1978 06-05
Meridian Planning and Zoning June 5, 197$
Meeting called to order by the Chairman, Willard Rowley.
Members present: Annette Hinrichs; Don Sharp; Lee Mitchell
Others present: Sheldon Gerber; Kevin Rosa
There was discussion concerning the shading between zone changes on the map.
Mr. Collins stated that he had been told that this brushing method was too
expensive.
This is to be looked into because the Commission feels that this is the best
description process to avoid drawing lines.
Mr. Collins made comments on the Comprehensive Plan;
Discussed the format of the public information meeting to make the Commission
aware of some of the problems that might arise.
It was thought that the City Council should have copies of the Preliminary
draft of the Meridian Comprehensive Plan.
This proposal is on file with these minutes.
This plan is tied together to accomplish:
1. Housing
2. Economics
3. Transportation
A zoning analysis should be made oY the Planning area and Impact area.
There was a desire for some type of technical industrial area South of the Yreeway.
This should be left very flexible in order to allow the developer opportunity
to negotiate on more than one property to his advantage, without being caught in
a monopolistic preset Plat location.
The Mayor or the one negotiating with a developer, should have some latitude
to negotiate when the time comes.
Mr. Collins explained the Public Information Hearing Format possibilities.
1. Divide the groups as to interest orientation period.
2. Divide according to neighborhood communities
3. Divide up in number of groups as represented by the Planning and Zoning
Commission members present.
4. Introduce basic concepts of Comprehensive Plan
Show maps
Answer questions
Record comments
it was decided that the dividing into groups would be the best procedure in
order to receive input that can be used to finalize the Comprehensive Plan.
Meeting Adjourned.
CHAIRMAN
Attest:
City Clerk
cc: P&Z Commission;Mayor & Council;Ann;Bruce;Vern;Welker;Shults;
Chief Green;Hein;Hamilton;J-U-B;Fitzgerald;APA; Comprehensive File 85-5
PRELIMINARY DRAFT
MERIDIAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
FORWARD
COMMENTS
The Comprehensive Plan is a policy statement identifying policies for the
on-going development of the City of Meridian. In emphasizing land use
planning, it is intended to serve as a framework for public policy decision-
making. The Comprehensive Plan is recognizably the primary step in identi-
fying the quality of life we desire and in relating it to our capacity to
produce and maintain it.
As developed with a broad based community-wide citizen input, the Comp-
rehensive Plan is both sensitive to the changing needs of our community
and a commitment to preserve the values identified by our citizen.
NATURE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
COMMENTS
A Comprehensive Plan is an official document, adopted by local
governments and public agencies, which serves as a policy guide
for decisions concerning the physical development of a community
It indicates, in a general way, how the community may develop in
the next 10 to 20 years.
The essential characteristics of the Comprehensive Plan are that
it is comprehensive, general, long-range, and represents a process--
not a product. Comprehensive means that the plan encompasses all
areas of the community and all functional elements which bear on
physical development. General means that the plan summarizes
policies and proposals and does not develop detailed site plans.
Long-range means that the plan looks beyond the foreground of
pressing current issues toward the aspect of problems which the
community may face in the future. Finally, as a process (not
a product) the Comprehensive Plan is not a document that is written
once, for all time, but rather it is an on-going process for
directing change that occurs inevitably in a community.
The Planning and Zoning Commission, as well as the city government,
are inescapably involved in questions of physical development and,
as such, have a primary responsibility to coordinate and direct the
overall pattern of such activities within the community. At every
meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission, development decisions
must be made concerning rezoning, subdivision developments, conditional
use permits, zoning variances, planned developments and so on. Due to
these responsibilities, it is necessary for the Commission to
develop technical guidelines and generally accepted policies which
will provide the framework for resolving questions relating to
physical development. The City government also needs to adopt an
instrument which establishes lone-range, general policies for the
coordinated and unified, physical development of public improvement
projects. The Comprehensive Plan is such an instrument and serves
such a purpose.
