Alt Compliance Letter
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April 30, 2020
Meridian Planning Department
33 E. Broadway Avenue, Suite 210
Meridian, Idaho 83642
RE: Alternative Compliance Application
Blue Valley Elementary School
West Ada School District
1752 W. American Fork Dr., Meridian, Idaho
Planning Staff:
The parking lot layout does not meet the intent of the zoning code and shall be addressed by Alternative
Compliance for approval.
Item No. 1
UDC 11-3A-19B-2b requires that properties greater than two (2) acres in size locate no more than 50% of the total
off-street parking between the building and abutting.
Item No. 2
UDC 11-3A-19B-3a requires that properties two (2) or more acres in size locate a maximum of a single drive aisle
with parking on one (1) or both sides between and abutting streets.
Designing access points and parking lots around the facility would place an undue safety and security concern on
the School District. A Public School must have easily controlled site access points for visitors to the site and the
monitoring of students during a typical school day. Allowing general public access to all points of the site and
facility would create an uncontrolled site and reduce the ability of the school faculty to properly monitor all
activities. The parking lots, as currently designed, provide two separate parking areas that allow separation of bus
traffic from personal vehicle drop off traffic. This provides an efficient layout of all parking areas to allow for proper
monitoring of the parking areas.
For the above stated reasons, the West Ada School District requests approval of the current site plan as submitted
Respectfully,
Toby Norskog, Project Manager
LKV Architects
c.c. Joe Yochum, West Ada School District
Amber Van Ocker, LKV Architects