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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 20, 2008 P&Z MinutesMeridian Planning 8~ Zoning November 20, 2008 Page 19 of 48 Marshall: To vote again. You vote nay. Newton-Huckabay:. Opposed? O'Brien: Aye. Newton-Huckabay: Motion carries. Three ayes to one nay. MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES. ONE NAY. ONE ABSENT. Item 9: Public Hearing: RZ 08-008 Request for Rezone of 12.76 acres from TN- R to TN-C for Beacon at Southridge by Eastern Washington -Idaho Synod of the ELCA -south of Overland Road, approximately 800 feet west of Linder Road: Newton-Huckabay: Next item on the agenda is RZ 08-008, the Beacon at South Ridge. I'd like to open that public hearing with starting with the staff report. Wafters: Madam Chair, Members of the Commission, the application before you is a rezone request of 12.76 acres from TN-R to TN-C zoning. The property is located on the south side of West Overland Road, approximately a quarter mile west of South Linder Road. Currently consists of vacant agricultural land. The Comprehensive Plan designation for this property -- it's within the Ten Mile interchange specific area and it is designated mixed use commercial and medium density residential, which complies with the TN-C district the applicant is requesting. This site was before you here recently, a couple three weeks ago. So, a Conditional Use Permit for an assisted living facility on this site. As a condition of approval of that application the applicant was required to come back with a rezone of this property. The property was split zoned TN-C and TN-R and the applicant wishes to rezone the TN-R portion to TN-C, so that the property is just under one zone. Let me quickly go over -- this is the vicinity map. This is the aerial of the property. This is the site plan that was approved with the Conditional Use Permit for the assisted living facility. There are four brownstone structures, consisting of 16 units per building, for a total of 64 residential units proposed on the southwest portion of this site. The assisted living facility was 87,757 square feet, with 187 beds. These are elevations of the building. These were all tied to Conditional Use Permit, the elevations and the site plan. This is just a map showing the assisted living facility and how the current zoning kind of breaks up that property. Currently there is -- the four story assisted living facility is split in half by the zones. The applicant submitted written testimony in response to the staff report stating that they were in agreement with the staff report. Staff is recommending approval of the rezone request. Staff will stand for any questions the Commission may have at this time. Newton-Huckabay: Any questions? Would the applicant like to come forward? Meridian Planning & Zoning November 20, 2008 Page 20 of 48 Elg: Thank you. My name is Van Elg, 462 East Shore, No. 100. I'm with The Land Group and representing the owners tonight. I guess I can go with the long version or the short version. I vote for the short one. We have got a -- do I have to use your pen? Wafters: I believe so. Elg: Okay. Canning: Or you can use your finger. One or the other. Elg: Oh, can you? You can use your finger? Okay. Just to give you an idea -- I won't use this too much. The orange area right there, the lighter orange or the yellowish area, the property is rezoned for the Beacon at South Ridge. As Sonya pointed out, there is a split zone on it. A portion of the property is TN-C and TN-R, which complicates matters and we discussed various options, most of which would require some form of a waiver or a variance in the future if we didn't get the rezone done. So, the result, the conditional use was -- one of the conditions was that we rezone the site appropriately. So, to simplify matters we have rezoned the entire area of the Beacon at South Ridge site to TN-C. There were no members present -- or no neighbors present at the neighborhood meeting that I attended, so I got to watch a Boise State game while I waiting and they came to the last meeting for the conditional use and we discussed that with them while they were out in the foyer and they indicated that they didn't have any problem with that. I don't think I see anybody here tonight that was at the last meeting so, with that I will stand for any questions you might have and -- okay. Rohm: Seems appropriate. Elg: All right. Thank you. O'Brien: I have a question. Elg: Oh, sure. O'Brien: Madam Chair. How long will this overall development take to put together. I mean there is a library and there is a lot of different activities, different phases, if you will. Just curious what your take is on that. Elg: You