The planning process set forth here requires the City of Meridian
and its residents to consider and enter into a planning program
which is on-going and involves a movement from goals to objectives
to policies.
GOALS -- broad general expressions and concerns
OBJECTIVES -- descriptions of the direction we intend to move
POLICIES -- how we intend to accomplish our objectives
The goals, objectives and policies herein expressed, underlie and
shape the character and orientation of our Comprehensive Plan. It
deals with 3 major concerns of the people of Meridian:
1) Orderly growth and Development
2) Economic growth and balance
3) Improvement of the quality of life
• USES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN •
COMMENTS
An adopted Meridian Comprehensive Plan has several important uses:
LEGISLATIVE (STATE OF IDAHO) To meet the requirements of the 1975
Land Use Planning Act of the State of
Idaho (Idaho Code 67-6508) and to
establish consistency of zoning reg-
ulations with the Comprehensive Plan.
It is the Legislature's intent to lead
cities and counties into a new era of
planning where local plans become poli-
cies and programs, not merely guidelines.
POLICY: To clarify and articulate public poli-
cies and the intentions of the City of
Meridian with respect to the rights and
expectations of the general public,
private enterprise, and local government.
EDUCATIONAL: To enable local residents, public agencies,
prospective investors, and businessmen to
become informed of the City of Meridian's
long-range and short-range goals, ob-
jectives, and policies.
COORDINATIVE: To establish a basis for coordination,
understanding and negotiation among
citizens, businessmen, city officials,
private investors, and public agencies
within Meridian's Impact Area and
Urban Service Planning Area and to
present Meridian's position on County
and local issues that are appropriate to
its concerns and responsibilities.
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PLANNING AREAS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
COMMENTS
The Comprehensive Plan provides for a mechanism that enables the City to
address the major concerns of its people. The planning areas are listed
from the largest to the smallest.
CITY IMPACT AREA
Definition: The Area of Impact conerns those lands which surround the-City
limits. Their land uses and policies are critical to the efficient and
successful implementation of both City and County goals. The Area of Impact
is the result of negotiations between the incorporated city and the County
in accordance with state law.
As per negotiations with Ada County and the City of Boise, and in accordance
with Idaho State Law, the City of Meridian's Impact Area includes the
following area of Ada County:
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Meridian Impact Area
URBAN SERVICE PLANNING AREA
COMMENTS
Definition: These are areas where municipal sewer facilities and most
other services and utilities are available or planned for in the Comp-
rehensive Plan. Urban services shall include, but not be limited to, the
following where applicable:
a. Public central sewer and water facilities
b. Pedestrian walkways and bicycle paths
c. Open space, parks and recreation lands
d. Police and Fire Protection
e. Public transit
f. Schools (Elementary schools that are central to a neighborhood
and junior and senior high schools that are central to communities.)
g. Libraries
h. Storm drainage
i. Urban standard streets and roads
Within its capacity to produce and maintain the above urban services,
the City of ^1eridian has declared its Urban Service Planning Area to
include the following area:
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COMMUNITIES
Definition: The community is a section of a city, primarily a
residential area. It can represent the service area of a high
school or junior high school, a large business center or a park
area of 30 to 40 acres, and commonly constitutes a section of
the city measuring 2 to 3 miles across.
In anticipation of orderly growth and development, the City of Meridian
has made the following general community designations within its Urban
Service Planning Area:
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COMMENTS
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NEIGHBORHOODS
Definition: The neighborhood is a residential area with homogeneous
characteristics of a size comparable to that usually served by an elementary
school or a small business convenience center or a park area of 5 to 20 acres.
Although neighborhoods occur in various shapes and sizes, a section of the
City measuring z to 1'--z miles across is usually used for planning purposes. A
neighborhood area is essentially a walking distance area and provides the
basis for community identifications.
