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HomeMy WebLinkAboutElliot Industrial Park Sub PP-00-015BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN IN THE MATTER OF THE ) REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY ) PLAT FOR ELLIOT ) INDUSTRIAL PARK ) SUBDIVISION BY CHUCK ) ELLIOT/THE ELLIOT GROUP ) ) Case No. PP-00-015 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT The above entitled matter coming on regularly for public hearing before the City Council on September 19, and Shari Stiles, Planning and Zoning Administrator, appeared at the hearing, and the applicant's representative, Shawn Nickel, appeared at the hearing and testified, and the City Council having received a report from Bruce Freckleton, Assistant City Engineer, and the City Council having received as part of the record of this matter the recommendation to City Council of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the applicant having submitted the latest Preliminary Plat Drawing Dated: 08-28-00, HUBBLE ENGINEERING, INC., ELLIOTT INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBDIVISION, submitted for preliminary plat approval and which preliminary plat for approval application is herein received and adjudged by the City Council pursuant to Section 11-9-604, Municipal Code of the City of Meridian. Therefore the City Council makes the following findings: FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT - INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBDIVISION - FINDINGS OF FACT 1. That the proposed development is in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan by reason of the fact that it lies within the existing Urban Area as defined in the Meridian Comprehensive Plan Generalized Land Use Map, Infrastructure Planning Analysis Comprehensive Plan and Map, adopted December 21, 1993 and, the property is presently zoned I-L, and requires connection to the Municipal Water and Sewer System. [see Section 11-2-408(B)(4), Municipal Code of the City of Meridian.] 2. The preliminary plat is in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan City of Meridian adopted December 2 l, 1993, Ordinance No. 629. 3. It is determined that Urban Services can be made available to accommodate the proposed development if the plat complies with the requirements and conditions hereinafter set forth as conditions of preliminary plat approval. 4. The proposed development is a continuity of the proposed development within the City's Capital Improvement Program and if the conditions which are requested by the Planning and Zoning Administrator and the Assistant City Engineer and as proposed by the developer as stated on the preliminary plat there will be public financial capability of supporting services for the proposed development. 5. The development if built in accordance with the conditions and as FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT - INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBDIVISION - 2 proposed, will not create health, safety or environmental problems and there have been no specifics of any such concems brought to the Council's attention. 6. It is found that the Recommendation To City Council of the Planning and Zoning Commission is reasonable and appropriate for the conditions of approval of the preliminary plat as hereinafter set forth. 7. The applicant has submitted for consideration of this approval drawing of the preliminary plat hereinbove described. DECISION AND ORDER Pursuant to the City Council's authority as provided in Section 11-9- 604E of the Municipal Code of the City of Meridian and based upon the above and foregoing Findings of Fact which are herein adopted: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND THIS DOES ORDER 1. The Preliminary Plat of the applicant as evidenced by the Plat hereinabove described, is hereby conditionally approved; and 2. The conditions of approval are as follows to-wit: Adopt the Planning and Zoning Administrator and Assistant City Engineer Recommendations as follows: 2.1 Coordinate fire hydrant placement with the City of Meridian Public Works Department. 2.2 Applicant shall be required to enter into a Re-Assessment Agreement with the City of Meridian for all commercial uses. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT- INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBDIVISION - 3 2.3 Sanitary sewer service to this site is proposed to be via an extension from the existing main installed in Wilson Lane. Subdivision designer to coordinate main sizing and routing with the Public Works Department. Sewer manholes are to be provided to keep the sewer lines on the south and west sides of the centerline. 