PZ - Letter - Legal Descriptions Phase 1 and 2
August 23, 2021 DRAFT
Via email: Alan Tiefenbach <atiefenbach@meridiancity.org>
City of Meridian
Planning Division
33. E. Broadway Ave.
Suite 102
Meridian, Idaho 83642
Dear Planning Staff, Planning and Zoning Commissioners, Mayor and Council Members:
Applicant Kobe LLC requests annexation and zoning of a 17.64-acre property on the northwest
corner of Cherry Lane and Meridian Road. The annexation application follows the City’s request
to include the area in the Northern Gateway Urban Renewal District. To qualify for the District,
the property needs to be annexed into the City by the end of November 2021.
Applicant requests a zoning designation of Community Commercial (C-C). The Comprehensive
Plan’s Future Land Use Map designates the property as Mixed Use-Community (MU-C). The
Plan identifies sample zones appropriate in MU-C areas, which include C-C zoning. C-C zoning is
also supported by the property’s location at the corner of two arterial roadways with planned
transit.
Applicant proposes development of the property in two phases. Consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan for MU-C areas, the property will include at least 20% residential uses and
a minimum of three different types of land uses.
Phase I includes an out pad development plan of commercial users along the street frontage of
both arterials, Cherry Lane and Meridian Road. A conceptual plan for the Phase I area is included
with the application. Applicant intends to keep the majority of the out pads to single entity
buildings with an emphasis on neighborhood commercial uses that could serve nearby residents.
Applicant currently owns neighborhood centers in other locations that have relationships with
name-brand retailers, including Walgreens, RiteAid, Starbucks and, currently under construction,
Chipotle. Any future tenant that requires a drive-thru window will submit a separate conditional
use permit application for that window.
Phase II, covering the central portion of the property, is planned to be developed with a mix of
uses that will include residential and may also include commercial/retail, hotel, office, and/or
civic. Phase II will include a public plaza or other gathering space to integrate the various uses
with a pedestrian-friendly design. Applicant proposes as a condition in a Development
Agreement that before any specific use may be constructed within Phase II, a Development
Agreement Modification must be approved to include a conceptual plan for that area. Applicant
also proposes that the northern 125 feet of the Phase II area be restricted to 2-story buildings
and only residential or office uses to create a buffer against the existing single-family
neighborhood to the north.
Applicant’s proposed layout is consistent with the sample design included in the cut-sheet for
the MU-C designation, with retail buildings along arterial roads and a mix of uses interior to the
site, with an integrated plaza and connecting drives and pedestrian pathways. The proposed C-
C zoning and accompanying uses are also consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, which calls
for MU-C areas to include a mix of residential and non-residential uses. The Plan identifies
sample non-residential uses appropriate in MU-C areas, which include among others:
restaurants, banks, drive-thru facilities, retail shops, and other appropriate community-serving
uses. The Plan notes that “Goods and services in these areas tend to be of the variety that
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people will mainly travel by car to, but also walk or bike to (up to three or four miles).”
The proposed annexation and zoning and inclusion of the property in the Northern Gateway
Urban Renewal District will help fulfill the City’s vision for vibrant mixed use development in
and around the Downtown core. The Meridian Development Corporation’s (MDC) mission
includes a commitment “to the economic stimulation and expansion of Downtown Meridian
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into a thriving area that provides opportunities in which to live, work, and play.” The
development’s mix of uses at the key location of Cherry Lane and Meridian Road will provide an
important destination where people can live, work and play, and will also help MDC improve
sidewalks, street lighting, and drainage and create new public gathering spaces throughout the
District.
We are excited to be a part of this new District and to contribute to Meridian’s economic
success and “destination Downtown” vision.
Sincerely,
Doug Tamura
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MU-C Cutsheet, https://meridiancity.org/planning/cutsheets/LU-MU-C
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MDC website, https://www.meridiandevelopmentcorp.com/mission-and-vision.
ELSENGEBRITSONLAND SURVEYS PLLC.