In anticipation of orderly growth and development, the City of Meridian
has made the following general neighborhood designations within its Urban
Service Planning Area:
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GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
COMMENTS
In order to grapple with the concerns of Meridian's environmental quality,
economic growth and balance, housing, the quality of life and other con-
cerns, basic goals are expressed here to give a foundation upon which to
build a sound and stable Comprehensive Plan. In most instances, these basic
goals are compatible with the Comprehensive Plan of-Ada County, but may differ
in some areas.
GOAL 1:
To preserve Meridian's quality environment and to make provisions for and
improve the total natural environment by adopting city-wide and Urban
Service Planning Area policies which deal with area-specific policies
and programs and for open space preservation and provide for management
of the environment.
GOAL 2:
To ensure that growth and development occur in an orderly fashion in accordant
with adopted policies and procedures governing the use of land, residential
development, the provision of services and the distribution of new housing
units throughout the Urban Service Planning Area.
GOAL 3:
To encourage the kind of economic growth and development which supplies
employment and economic self-sufficiency for existing and future residents,
reduces the present reliance on Boise and maintains the City's ability to
finance and implement public improvements, services, and open space character.
GOAL 4:
To provide conditions whereby housing for the existing and future variety
of social, cultural, and economic groups will be maintained and enhanced.
GOAL 5:
To preserve and improve the character and quality of Meridian's man-made
environment, which lends identity to the City and the surrounding area.
GOAL 6:
To encourage cultural, educational, and recreational facilities which will
fulfill the needs and preferences of citizens of Meridian and to insure that
these facilities are available to the total population.
GOAL 7:
To establish relationships between land uses that meet basic human needs, are
efficient and harmonious, and balance costs and revenue over the years.
GOAL 8:
To create a visually attractive, efficiently-organized and self-identifiable
Urban Service Planning Area and City.
OBJECTIVES
COMMENTS
LAND USE: Recognize 1) the importance of land uses to the
quality of life and environment; 2) the duties, as well as the
rights, of land ownership; 3) the role of the City to regulate the
use of land resources for the benefit of future generations; and
4) the desirability of joint use of public facilities wherever
feasible.
At the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the land use data
for the City and the Urban Service Planning Area was as follows:
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COMMENTS
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With the realization of growth and development, the Comprehensive
Plan summarizes the potential distributions of land use activities
within the Urban Service Planning Area, as per a policy map.
It attempts to make general designations of appropriate and compatible
land use, helps to define the holding capacity of the land within the
Urban Service Planning Area, and provides a flexible framework for
further detailed land use designations, as per zoning ordinances
and a zoning map. In terms of the enclosed Policy Map, land use holding
capacity for Meridian's Planning Area is as follows:
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COMMENTS
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Utilize and rely on natural resource
information (soils data, air quality data, and other physical
and environmental data), as one of the major factors for the
shaping of policy decisions within the Urban Service Planning
Area and require environmental reviews for public and private
proposals which are likely to alter the environment significantly
and to state what measures are being taken to minimize major
impacts.
As far as it is known, the Meridian Urban Service Area is
relatively free of environmental hazards, such as flood plains,
geologic faults, or steep slopes. The primary physical
environmental constraint is the limitations that certain soils
impose on man-made developments (septic tank excavations and
drain fields, roads, and the shallow excavations for founda-
tions and basements). Background soil data is provided in a
separate and supporting document of the Comprehensive Plan,
in order that private developers and investors may be familiar
with the limiting features of certain soils. The entire
Urban Service Planning Area has been both surveyed and mapped
by the Soil Conservation Service and detailed soil data is
available upon request. In order to overcome any problems that
might be forth-coming (such as air quality), the following
policies are intended to assist private investors and local
officials with their concerns and heighten their awareness of the
limiting factors of Meridian's physical environment.
POLICIES
1. The potential environmental impacts of public and
private projects should be evaluated carefully prior
to approval. If approved, the project should be
conditioned to alleviate the potential impacts with
minimal public cost.
