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RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
Project Name: Settlement Bridge Subdivision
Case No(s).: AZ-03-035, PP-03-041, CUP-03-065
Applicant: Capital Development, Inc.
P&Z Commission Hearing Date: January 15, ?004
Recommendation: Approve with conditions.
Summary of Public Hearing:
The Applicant, Dave Yorgason, and his representative, Mike Wardle, testified in
favor of the application.
Three members of the public testified, expressing concerns about the proposed
development.
Key issues of discussion and questioning by Commission included:
• Water supply in the area, and the possibility of a well on this site
• The lack of ACRD action on this application
• The lack of roadway improvements (sidewalks, travel lanes, signals,
etc.) in this area
An irrigation ditch on the southem boundary and fencing types
adjacent to the ditch
Key Commission Additions/Modifications to Staff Recommendation:
The Commission modified staffs recommendation by modifying a fencing condition
(condition #18) and adding a condition regarding private streets (condition #24) and
one restricting signature of a final plat until water service is available (condition #25).
Minor modifications were made to several other conditions.
Outstanding Issues for City Council:
• Fencing along the southern boundary.
• The availability of water for this site.
BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE
REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION &
ZONING OF 70.64 ACRES TO R-8
FOR SETTLEMENT BRIDGE
SUBDIVISION
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, INC.,
Applicant
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Case No. AZ-03-035
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY'
COUNCIL
The property is approximately 70.64 acres in size and is located on the east side of
Locust Grove Road, and on the south side of McMillan Road, in Section 32,
Township 4 North, Range 1 East.
The John & Jeamie Tolk Trust and Lynne Sasso Tolk are the current property
owners and John, Jeam2e and Lynne Tolk have submitted notarized consent for
The subject application.
The Applicant is Capital Development, Inc.
The subject property is currently zoned RUT (Ada County) and is currently
vacant.
The Applicant requests the property be zoned R-8.
The property which is the subject of this application is within the Area ofImpact
of the City of Meridia~l.
The entire parcel of the property is included within the Meridian Urban Service
Planning Area as defined in the Meridian Comprehensive Plan.
The Applicant proposes to develop the subject property in the following manner:
A residential subdivision with two hundred sixty-six buildable lots and thirty-Four
common lots.
9. The Applicant requests zoning of the subject real property to R-S (Medium
Density Residential) which is consistent with the Meridian Comprehensive Plan
Future Land Use Map, which designates the subject property as Medium Density
Residential.
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10. The North Slough bisects the subject property and is a feature that will need to be
protected.
RECOMMENDATION
The Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission hereby recommends to the City
Council of the City of Meridian that they approve the requested Annexation and 'Zoning
as requested by the Applicant for the property described in the application, subject to the
following:
A. Adopt the Comments and Recommendations of the Meridian Planning & Zoning
Department as follows:
Existing Wells & Septic: Any existing domestic wells and/or septic systems
within this project will have to be removed from their domestic service, per City
Ordinance Section 5-7-517, when services are available from the City of
Meridian. Wells may be used for non-domestic purposes such as landscape
irrigation.
2. Development Agreement: A Development Agreement (DA) shall be entered into
between the City of Meridian and the Applicant as pact of the Amlexatio^/Zoning
application. The DA shall outline any special conditions placed upon the
Preliminary Plat and Conditional Use applications.
3. The subject property lies within Meridian's Urban Services Planning Area.
4. The Public Works Department has determined that an additional water supply
well i s n eeded i n t his v icinity. T he d eveloper shall n egotiate w ith t he City o f
Meridian for the acquisition of a parcel for a new municipal well within this site.
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