PZ - Private Street Maintenance Agreement 0 SKYBREAK
Exhibit M — Private Street Application/Alternative 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. 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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SKYBREAK
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 four gated entry ways that will
serve the 112 residential units within the gated portion of the neighborhood. The red circles above
represent the location of each of the four (4) gates. Two (2) of the gates will function as full-service
access for the homeowners and the other two (2) gates will serve as emergency access.
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—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 in 3 locations will rely on common
driveways within the gated private street section of the neighborhood. The maximum number of lots on
a common driveway will be three.
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
Maintenance and repair of the private street will be provided by the Homeowners Association. An
account will be created with the CC&R's to accumulate funds for future repairs and maintenance of the
private street. The developer has set up several of these in the past for other developments and
understands the financial obligation and structure that need to be placed in the CC&R's.
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.
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