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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 14, 2008 P&Z MinutesMeridian Planning 8 Zoning Special Meetlng August 14, 2008 Page 46 of 49 MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 14: Continued Public Hearing from August 7, 2008: CPA 08-007 Request for Comprehensive Plan Amendment to modify the Future Land Use Map by changing the land use designation from Medium Density Residential to Mixed Use -Community for approximately 10 acres for Zamzows Chinden by JR, LLC -south side of Chinden Boulevard, approximately'/ mile east of Meridian Road: Moe: At this time I'd like to open the hearing for CPA 08-007 for Zamzows on Chinden for deliberations. Marshall: I was pretty tom -- Mr. Chair, I was pretty tom over this. I mean I can see the -- it's kind of landlocked there, would like to see that area developed, but to be honest, seeing traffic left-ins and right-ins, right-outs, and there will be a lot of traffic coming in, left-in off of Chinden into that, I just can't support due to the access. Rohm: And I feel quite the opposite. I think that it is currently being used as a commercial property, even though it's not within the city, and to deny the use that it's currently being used for, just because it's becoming -- would be coming into the city, just is -- doesn't not make any sense to me. So, I think that it should be allowed to have the designation the application's been made for. Marshall: May I respond to that - Moe: Yes, Mr. Marshall. Yes, you may. Marshall: -- just very quickly? My issue was that if it continued being used as it is, I would not have a problem. My problem is they want to add additional retail and significant amount of multi-family and residential that would add very significant traffic volumes to that access. Therein lies my problem. O'Brien: Mr. Chair? Moe: Mr. O'Brien. O'Brien: May I respond to that? I believe they made some mention of other access points coming in off of Meridian Road to that residential area a stub street or something that was. going to go to the backside of that for access residents that was proposed. Newton-Huckabay: That was -- O'Brien: I remember -- Newton-Huckabay: That was the city's proposal that it -- when this property redeveloped in the future that access would come up through Arcadia or Meridianna. Meridian Planning & Zoning Special Meetlng August 14, 2008 Page 47 of 49 Moe: I'm not sure -- O'Brien: The street on the other side. Newton-Huckabay: Yeah. The street on the west. But that's -- or up through Saguaro Canyon or something like that or currently it -- O'Brien: So, the issue, I guess, is access getting into the property from Chinden Boulevard going across the road across traffic to get into this. So, it would have to be a right-in on Chinden -- Newton-Huckabay: Well, it's currently a full access. Marshall: Full access. People coming home from work would turn in there. O'Brien: Is that kind of close to the intersection for that kind of traffic? I don't know. I'm for the thing. I agree with Commissioner Rohm on it, but I'm just concerned about that -- that access for that amount of people. Rohm: Can we ask staff just for amoment -- can they take access from the residential - -- residentially development property to the south to the multi-family portion of this development and take access from Chinden for the commercially developed portion of this proposal? Can it be stipulated as such? Canning: Chairman Moe, Commissioner Rohm, generally we like to see an integration of the commercial and residential from the staff standpoint and we actively argue for that, but we have seen developments where just the commercial portion takes access to the arterial and the residential takes a different access, yes. The City Council has approved those types of situations. Rohm: In this particular situation it just seems like that's a good fit, because I don't disagree with the -- that the back portion of it being multi-family is what's being proposed and the front half being commercial, it just -- it seems like that would make it work for all parties. And I don't know if you have to make a motion to the effect that the residential portion has to take access from -- or cannot take access from Chinden or how would you do that? Marshall: Except for we are not even acting on the -- Newton-Huckabay: We are just acting on the Comp Plan amendment. Rohm: Just on the Comp -- Meridian Planning ~ Zoning Special Meetlng August 14, 2008 Page 48 of 49 Canning: Chairman Moe, Commissioner Rohm, if I might add one more comment that -- please recall that this is a mixed use designation, so the mixed use designation does specifically speak to integrating the uses. Rohm: Thank you. Newton-Huckabay: Mr. Chair? Moe: Commissioner Newton-Huckabay. Newton-Huckabay: I move to recommend approval to City Council of file number CPA 08-007 as presented during the hearing on August 7th and 14th, with the reasons that the Commission feels like mixed use regional, given the long-term historic use of this property and conceptual plan or -- I'm sorry. What? Marshall: This is just community -- Newton-Huckabay: Didn't I say mixed use community? Moe: No. You said regional. Newton-Huckabay: Oh. My mistake. Mixed use community, given that the current long-term use on this is appropriate and the proposed conceptual site plan -- or plan as well. I have lost my train of thought. Did I get it -- you threw me off. Okay. Let me start over. Moe: That would be best. Newton-Huckabay: I move to recommend approval to City Council of file number CPA 08-007 as presented during the hearing on August 7th and 14th with the reasons that the Commission feels like mixed use community is an appropriate land use designation for this property given the current and long-term use and based on the conceptual site plan submitted. Rohm: Second. Moe: It's been moved and seconded to move onto City Council approving CPA 08-007 for Zamzows on Chinden as noted. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Marshall: Aye. Moe: That motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE NAY. Rohm: Mr. Chairman?