -- we know who they are, so I would not recommend reopening the record for that. Moe: Commissioners, can I -- we closed the Public Hearing. Are there any other comments? Mr. Rohm, do you have any comments on this project? Rohm: No, sir. Marshall: My comments are simply the one thing I would have liked to have seen, at least with the preliminary plat, is more pedestrian friendly. It looks very vehicle oriented and I would like to see more pathways through it, more access by bicycle and foot, but beyond that that's -- Moe: Just to kind of respond to that, I would say that looking at the plan I'm very happy with it, simply because when it came before us for annexation, basically this plan came forward and they have taken it and followed it through the plat process and it's coming as they brought it in. So, I think it's pretty nice.. Marshall: For the most part I agree. Moe: Well, all too often what we see in an annexation when we finally get to a plat, we see lots of changes quite often and so it's nice to see one follow itself through. O'Brien: Chairman, I have nothing to add. I just -- other than I think it's a -- I like to see the growth happening like it is, especially in that area. I think it's a good project. Moe: Well, then, in that case -- Marshall: Mr. Chair, after considering all staff, applicant, and public testimony, I move to recommend approval to the City Council of file number PP 08-007, as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of June 19th, 2008, with no modifications. Meridian P{anning & Zoning June 19, 2008 Page 7 of 24 O'Brien: Second. Rohm: Second. Moe: It's been moved and seconded to approve PP 08-007. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? That motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 5: Public Hearing: AZ 08-007 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 4.79 acres from RUT to C-C zoning district for Shops at Victory by LDR- II/DMG, LLC - 3210 S. Eagle Road: Item 6: Public Hearing: PP 08-006 Request for Preliminary Plat for 3 building lots on 3.68 acres in a proposed C-C zoning district for Shops at Victory by LDR-II/DMG, LLC - 3210 S. Eagle Road: Item 7: Public Hearing: CUP 08-011 Request for Conditional Use Permit approval for adrive-thru pharmacy in a proposed C-C zoning district within 300 feet of an existing residence per UDC 11-4-3-11 for Shops at Victory by LDR-II/DMG, LLG - 3210 S. Eagle Road: Moe: Okay. At this time I'd like to open the Public Hearing AZ 08-007, PP 08-006, and CUP 08-011 for -- all for Shops at Victory, for the sole purpose of continuing it to the regularly scheduled Planning and Zoning meeting of July 17th, 2008. Rohm: So moved. Marshall: Second. Moe: It's been moved and seconded to continue AZ 08-007, PP 08-006, and CUP 08- 011 for Shops at Victory to the July 17th, 2008, meeting. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? That motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 8: Public Hearing: CUP 08-013 Request for Conditional Use Permit for a personal service shop in the O-T zoning district that does not meet the criteria of the Downtown Meridian Design Guidelines for Mira Bella Salon by Jerry Williams -1645 W. 15t Street: Moe: At this time I would like to open the Public Hearing for CUP 08-013 for the Mira Bella Salon for the sole purpose of continuing that hearing to the regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning and Zoning for July 3rd, 2008. Can I get a motion to continue?