2. Procedures should be established to maintain and pub-
lish information to the public and developer regarding
environmental hazards or problem areas, especially with
regard to land, air, water and other natural resources.
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~~'al~~lu'TS POPULATION GROWTH: Encourage orderly growth fora self-
sufficient community, but discourage unplanned growth with
the City and Urban Service Planning Area.
At the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan in 1978, the pop-
ulation of the City of Meridian was 5,258. As per a
1978 Housing Study of Ada County, a determination
was made concerning Meridian's Urban Service Planning Area's
projected population. The projection was based upon Meridian's
past trend of capturing a percentage of the total population
of Ada County. between 1970 and 1977, it was determined that
the Meridian Planning Area captured 13.5Y of the total County
population. Keeping that absorption rate in mind, Meridian's
Urban Service Planning Area was projected to increase by
16,200 or 13,44q of the total Ada County population of 120,490
between the years of 1977 and 2,000.
The following table illustrates the population projections.
1970 Census 1977 1980 1985 1990 2000
POPULATION
4,875 9,550 11,390 15,070 18,775 25,750
At best the above projections have to be taken with a
"grain of salt", because the projections cannot foresee what
will happen as the new sewer treatment becomes operational,
or as the regional shopping center proposal becomes a reality.
The projections merely give the City of Meridian a frame-
work by which it can plan for population growth and
development.
COMI4ENTS
POLICIES
I. That approximately 52.7% percent of the new residential development
shall occur in the Urban Service Planning Area where public facilitie
services, and utilities are planned for or are readily available.
2. The Comprehensive Plan should be received, monitored and
updated for orderly growth, sensible use of the area's resources,
reduced costs of public services, and quality areas where
services are provided.
3. Vacant lands within the Meridian City limits and Urban
Service Planning Area should be utilized in order to
maximize public investments, curtail urban spread, and
protect agricultural lands and operations until those
lands are needed for development.
4. No new residential, commercial or industrial developments
will be approved outside of the Urban Service Planning Area,
unless it can be shown that urban services can be provided.
COMMENTS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Stimulate, encourage, and give preference
to those types of economic activities and developments
which provide opportunities for local employment of Meridian
citizens and surrounding residents and to reduce the need
for persons to commute to neighboring cities.
INTRODUCTION -The City of Meridian and its residents view
the economic enterprises of industry, retail commerce and
personal services as an integral part of a planned community.
The City's physical development, economic stability, social
stratification, and institutional effectiveness for dealing
with public needs is dependent on these economic enterprises.
To accomplish the above objective, the Comprehensive Plan
provides for INDUSTRIAL REVIEW AREAS and COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
CENTERS.
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW AREAS:
The Industrial Review Areas are an essential element of
the Meridian Comprehensive Plan. Special uses of land
must be recognized as having special needs and diverse
impacts. Designating certain areas for business uses,
as a method of guiding business expansion, is an appropriate
approach to Meridian's economic future and provides for
the essential difference between the City's business land
market and the residential land market. The Comprehensive
Plan intends to prepare for Meridian's business and employment
future by reserving land for industrial, retail, commercial,
and office uses and so removing them from the categories
of land on which residential development can be proposed.
In all review areas, detailed economic analysis is essential,
so that the specifics of industrial plans, designs, and
development will be known.
characteristics, both natural and man-made, which makes
it a desirable business environment. These characteristics
are:
relatively level topography, good or potentially good access
to rail and freeway, and being relatively free from environmental
hazards. A specific set of policies is prepared for the
development of each of the review areas.
Commercial Activity Cen
Retail commercial and office development are frequent partners
within Commercial Activity Centers. Both general categories
often share locational needs and often prove mutually supportive.
In order to coordinate with the supportive areas of residential
and industrial developments, areas should be set aside
as Commercial Activity Centers and their development carefully
guided.
GENERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES
COPIMENTS
1. The City of Meridian shall make every effort to create a
positive atmosphere which selectively encourages industrial
and commercial enterprises to locate in Meridian and enable
it to flourish and so permitting local residents to live
and work in Meridian, providing a wide range of occupations
at all pay levels, and broadening the City's property and sales
tax base.
2. It is the policy of the City of Meridian to set aside areas
where commercial and industrial interest and activities are
to dominate and to permit adjoining and compatible use.
3. Style, intensity, and type of new commercial or industrial
construction should be harmonized with the natural environ-
ment and respect the unique needs and features of each area.
4. Positive programs shall be undertaken to support older and
existing industrial and commercial areas to ensure their
continued vitality.
5. All internal and external circulation systems which pertain
to the Industrial Review Areas and Commercial Activity
Centers shall be reviewed in order to minimize adverse
impact on the surrounding planned uses, and to maintain the
integrity of the industrial and commercial areas.
6. Stripping of industrial and commercial uses will not be
allowed.
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INDUSTRIAL POLICIES
C014MENTS
1. The development considerations far each of the Industrial
Review Areas shall be phased and prioritized and so provide
for orderly growth and development, minimize the incremental
cost of providing utilities and streets, and promote unity
with the Urban Service Planning Area.
2. Industrial development within or adjacent to the City
limits should receive the highest priority.
3. An annexation program shall be established in conjunction
with the development for each Industrial Review area.
4. The City of Meridian intends to establish Industrial
Development Design Guidelines which:
1. guides propsective industrialists in their
.preparation of proposals for the develop-
ment of available parcels with the Industrial
Review Areas and,
2. provides a basis to evaluate developers' pro-
posals.
5. Access to industrial areas from collector and local streets
should be discouraged.
6. Industrial uses adjacent to residential uses should not
create noise greater than levels normally associated with
surrounding residential noise.
7. Industrial development should not be located adjacent to
schools.
8. Industrial uses that exist within the built community
should be allowed to remain under a non-conformance use,
but should be encouraged to relocate to an Industrial
Review Area.
9. Industrial development should be encouraged to locate
adjacent to existing industrial uses.
10. Industrial areas should be located in proximity
to major utility, transportation and service lines.
11. Industrial development, which stores or produces large
quantities of explosive or toxic materials, should not be
located near residential areas.
COMfIENTS 12. Industrial uses should be designed so that surface or
ground water is not contaminated.
13. Strip industrial development is not in compliance with
the goals, objectives, and policies of the Comprehensive
Plan.
COMMENTS
4lESTERN INDUSTRIAL REVIEW AREA
POLICIES
I. It is the policy of the City of Meridian to phase in the
consideration and development of a Freeway Interchange
(ingress and egress) at the intersection of Ten Mile and
Interstate I-80 after the development of the Eagle Road
Freeway Interchange, and as industrial development occurs
as proposed.
2. Industrial uses should be compatible with residential uses
to the north.
3. Strip development within the 4lestern Industrial Review Area
shall not be allowed.
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL REVIEW AREA
POLICIES
COMMENTS
1. It is the policy of the City of Meridian to encourage and
to promote the development of an interchange (egress and
ingress) at the intersection of Eagle Road and Interstate
I-80 by the Idaho Department of Transportation.
2. Zoning and development within the Southern Industrial
Review Area should be analyzed to see if there are potential
problems or conflicts, which would hinder considerations by
the private economic enterprises of industry and .business.
3. The City of Meridian will encourage the development of a
technological park and prevent the development of retail
commercial and personal services within proximity to
Southern Industrial Review Area.
4. The development of the technological park within the
Southern Industrial Review Area should be phased in
accordance with the development of the Eagle Road
Freeway Interchange.
5. Strip development along Overland Road between Eagle Road
and Kuna/Meridian Highway is not in compliance with the
goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan.