2251 S. Sumac Street, Boise, Idaho 83706 Telephone (208) 859-6032 mike@elsurveys.com
28 June 2021
ELS Project No. 210603
Land Description
Rezone Phase 1 to CC
Contains 343,531 square feet or 7.89 acres more or less
EXHIBIT A
A portion of the East%2 of the SE %of the SE '/of Section 1, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, Ada
County, Idaho, described as follows:
Commencing at a found brass cap monument marking the SE corner of said Section 1 at the center line intersection of
West Cherry Lane and North Meridian Road, from which a found aluminum cap monument marking the E '/corner of said
Section bears N 00°18'02" E a distance of 2648.32 feet; thence along said line N 00°18'02" E a distance of 1324.35 feet to
a found aluminum cap monument marking the NE corner of said East%2 of the SE %of the SE '/4, the S 1/1 6th corner;
thence westerly along the north line of said East%2 of the SE %of the SE %, N 89027'32" W a distance of 48.00 feet to a
found steel pin on the westerly rights-of-way line of said North Meridian Road the POINT OF BEGINNING,
Thence southerly along said rights-of-way line the following six (6) courses:
S 00018'02"W a distance of 99.28 feet to a found steel pin;
S 02°24'02"W a distance of 600.40 feet to a found steel pin;
S 00"18'02" W a distance of 213.66 feet to a found steel pin;
S 11°59'57"W a distance of 31.62 feet to a found steel pin;
S 00°36'00" E a distance of 307.44 feet to a found steel pin;
S 44°07'37"W a distance of 33.30 feet to a found steel pin on the northerly rights-of-way line of West
Cheery Lane;
Thence along said northerly rights-of-way line the following two (2) courses;
S 86°43'49"W a distance of 87.39 feet to a found steel pin;
N 89°27'04"W a distance of 493.45 feet parallel to and 43,00' northerly of the south line of said Section 1
to a found steel pin on the west line of said East %2 of the SE %of the SE '/;
Thence along said west line N 00°33'34" E a distance of 287.46 feet to a point;
Thence leaving said line, S 88°30'30" E a distance of 423.59 feet to a point;
Thence N 02°00'39" E a distance of 1001.14 feet to a point on the north line of said East%of the SE %of the SE
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Thence easterly along said line S 89°27'32" E a distance of 172.63 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
The above-described tract of land contains 7.89 acres more or less subject to all existing easements and rights-of-way.
See Exhibit B attached hereto and made part of.
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2251 S. Sumac Street, Boise, Idaho 83706 Telephone (208) 859-6032 mike@elsurveys.com
28 June 2021
ELS Project No. 210603
Land Description
Rezone Phase 2 to CC
Contains 435,083 square feet or 9.99 acres more or less
EXHIBIT A
A portion of the East %2 of the SE %of the SE %of Section 1, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, Ada
County, Idaho, described as follows:
Commencing at a found brass cap monument marking the SE corner of said Section 1 at the center line intersection of
West Cherry Lane and North Meridian Road, from which a found aluminum cap monument marking the E '/4 corner of said
Section bears N 00"18'02" E a distance of 2648.32 feet- thence along said line N 00°18'02" E a distance of 1324.35 feet to
a found aluminum cap monument marking the NE corner of said East%2 of the SE %of the SE %4 , the S 1116th corner;
thence westerly along the north fine of said East%2 of the SE %of the SE %, N 89°27'32"W a distance of 48.00 feet to a
found steel pin on the westerly rights-of-way line of said North Meridian Road; thence continuing along said north line, N
89°27'32"W a distance of 172.63 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Thence leaving said line S 02000'39" W a distance of 1001.14 feet to a point;
Thence N 88030'30"W a distance of 423.59 feet to a point on the west line of said East%of the SE '/4 of the SE
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Thence northerly along said west line, N 00°33'34" E a distance of 993.79 feet to a found steel pin monument
marking the NW corner of said East%2 of the SE '/of the SE %-
Thence easterly along the north line of said East%of the SE %of the SE 'A, S 89°27'32" E a distance of 448.90
feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
The above-described tract of land contains 9.99 acres more or less subject to all existing easements and rights-of-way.
See Exhibit B attached hereto and made part of.
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