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Tammy de W eerd
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STAFF REPORT: City Council Dat~e}February 24, 2004
To: Mayor, City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission ~E C E IVE I~
From: Sonya Allen, Planner I ~~ FCB ~' ~ 2004
Bruce Freckleton, Semu..:,,sineering Tech ~ ~;;;ty Of 14leridiaD
(amity Clerk Office
Re: Cedar Springs Subdivision No. 5
Request for Final Plat Approval of Twelve (12) Commercial Building Lots
and Five (5) Common Lots on 8.55 Acres in an L-O Zone for Cedar Springs
Subdivision No. 5, by Kevin Howell (Fide No. FP-04-012)
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, Kevin Howell, has requested approval for the fifth phase of Cedar Springs
Subdivision, located approximately '/z mile west of N. Meridian Road on the south side of W.
Ustick Road. This phase includes 12 commercial building lots and 5 common lots on 8.55 acres
of land.
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 final plat for Cedar Springs Subdivision No. 5 with the
comments and conditions stated in this report.
LOCATION
The subject property is located approximately '/: mile west of N. Meridian Road on the south
side of W. Ustick Road, in the NE'/4 of Section 36, T.4N., R 1 W.
Mayor & City Council
Hearing Date: February 24; 2004
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SITE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
1. Applicant is to meet all terms of the approved preliminary plat (PP-02-027) and non-
development agreement (Inst. No. 103192357).
2. Submit compaction test results to the Meridian Building Department for any building
pads within lots receiving engineered backfill.
3. Any drainage areas (detention/retention basins) must be designed to ensure that water
will percolate or discharge within a period of time not to exceed 24 hours for all storms
up to and including a 100-year 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
imgation, sanitary sewer, water, etc., prior to signature on the final plat.
5. The Landscape Plan prepared by The Land Group, Inc. dated 1/21/04 is approved as
submitted.
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 standard 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
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.
FP-04-012 Cedar Springs Su65 FP.doc
Mayor & City Council
Hearing Date: February 24, 2004
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10. Complete the Certificate of Owners and accompanying Acknowledgment.
11. 'Please clarify the dimensions north of Lots 6-8, Block 37 as it is hard to determine which
lines they refer to.
12. .Please correct the distance shown along the north boundary (566.31'), as the length of
the easement as it appears to be in error.
13. .Please add or revise the following plat notes:
(10. & 14.) Complete the recording information lines.
(12.} Correct spelling of"access".
(16.) The bottom elevation of structural footing shall be set a minimum of 12-inches
above the highest established normal ground water elevation.
Clarify the maintenance responsibilities between notes 7 and 14, as they are now in
conflict with each other.
14. Staffs failure to cite specific ordinance provisions or terms of the approved preliminary
plat does not relieve Applicant of responsibility for compliance.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Tile all irrigation ditches, laterals or canals, exclusive of natural waterways, irnersecting,
crossing or lying adjacent and contiguous to the azea 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 Department.
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.
FP-04-012 Cedar Springs Subs FP.doc
Mayor & City Council
Hearing Date: February 24, 2004
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Staff recommends approval of the final plat, with the above stated comments and conditions.
FP-04-012 Cedar Springs Subs FP.doc