HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo from Sonya in Planning DepartmentMayorTammy de Weerd
City Council Members:
Keith Bird
Joe Borton
Charles Rountree
David Zaremba
September 18, 2008
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: Sonya Wafters, Associate City Planner
CC: Joe Borton, Shawn Nickel, Shawn Wardle, Caleb Hood, Anna Canning,
RE: WaltmanBrowning Plaza, (AZ-06-063 & PP-08-001)
At the last public hearing before the City Council on September 2, 2008, Council directed
staffto work with the applicant to prepare modified DA provisions in accordance with
the discussion at the Council meeting.
Staff met with the Applicant and recommends that City Council approve the amended
DA provisions noted below in bold, underline, and strikeout format:
1. A phasing plan shall be submitted with phase 1 of the development.
2. The existing agricultural use (grazing of cattle) on the property will be allowed to
continue after annexation into the City, until phase 1 of the development occurs. A
maximum of 25 cows and 2 horses will be allowed to exist on the site at any time.
3. The applicant shall improve Waltman Lane adjacent to the site and off-site to the end of
the split corridor improveme~s, per the half street sections attached in Exhibit A.6,prior
to occupancy of any structure within the site.
4. All future uses shall not involve uses, activities, processes, materials, equipment and
conditions of operation that will be detrimental to any persons, property or the general
welfare by reason of excessive production of traffic, noise, smoke, fumes, glare or odors.
5. All future development of the subject property shall comply with City of Meridian
ordinances in effect at the time of development.
6. The applicant shall be responsible for all costs associated with sewer and water service
installation.
7. No building permits shall be issued or construction traffic allowed (except for
infrastructure improvements such as sewer, water, & roads) on this site until:
a. The construction relaxed to the split corridor Waltman Lane/Meridian
Road/Main Street intersection is~e~leted has commenced and the
applicant has installed a gate with paved access to_ Ruddy for use by the
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applicant has installed a gate with paved access to Ruddy for use by the
Waltman residents. Such gate shall be installed urior to beginning any
other construction on the site and shall be removed by the applicant
prior to dedication and ACRD acceutances of the street connection to
Ruddy Drive. This temporary secondary access shall be useable to
Waltman residents at all times during the construction of the subject
roe . OR
b. Corporate Drive is extended across the Ten Mile Creek and is connected to
Waltman Lane.
8. Development on this site shall not exceed a site trip generation of 8,000 ADT from the
site prior to the extension of Corporate Drive from the north bank of the Ten Mile Creek
at its current stub, south to Waltman Lane. Approval shall be obtained from ACRD prior
to Certificate of Zoning compliance application submittal for future structures to verify
compliance -with the allowed ADT. A Certificate of Zoning compliance application(s)
will not be approved for any structure(s) on the site that exceeds the total allowed ADT
for the site until Corporate Drive is extended.
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10. Ruddy Drive shall be extended as a public street into this site and up to Waltman Lane, as
shown on the concept plan(s).
11. At no time shall construction traffic associated with the development of this site be
allowed to access this site using Ruddy Drive or any other street within The Landing
Subdivision.
12. Provide a pedestrian network within the parking areas that will help to guide pedestrians
through the parking areas safely. This network shall include pedestrian only pathways
and sidewalks that connect the distant parking areas to the buildings. A pedestrian plan
shall be included with the master concept plan for this development; submit with the first
CZC application on this site.
13. All buildings in the development shall be subject to the administrative design review
standards listed in the UDC and future design guidelines pertaining to architectural
character, color & materials, and parking lots. In addition to the aforementioned
standards, the lots directly adjacent to Waltman Lane shall also comply with design
standards pertaining to pedestrian walkways. Architectural design elements on the
structures shall continue all the way around the structures, similar to the example
provided by the applicant at Target included as Exhibit A.7.
14. All buildings on the site shall be generally consistent with the conceptual office and retail
elevations submitted with this application unless the Development Agreement is modified
by the developer once actual users are idemified.
15. All buildings shall contain architectural elements and landscaping features that break up
any long facade or wall, as determined by the Planning Director, that face the freeway, a
main drive aisle, a parking area, or a residential district. These architectural elements
shall include at Ieast two changes in materials or colors, and some modulation in the
fa,~ade, including but not limited. to, windows, columns, cornices, extrusions, or other
architectural enhancemeYrts.
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Parks and Recreation Department regarding the removal or replacement of any trees on
this site.
28. Construct a 50-foot wide landscape buffer along the interstate. This buffer shall be
designed in accordance with UDC 11-3B-7 and be placed along the entire southern
boundary of the subject site, prior to the occupancy of the first building in this
development.
29. Construct a 20-foot wide landscape street buffer along Waltman Lane (a collector street)
east of the Corporate/Waltman imersection. A 10-foot wide buffer shall be constructed
along Waltman Lane (a local street) west of the Corporate/Waltman intersection. These
buffers shall be designed is accordance with the standards listed in UDC 11-3B-7 and
constructed prior to the occupancy of the first building in this development.
30. Construct a 25-foot wide landscape buffer and a 6-foot tall masonry wall between
residential uses and properties zoned C-G as depicted in Exhibit A.8. This buffer shall be
designed and constructed in accordance with UDC 11-3B-9 and be placed adjacent to any
existing residential uses which would include The Landing Subdivision and the two
residential parcels loeaxed adjacent to the northwest corner of the subject property (if
these properties are still functioning as residential uses and have not converted to
commercial by the time building permits are applied for), prior to occupancy of the
adjacent building.
31. If the applicant chooses to develop consistent with concept plan # 1, relocate Waltman
Lane further to the south, vacate the existing right-of-way, and install a 25-foot wide
landscape buffer on the north side of Waltman (off-site) adjacent to the Haddock
property, as depicted on concept plan # 1 and Exhibit A.9. If the applicant chooses to
develop consistent with concept plan #2, appropriate buffers shall be determined ax the
public hearing for the preliminary plat and the plat shall be conditioned accordingly.
32. If the applicant chooses to develop consistent with concept plan # 1, construct two
driveways as proposed on concept plan #1, on the south side of Waltman Lane, no wider
than 36-feet each. No driveway accesses to Waltman are approved west of the
Waltman/Corporate intersection. If the applicant chooses to develop consistent with
concept plan #2, appropriate driveway locations shall be determined at the public hearing
for the preliminary plat.
33. If the applicant chooses to develop consistem with concept plan # 1, construct a maximum
of 5 access points to Corporate Drive as shown on the concept plan # 1, unless the
Development Agreeme~ is modified by the developer once actual users are identified. If
the applicant chooses to develop consistent with concept plan #2, appropriate access
points shall be determined at the public hearing for the preliminary plat.
34. The applicant shall comply with all landscaping standards described in the UDC,
including but not limited to UDC 11-3B-8 which outlines the standards for parking lot
landscaping.
35. The applicant shall be responsible to obtain a Certificate of Zoning Compliance (CZC)
permit and design review approval from the Planning Department prior to all new
construction on the subject property.