Revised NarrativeALC ARCHITECTURE □ 1119 EAST STATE STREET □ EAGLE, IDAHO 83616
September 27, 2017
November 2, 2017, revised
City of Meridian
Community Development – Planning Division
33 East Broadway Avenue, Suite 102
Meridian, Idaho 83642
Attn : Planner
p. 208.884.5533
Re: Certificate of Zoning Compliance - Narrative
To whom it may concern :
We are proposing a Daycare Tenant Improvement within an existing building and partially within
an existing tenant suite. There is a portion of the proposed Daycare Tenant Improvement that
will encompass a portion of the existing building that has not been occupied, this space is
described in the attached exhibits as Suite ‘A’. Adjacent tenants are compatible with typical office
space / use. Adjacent properties are solely single-family residential.
The licensed daycare intends to accommodate 25 pre-school age children. The existing learning
center (non-licensed) will accommodate another 48 children and adults. Within the facility there
will be approximately 73 children and adults at maximum capacity.
The main entrance to the Daycare will be along the West side of the existing Building, which is
located very near (9) existing parking spaces, that can be utilized as the child drop-off zone.
Adjacent tenants do not currently utilize the West side entrances of the existing building and
therefore this area would be purposed solely for the Daycare use entrance.
As part of the Daycare use, it is desired to have an outdoor play yard. This play yard would be
located at the East end of the building in area of the site that is currently utilized as parking. The
portion of the property where the play yard will be located is adjacent to residential uses and
therefore requires a 20’-0” landscape buffer. A landscape buffer is shown on the updated site
plan. Currently, a 6’-0” tall non-scalable fence exists along the Southern and Eastern property
lines. In order to maintain delineation of the landscape buffer between the play yard and the
residential properties we propose a shorter (4’-0” tall) interior chain-link fence. This chain-link
would allow visual of the 20’-0” landscape buffer. The play yard would be accessible from with
the proposed tenant suite and we would provide a new 6’-0” tall visually solid fence with gate to
the existing exterior sidewalk. A detail of the chain-link and solid fence are provided for
reference.
We plan to provide a more suitable play surface, by removing the existing asphalt or by covering
the existing asphalt, surfacing at this time is undetermined, however we are planning to provide
a rubberized mulch to soften the surface of the asphalt. Within the play yard the tenant does not
intend to have play equipment that is taller than 6’-0” in height and therefore play equipment is
not indicated on the proposed site plan.
ALC ARCHITECTURE □ 1119 EAST STATE STREET □ EAGLE, IDAHO 83616
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this response letter please feel free to
contact me at your earliest convenience. We thank you for your time and consideration for this
project and look forward to your approval.
Thank you,
Richard Wilmot- Project Manager
ALC Architecture
richardw@alcarchitecture.com
208.514.2713
Encl.:
Rubberized Playground Surface – Cut Sheet
Floor Plan and Site Plan, dated 11.01.17