PZ - Narrative
KENT BROWN
PLANNING SERVICES
June 11, 2021
Planning and Zoning,
City Council
Meridian City Hall
33 E. Broadway Ave
Meridian, ID 83642
RE: Request for Annexation /Rezone and Comprehensive Plan Modification for Intermountain
Wood Products
Dear Commissioners and Council Members,
Banks Group LC desires to expand their current Intermountain Wood Products business
located at 300 & 220 S. Adkins Way: by adding an additional warehouse to the east of
their existing site. The new warehouse would be used to store materials. This will better
meet the needs of their customers. All of Intermountain Wood Products customers will
continue to use and conduct business with the company, in the show rooms at 300 & 220
S. Adkins Way. The new proposed one access onto S Locust Grove Road, would be for
some of their employees and trucks delivering materials to the existing and new
warehouses.
Three Applications are being requested:
Annexation/ Rezone of 3.1 acres from RUT to Light Industrial- IL zoning.
Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to change the FLUM designation from MU-C
to Industrial and Commercial.
We are requesting Industrial for the 3.1 acres that abut the current location of
Intermountain Wood Products. We are also requesting annexation and zoning for the 3.1
acres.
We are also requesting Commercial designation for the 1.35 acres south of our site. It is
currently zoned Mixed Use-Community.
Development Agreement to place a new development agreement over the existing site
of Wood Products at 300 &220 S. Adkins Way and new addition to the site plan at 335 S.
Locust Grove Road.
This thereby, allows us to remove the existing required buffer between the properties.
3161 E Springwood Dr Meridian, Idaho 83642 Tel.: 208-871-6842
Comprehensive Plan Background:
In the 1990’s when the city of Meridian first started annexing this area between I-84 and
Franklin Road, most the developments were for industrial types of development. At the
time, no specific zoning districts were identified for the MU-C designation. Transitional
uses and flexibility were encouraged and a variety of commercial and residential uses
were desired. The light industrial zoning district was deemed to be appropriate in the
MU-C designation.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP AMENDMENT
Banks Group LC and TTS Development propose to change the FLUM designation from
MU-C to Commercial and Industrial designations. These properties are designated on the
Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM) as Mixed Use- Community
(MU-C).
The 1.35 acres owned by TTS Development is south of the proposed Intermountain
Wood Products site being proposed for annexation. TTS Development currently has C-C
zoning with two flex space buildings to be built on their site. They agreed to join our
request to help up clean up the comprehensive plan map and have their properties match
the other commercial designation located on Watertower Street to south of them.
The 3.1 acres owned by Banks Group LC changed to Industrial designation is consistent
with the comprehensive policy. The comprehensive policy encourages new industrial
development to be located adjacent to existing industrial uses. We will install and
maintain the landscaping and landscape buffering required in the UDC standards.
Annexation/Rezone
The property is surrounded by existing Meridian City limits, on the south, west and east
sides. The site has access to city service: both water and sewer are stubbed to the site.
Police and fire stations are very close to site.
Development Agreement
The existing site of Intermountain Wood Products is subject to the terms of the existing
Medimont Subdivision Development Agreement (DA) (Instr. #97072405). We propose
(see page 12 of the development agreement) Condition 4.d be removed: and the existing
site plan be included and subject to the new development agreement.
This request is in harmony with other uses in the area. We look forward to your
approval of our applications to the City of Meridian.
Sincerely,
Kent Brown
Planner