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STAFF REPORT
Hearing Date: November 22, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Sonya Watters, Associate City Planner
(208) 884-5533
Bruce Freckleton, Development Services Manager
208-887-2211
SUBJECT: Seyam Subdivision – VAC (H-2016-0123)
1. APPLICATION SUMMARY
The applicant, Volante Investments, LLLP, requests approval to vacate note #10, which states Lot 3,
Block 1 is a non-buildable lot, and the associated graphic depiction on the Seyam Subdivision final
plat.
2. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the subject vacation application.
3. PROPOSED MOTION
Approval
After considering all staff, applicant, and public testimony, I move to approve File Number H-2016-
0123, as presented in the staff report for the hearing date on November 22, 2016.
Denial
After considering all staff, applicant, and public testimony, I move to deny File Number H-2016-
0123, as presented during the hearing on November 22, 2016, for the following reasons: (You should
state specific reasons for denial.)
Continuance
After considering all staff, applicant, and public testimony, I move to continue File Number H-2016-
0123 to the hearing date of (insert continued hearing date here) for the following reason(s): (you
should state specific reason(s) for continuance)
4. APPLICATION AND PROPERTY FACTS
A. Site Address/Location:
The site is located on the north side of E. Franklin Road, approximately ½ mile east of N. Eagle
Road, in the SW ¼ of Section 9, Township 3 North, Range 1 East.
B. Owner(s):
Volante Investments, LLLP
3084 E. Lanark St.
Meridian, ID 83642
C. Applicant:
Same as owner
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D. Representative:
Brad Miller, Volante Investments, LLLP
3084 E. Lanark St.
Meridian, ID 83642
E. Applicant's Statement/Justification: Please see applicant’s narrative for this information and the
application file for the applicable relinquishment approvals.
5. PROCESS FACTS
A. The subject application is a request to vacate a note and graphic depiction on the final plat. Per
Meridian City Code Title 11, Chapter 5, City Council is the decision making body on this matter.
The UDC does not require the site to be posted with a public hearing notice sign.
B. Newspaper notifications published on: October 31 and November 7, 2016
C. Radius notices mailed to properties within 300 feet on: October 28, 2016
6. LAND USE
A. Existing Land Use(s): The subject property consists of vacant/undeveloped property that is zoned
I-L.
B. Character of Surrounding Area and Adjacent Land Use and Zoning:
North: Industrial property, zoned I-L
South: E. Franklin Road and vacant/undeveloped land, zoned L-O
East: Rural residential/agricultural property (recently acquired by the subject developer), zoned
RUT in Ada County
West: Industrial property (developed & undeveloped), zoned I-L
C. History of Previous Actions: The preliminary plat (PP-06-055) was approved in 2007; and the
final plat (FP-09-008) was approved in 2009 and recorded in 2015.
7. STAFF ANALYSIS
The applicant requests approval to vacate note #10, which states Lot 3, Block 1 is a non-buildable lot,
and the associated graphic depiction within said lot on the Seyam Subdivision final plat.
When the preliminary plat for this subdivision was approved, Lanark Street was only proposed to
extend to the east boundary of Phase I (the west side of Lot 3, Block 1). Staff felt that City sewer and
water services and Lanark Street needed to extend all the way to the east boundary of the preliminary
plat (the east side of Lot 3, Block 1) to ensure the property owner(s) to the east had access to City
services as well as access to the stoplight at the intersection of Touchmark Way and Franklin Road
via Lanark Street. The applicant did not wish to extend services and the public street to the adjacent
property; therefore, Lot 3, Block 1 was restricted as a non-buildable lot until such time as a new
preliminary and final plat is approved for that lot which depicts the extension of Lanark Street and
City water and sewer services to the east boundary of the site. No Certificates of Zoning Compliance
or building permits were allowed to be issued until that time.
Since then, the subject developer has purchased the three (3) 5-acre properties to the east and intends
to submit a preliminary plat application for those properties and Lot 3, Block 1 of Seyam Subdivision.
In the interim, the developer would like to obtain a building permit for a 45,000 square foot
warehouse building for a national tenant on the north end of Lot 3, Block 1. Approval of the subject
request will allow the developer to get started on construction.
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Because the developer now owns the adjacent parcels and access and City services are not be ing
withheld from another property owner, Staff recommends approval to City Council of the vacation
request.
8. EXHIBITS
A. Drawings
1. Vicinity/Zoning Map
2. Seyam Subdivision Plat
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A. Drawings
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2. Seyam Subdivision Plat