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Skybreak Residential Community
Novate Street Application /Alternatove Compliance
Private Street/ Common Drives
Attached for your review and favorable consideration is an application for Private Streets and Alternative
Compliance for common driveways for the Skybreak Residential Community located near Eagle and Lake Hazel
Roads . As an addition to our Preliminary Plat Application we are requesting that private streets be allowed in
the gated portion of the Master Planned Neighborhood . This gated area will utilize private streets to create a
more intimate neighborhood setting within the larger Skybreak Community . The gates will not be used as a
pedestrian barrier as sidewalks and pathways will not be gated . Private streets will provide both vehicular and
pedestrian travel ways that will create the intimate feel that our buyers are looking for . Through our extensive
marketing and polling of our past and future homeowners we have found that there is a demographic of
senior home buyers that prefer the security that a gated community can provide . The larger view lots located
on the ridge will provide opportunities for large custom homes with outstanding views of the Boise Foothills .
This would provide for the " CEO Type " homes that we have heard the City asking for in the Comprehensive
Plan hearings over the last year .
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GATED COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS
Meridian City Code requires that a gated community have no more than 50 dwelling units per gated entrance
to a gated community . The Skybreak Neighborhood will include three gated entry ways that will serve the 121
residential units within the gated portion of the neighborhood . The red circles above represent the location of
each of the three gates .
PRIVATE STREETS
Private streets are a key element to the overall design and feel of the Gated Golf Course Community that we
have designed within the Skybreak Neighborhood . This gated area will utilize private streets to create a more
intimate neighborhood setting within the larger Skybreak Community .
COMMON DRIVEWAYS v ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE
Meridian City Code does not allow for common driveways off of private streets . We are requesting alternative
compliance to allow for common driveways in three locations within the gated area of the Skybreak
Neighborhood . Common driveways serve a very important purpose as they allow for the efficient use of space
within the development and allow for uniform lot sizes . Common drives also eliminate the need for large cul -
de - sacs or eyebrows that require a lot of unusable space and require large amounts asphalt and concrete to
construct . Larger amounts of asphalt require additional maintenance costs over time and are not an efficient
use of natural resources . Through the use of common driveways , we are able to allocate more land area to
common landscaped open spaces , instead of wasting it on unusable and unnecessary roadways . Only 8 lots
will rely on common driveways within the gated private street section of the neighborhood .
We respectfully request that the City approve our application for private streets and alternative compliance
for common driveways . Thank you for your consideration of this matter . If you have any questions , please
contact Laren Bailey at 20 & 33 & 5355 .
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Laren Bailey, MCRP , PMP
Skybreak Community — Alternative Compliance
7 . 9 . 2020
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