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PZ - Pre-App Notes CITY OF MERIDIAN PRE-APPLICATION MEETING NOTES ProjectlSubdivision Name: Heron Village Apartments, Phase II Date: 9/17/2020 Applicant(s)/Contact(s): Tamara Thompson City Staff: Alan, Bill, Caleb,Amanda, Joe,Tom, Scott Location: 125 E. Blue Heron and 185 E. Blue Heron Size of Property: 1.87 acres Comprehensive Plan FLUM Designation: Mixed Use Neighborhood Existing Use: Vacant and Rural Residential (multifamily to the south) Existing Zoning: R-8 Proposed Use: Multifamily Proposed Zoning: R-40 Surrounding Uses: Multifamily and Single Family Residential Street Buffer(s)and/or Land Use Buffer(s): See Parking Lots UDC 11-3B-8, and Adjacent Uses(east) UDC 11-313-9 Open Space/Amenities/Pathways: Please refer to UDC 11-4-27 Multifamily Development Access/Stub Streets/Street System: E. Blue Heron Waterways/Topography/Flood Plain: A portion of the property is in the floodplain. Please contact Jason Korn at jkorn@meridiancity.org. Sewer/Water:Available at E. Blue Heron History:AZ-01-014, CUP 12-021, CUP Mod 13-005, CZC 13-038 Additional Meeting Notes: • The FLUM recommends Mixed Use Neighborhood (MU-N). However, the subject property is between high density residential recommendations at north and south,and is already surrounded by multifamily in these areas. Staff agrees that the MU-N recommendation is probably no longer pertinent to this area. Staff does not believe a Comp Plan amendment is necessary, and can instead support that multifamily residential is appropriate in this area. • Staff would recommend R-40 zoning for this proposal. • This may also be an opportunity to"clean up"the existing zoning by rezoning 125 E. Blue Heron Dr from R-8 to R-40. • Staff believes modifying CUP 12-021 to allow expansion of the existing apartments would be the appropriate process for this proposal. • Staff will request the applicant provide an accounting of all the qualified open space and amenities in the existing apartment complex as well as what is being proposed with this phase. • Staff recommends either merging both buildings into one larger building to provide additional open space and parking, or locating one of the two buildings closer to the street,with parking to the east or behind.A buffer should be provided to the Meat Packing Company at the east. • The Architectural Standards Manual (ASM) requires that no two buildings viewed from a public street or public space be alike by varying at least two of the following for each building: roof pitches, material types, color packages, structure orientation, or incorporating other unique and identifiable architectural or landscape elements (such as art). Staff believes that the buildings should look like they belong as part of this development, but believes it should be varied somewhat from the other buildings. You might even consider tying into the complex across the street as well as the existing Blue Heron Apartments. • The applicant may be required to merge lots through a parcel boundary adjustment. • Parking has become an issue with the existing complex. Residents use their garages for"storage"and then park throughout the complex and along E. Blue Heron Drive. Staff will want the applicant to provide a parking plan with any subsequent development. • Sewer is available in E Blue Heron and in the existing development to the west. • Water is available from E Blue Heron and in the existing development to the west. Water should be designed in a looped system and stubbed to adjacent property to facilitate future systems being designed looped. • There is a small portion of the project within the flood zone. Contact Jason Korn for requirements:jkorn(a�meridiancity.org • Surface water should be used as the primary source of irrigation. • There are existing streetlights on E Blue Heron, however, an additional streetlight could be required on the eastern border of this project. Contact AI Christy in Public Works: achristy((Dmeridiancity.org • Flow is currently available in the system. Sewer is available in Blue Heron LN. • Connect water to Blue Heron and to the west through drive aisle. Provide for future connection to east at the south portion of development with hydrant in easement that includes east property line. Note:A Traffic Impact Study(TIS)will be required by ACHD for large commercial projects and any residential development with over 100 units. To avoid unnecessary delays&expedite the hearing process, applicants are encouraged to submit the TIS to ACHD prior to submitting their application to the City. Not having ACHD comments andlor conditions on large projects may delay hearing(s)at the City. Please contact Mindy Wallace at 387- 6178 at ACHD for information in regard to a TIS, conditions, impact fees and process.reiggi8ns Other Agencies/Departments to Contact: ® Ada County Highway Dist. (ACHD) ❑ Nampa Meridian Irrigation Dist. (NMID) ❑ Public Works Department ❑ Idaho Transportation Dept. (ITD) ❑ Settler's Irrigation District(SID) ® Building Department ® Republic Services ® Police Department ❑ Parks Department ❑ Central District Health Department ® Fire Department ❑ Other: Application(s) Required: ❑ Administrative Design Review ® Conditional Use Permit Mod ification/Transfer ® Rezone ❑ Alternative Compliance ❑ Development Agreement Modification ❑ Short Plat ® Annexation ❑ Final Plat ❑ Time Extension—Council ❑ City Council Review ❑ Final Plat Modification ❑ UDC Text Amendment ❑ Comprehensive Plan Amendment—Map ❑ Planned Unit Development ❑ Vacation ❑ Comprehensive Plan Amendment—Text ❑ Preliminary Plat ❑ Variance ❑ Conditional Use Permit ❑ Private Street ❑ Other Notes: 1)Applicants are required to hold a neighborhood meeting in accord with UDC 11-5A-6C prior to submittal of an application requiring a public hearing(except for a vacation or short plat);and 2)All applicants for permits requiring a public hearing shall post the site with a public hearing notice in accord with UDC 11-5A-5D.3(except for UDC text amendments, Comp Plan text amendments, and vacations). The information provided during this meeting is based on current UDC requirements and the Comprehensive Plan.Any subsequent changes to the UDC and/or Comp Plan may affect your submittal and/or application. This pre-application meeting shall be valid for four(4)months.