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STAFF REPORT: City Council DDate: January 13, 2004
To: Mayor, City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission RE C E IVED
From: Sonya Allen, Planner I ~~ 1AN D "' 2J~4
Bruce Freckleton, Senior Engtneering Tech ~ City Of Meridian
City Clerk Office
Re: Cedar Springs Subdivision Na 4
• Request for Final Plat Approval of Sixty-one. (61) Single-family Residential
Building Lots and Twenty-two (22) Common Lots on 35.81 Acres in an R-8
Zone for Cedar Springs Subdivision No. 4, by Howell-Murdoch Development
Corporation (File No. FP-03-067)
We have reviewed the above-referenced submittal and offer the following comments, as
conditions of approval. These conditions shall be considered in full, unless expressly
modified or deleted by motion of the Meridian City Council:
APPLICATION SUMMARY
The applicant, Howell-Murdoch Development Corporation, has requested approval for the fourth
phase of Cedar Springs Subdivision, located approximately '/a mile west of N. Meridian Road on
the south side of W. Ustick Road. This phase includes 61 single-family residential building lots
and 22 common lots on 35.81 acres of land. The subdivision will have a gross density of 1.7
d.u./acre with a net density of 3.2 d.u./acre.
The submitted final plat complies with the approved preliminary plat (PP-02-027). The
preliminary plat was approved under the name of Cedar Springs North Subdivision.
Staff recommends approval of the fmal plat for Cedar Springs Subdivision No. 4, with the
comments and conditions stated in this report.
LOCATION
The subject property is located approximately '/4 mile west of N. Meridian Road on the south
side of W. Ustick Road, in the NE'/. of Section 36, T.4N., R 1 W.
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES
North: Rural residential/agricultural property, zoned RUT (Ada County).
South: Cedar Springs Subdivision, zoned R-4.
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East: Rurai residentiaUagricultural property, zoned RUT (Ada County).
West: Rural residentiaUagricultural property, zoned RUT (Ada County) and single-family
residential (Baldwin Pazk Sub.), zoned R-4.
SITE SPECIFIC REOUII2EMENTS/FINAL PLAT
Applicant is to meet all terms of the approved preliminary plat (PP-02-027) and non-
development agreemern (Inst. No. 1 03 1 923 57).
2. Submit compaction test results to the Meridian Building Department for any building
pads within lots receiving engineered backfill.
3. Any drainage azeas (detention/retention basins) must be designed to ensure that water
will percolate or dischazge within a period of time not to exceed 24 hours for all storms
up to and including a I00.yeat storm event. Side slopes within drainage areas shall not
exceed 3:1.
4. Street signs are to be in place, water system shall be approved and activated, pressurized
irrigation system approved and activated, drainage lots constructed, perimeter fencing
installed, and road base approved by the Ada County Highway District prior to applying
for building permits. All development improvements shall be installed and approved
prior to obtaining certificates of occupancy. A letter of credit or cash surety in the amount
of 110% will be required for all fencing, pathways, landscaping, pressurized irrigation,
sanitary sewer, water, etc., prior to signature on the final plat.
5. Landscaping is approved per the landscape plan dated 10/24/03.
6. Sanitary sewer service and municipal water to this development shall be via extensions
from mains being installed in previous phases. Applicant will be responsible to construct
the sewer and water mains to and through this proposed development, thereby making
them available to adjacent properties. Subdivision designer to coordinate main sizing and
routing with the Public Works Department. Applicant shall execute City of Meridian
standazd form of easements, for any mains that are required to provide service.
7. Applicant shall be required to pay Public Works development plan review, and
construction inspection fees, as determined during the plan review process, prior to
signature on the final plat per Resolution 02-374.
8. Developer shall coordinate mailbox locations with the Meridian Post Office.
9. The applicant has indicated that this phase will be a continuation of the Settler's
Irrigation District pressure irrigation system being installed in previous phases. 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, asingle-point connection to the
culinary water system shall be required. If a single-point connection is utilized, the
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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.
10. Complete the Certificate of Owners and accompanying Acknowledgment.
11. Add "REAL POINT OF BEGINNING" text to thee 1/16a' Comer shown on sheet 3 of 5.
12. Please add or revise the following plat notes:
Complete the recording information lines of plat note 12, 13, and 16.
13. Staff s failure to cite specific ordinance provisions or terms of the approved preliminary
plat does not relieve Applicant of responsibility for compliance.
1. Tile all irrigation ditches, laterals or canals, exclusive of natural waterways, intersecting,
crossing or lying adjacent and contiguous to the area being subdivided per City
Ordinance 12-4-13. Submit written confirmation of plan approval from the appropriate
irrigation/drainage district, or lateral users association to the Public Works Departmem.
2. Remove any existing domestic wells and/or septic systems within this project from their
domestic service per City Ordinance Section 9-1-4 and 9-4-8. (Wells may be used for
non-domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation.)
3. Install 250-watt and 100-watt, high-pressure sodium streetlights at locations designated
by the Public Works Department. Street light contractor shall obtain an approved design
and permit from the Public Works Department prior to commencing installations.
3. Replace any tree over four (4) inch caliper that is removed from the property with an
equivalent number of caliper inches of trees. (Required landscape buffer trees will not be
considered as replacement trees for those trees that have to be removed.)
4. Coordinate with the Meridian Public Works Department and the Meridian City/Rural Fire
Department to determine fire flow requirements. Provide a letter from the Fire
Department stating required fire flow requirements prior to final plat approval.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the final plat, with the above stated comments and conditions.
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