know, if you would have asked me that a year and a half ago, I would have probably told you something different. I don't know what this -- I don't know what the outlay is now. I'm sure it's -- it's slowed down to probably be in smaller phases for the developer. His absorption rate is certainly going to be less than what it would have been a year and a half ago, so -- but I think the Beacon at South Ridge, they plan on moving forward fairly quickly. They are talking about making it main stream if they can and so with that I think that you will probably see that be somewhat of a catalyst for South Ridge and some of the things that will happen out there. That's what we are hoping. Meridian Planning & Zoning November 20, 2008 Page 21 of 48 O'Brien: Thank you. That's what I was looking for. Elg: Okay. Thank you. Newton-Huckabay: Thank you. That is the only person I had signed up was Van Elg. Would anyone else like to testify? Seeing no one, we will need no rebuttal. Would you like to close the hearing? Rohm: Madam Chairman? Newton-Huckabay: Commissioner Rohm. Rohm: I would like to move to close the public hearing on RZ 08-008. O'Brien: Second. Newton-Huckabay: All those in favor? Opposed? Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Newton-Huckabay: Any discussion? Rohm: I think this is just something that is a natural progression for this project to move forward. It was -- it was at our request that the rezone application be made, so it appears as if we are getting everything lined up and that's the route that we should be going. Marshall: My only thought is maybe none of the neighbors showed up because they were watching the Boise State game. I would agree that we asked for this and here it is, so -- Newton-Huckabay: Commissioner O'Brien? O'Brien: It think it's a good project and I agree with the way it's going. I think it's good for the community. Newton-Huckabay: I'd just say I actually wasn't in favor of the South Ridge project from the beginning, but I certainly want the zoning to mach up with the use that was actually ultimately approved by City Council, so we will move forward with the motion. O'Brien: Madam Chair? Newton-Huckabay: Commissioner O'Brien. O'Brien: After considering -- I'm sorry? Meridian Planning & Zoning November 20, 2008 Page 22 of 48 Newton-Huckabay: Go ahead. O'Brien: After considering all staff, applicant and public testimony, I move to approve file number RZ 08-008 as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of November 20th, 2008, with no modifications. Marshall: Second. Newton-Huckabay: All those in favor. Opposed? Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 10: Public Hearing: CUP 08-030 Request for Conditional Use Permit for an indoor recreation facility in an L-O zoning district for Neighborhood Fitness by Kenneth Barr - 2270 W. Everest Lane: Newton-Huckabay: Okay. It's 8:00 o'clock. Would we like a break or would you like to cant' on? Keep going. Okay. I'd like to open public hearing CUP 08-030 for Neighborhood Fitness and we will start with the staff report. Wafters: Madam Chair, Members of the Commission, the application before you is a Conditional Use Permit for an indoor recreation facility in an L-O zoning district. The property is located on the south side of Chinden Boulevard on the east side of Long Lakes Way at 2270 West Everest Lane. The surrounding uses -- to the north is vacant land, zoned TN-C. To the east office uses, zoned L-O. To the south are single family homes in Lochsa Falls Subdivision, zoned R-4. And to the west is a future school site, zone R-4. This is an aerial view of the property. There is an existing structure on the site that is not shown on the aerial. This is an older aerial of the property. Here is a copy of the proposed site plan. It shows the existing building, parking lot, and landscaping. Off street parking is provided on the site that exceeds the city's requirements. This is an overall site plan just showing that business complex and where that lot is located in that. These are elevations of the existing building. The applicant is proposing a 24 hour operation for the fitness facility. However, the UDC limits business hours of operation in the L-O district to 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Written testimony has been received from Tom Rugg and a response to the staff report from the applicant was submitted. Staff recommends approval of the Conditional Use Permit request per the conditions in the staff report. Staff will stand for any questions the Commission may have at this time. Newton-Huckabay: Any questions for staff? O'Brien: I have none. Marshall: I do. Do we have any other 24 hour fitness facilities in town that are allowed to operate 24 hours?