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Sanitary sewer service to Lot 2, Block 1 is questionable due to the sanitary sewer depth and adverse slope towards the Settlers Canal. If a single, private service line is proposed, the minimum slope requirement would be 1% per the Uniform Plumbing Code. Water service to this site is proposed to be via an extension from an existing main installed in Wilson Lane. Applicant will be responsible to construct the water main to and through this proposed development. Subdivision designer to coordinate main sizing and routing with the Public Works Department. Please provide the Public works department with information on anticipated fire flow and domestic water requirements for the proposed site. Water service to this development is contingent upon positive results from a hydraulic analysis by our computer model. Flow and pressure from the existing mains should be monitored with the Meridian Water Department. Two-hundred-fifty watt high-pressure sodium streetlights will be required at locations designated by the Public Works Department, All streetlights shall be installed at subdivider's expense. Typical locations are at street intersections and/or fire hydrants. Underground year-round pressurized irrigation must be provided to all landscape areas on site. Please submit hook-up and design details based on the proposed landscaping. Due to the size of landscaped area, primary water supply connection to the City's mains will not be allowed. Applicant shall be required to utilize any eydsting surface or well water for the primary source. If City water is proposed as a secondary source, developer shall be responsible to pay water assessments for the entire common open area. Applicant has not indicated whether the pressurized irrigation system within this development is to be owned and maintained by an FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT - INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBDIVISION - 4 2.9 association or the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District. If the system is being proposed as a private system, plans and specifications for the irrigation system shall be reviewed by the Public Works Department as part of the development plan review process. A draft copy of the pressurized irrigation system O&M manual must be submitted prior to plan approval. The City of Meridian requires that pressurized irrigation systems be supplied by a year-round source of water. If a creek or well source is not available, a single-point connection to the culinary water system shall be required, if a single-point connection is utilized, the developer shall be responsible for the payment of assessments for the common areas prior to signature on the final plat by the Meridian City Engineer, If City water is proposed as a secondary source, developer shall be responsible to pay water assessments for the entire common open area. The Planning and Zoning Commission further recommend that the pathway will be dealt with when Lot 2 is considered under a conditional use permit. Submit a revised plat showing all existing and any proposed easements. No easements are currently shown for the Settlers Canal and Jackson Drain. 2.10 2.11 The jackson Drain which courses the south of this parcel is such a natural feature, providing a natural habitat, and must be preserved in the design and development of Lot 2, Block 1. It should not be piped and should become an open-space amenity for the subdivision, A pathway should be constructed on the north side of Jackson drain, if it is in the Pathway Plan, and the applicant will be responsible for construction of such pathway. Per item #3 under "Annexation & Zoning Requirements" above and since a public park is designated on the subject parcel in the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, Applicant must construct or provide surety for 110% of the projected cost to construct a multi-use pathway adjacent to the Jackson Drain prior to City signature on the Final Plat. The Applicant should coordinate with the City Parks & Recreation Director on pathway location and construction and design standards. Upon future development and extension of the pathway on adjacent parcels, the City may consider receiving conveyance of the FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT - INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBDIVISION- 5 pathway and/or taldng on responsibility for future maintenance. These details must also be worked out with the City Parks & Recreation Department. 2.12 Meridian Subdivision & Development Ordinance # 12-4-7, "Planting Strips and Reserve Strips," requires a minimum 20-foot wide screen between incompatible development features, including commercial adjacent to residential. The screening shall not be a part of the normal street right of way or utility easement. The eastern property boundary within the proposed plat proposes an industrial zone immediately adjacent to existing residential property. This property boundary shall be required to plant a 1 O-foot landscape strip abutting the entire property line and should designate a permanent landscape easement for the strip on the plat. The Landscape Plan (Sheet 2) submitted with the CUP application proposes a 1 O-foot wide planting strip. A variance to reduce this strip to 10' has been approved by City Council. 2.13 Detailed landscape plans for the eastern boundary landscape planting strip shall be submitted for review and approval with the Final Plat application. A letter of credit or cash surety will be required for the improvements prior to City signature on the Final Plat. By action of the City Council at its regular meeting held on the /T7'~day of ,2000. ~ERT D7 CORI~IE Mayor, City of Meridian Copy served upon Applicant, the Planning and Zoning Department, Public Worlds Department and City Attorney. Byd~/~~ ~ Dated: City Clerk - (/ ey/Z:\Work~A~Vleridian 15360~ot Induct Park Sub AZ013PP015CUPO33~FfClsOrd. PP.wpd FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT - INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBDIVISION - 6