2022-08-13 Mike Wardle Comments
Charlene Way
From:Bill Parsons
Sent:Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:03 PM
To:Clerks Comment
Subject:FW: UDC Amendments
Good Afternoon,
Please include these comments with ZOA-2022-0001.
Thank you,
Bill Parsons, AICP | Planning Supervisor
City of Meridian | Community Development Dept.
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct: 208-489-0571
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From: Mike Wardle <mwardle@brightoncorp.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 2:44 PM
To: Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>
Cc: Jon Wardle <jwardle@brightoncorp.com>; Joshua Beach <JBeach@brightoncorp.com>
Subject: UDC Amendments
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Bill,
I went through the proposed UDC changes quite thoroughly in July for an in-house review but realize that I did
not comment directly to staff.
But, noting the up-coming hearing, I offer a few thoughts regarding the changes which . . .
Don’t . . .
- Address a specific standard for A-Q community parking standards; still depends on bedrooms \[pgs. 4-5\]
- Clarify private streets in specific R-2/4/8 zones—but added “located in residential district.” \[pg. 5\]
- Increase gated communities beyond 100 d.u.’s UNLESS by PUD \[pg. 6\]
- Define “enhanced” buffers that “may count towards the required baseline open space” \[pg. 10\]
Do . . .
- (still) Require 1 gate for every 50 d.u.’s \[pg. 6\]
o That would have been very difficult to do in our Bainbridge and Century Farm Cadence projects
- Add a note to 11-3C-6 parking standards exempting non-res amenity structures in MF dev \[pg. 4\]
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Confuse . . .
- Live/work units are added to Use Tables in residential and commercial districts, then - - -
o Made it a CUP in R-15, R-40, L-O and C-G BUT “permitted” in C-N and C-C \[pgs. 1-2\]
▪ Why is the CUP required in C-G?
At this point, my most significant concern is for a specific, realistic parking standard for age-qualified projects.
I am working toward a UDC amendment proposal for the Specific Plan process we discussed recently with you and Brian
McClure.
Regards,
Mike Wardle
Direct 208.287.0512
Cell 208.863.6150
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