6. Clustering of uses and controlled ingress and egress
access points along Overland Road between Eagle Road and
Kuna/Meridian Highway should be encouraged.
EASTERN INDUSTRIAL REVIEW AREA
POLICIES
COMMENTS
I. It is the policy of the City of Meridian to encourage and
promote the development of an interchange (egress and ingress)
at the intersection of Eagle Road and Interstate I-80 by the
Idaho Department of Transportation.
2. Zoning and development with the Eastern Industrial Review
Area shall be analyzed to see if there are potential problems
or conflicts which would hinder considerations by industrial
enterprises.
3. Style, intensity, and type of industrial developments should be
harmonized with the residential area to the South (on the upper
bench) and the contiguous residential area to the North.
4. A71 industrial proposals, which pertain to the Eastern Industrial
Review Area, will be reviewed and monitored, so that approved
uses are compatible with surrounding planned uses and pre-
serve the industrial area's integrity.
5. The utilization of the linear open space corridor of
Five Mile Creek; which passes through the Eastern Industrial
Review Area, should be analyzed as a natural resource for
both aesthetic and functional benefits.
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY CENTERS
COMMENTS
The Comprehensive Plan addresses four different types of Commercial
Activity Centers: 1)regional shopping center, 2) community shopping
center, 3) neighborhood convenience shopping center, and 4) the
present downtown area of Meridian.
Regional Shopping Center: As the largest of Commercial Activity
Centers, it is designed to serve the whole of Ada County and the
surrounding counties which make up the Treasure Valley.
Community Shopping Center: As a retail commercial enterprise,
it is designed to serve a multi-neighborhood area and can be both
complimentary and competitive with a regional shopping center.
Neighborhood Shopping Center: As the smallest of the three shopping
centers, its main purpose is to provide conveniences to neighborhood
areas in proximity. The Comprehensive Plan encourages the use
and location of neighborhood shopping centers in place of strip
commercial areas.
In all cases, the locations of commercil activity centers
should be guided by performance and development standards.
These standards consider, at least, trip generation, traffic
volume and type, impacts on arterial street system, proximity
to other commercial development, and impacts on neighborhood
residential areas.
COMP~ERCIAL POLICIES
COMMENTS
1. It is the policy of the City of ~4eridian to support shopping
facilities in existing residential neighborhoods and community
areas and plan for new shopping centers as growth and develop-
ment warrant.
2. City Hall and associated uses will be located in proximity
to a Commercial Activity Center.
3. The City of Meridian intends to establish Commercial Develop-
ment Design Guides, which:
I) provides for the grouping of commercial buildings
on a single parcel of land, in such a manner as to
create a harmonious, efficient, and convenient
retail shopping environment;
2) assures safety and convenience of traffic move-
ment both with the Activity Center and in relation
to adjacent access thoroughfares;
3) fosters compatible land use and design within the
development and with contiguous developments, and
4) encourages innovations in building design and land
development techniques, so that the growing demands
of the community are met, while at the same time
it provides for the most beneficial use of such
lands.
4. Office uses should be integrated within neighborhood,
community or regional shopping centers.
5. New commercial developments should consolidate access
points (curb cuts), on-site parking and internal vehicle
circulation, and where possible, existent commercial
development should be encouraged to consolidate as well.
6. Strip commercial development is not in compliance with the
goals, objectives and policies of the Meridian Comprehensive
Plan.
REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER
COMMENTS
Meridian is faced with the potential development of a regional shopping
center near the Meridian-Kuna Road Freeway Interchange. As it becomes a
reality, it will have a great impact upon Meridian and has much potential
of becoming Meridian's new central business district. The development
program calls fora 1,150,000 square foot shopping center, which will
provide a wide variety of commercial retail enterprises and supporting
uses, such as office complexes, multi-family residential units,
medical clinics, motels and entertainment opportunities. The retail
commercial activities of the regional shopping center accomplishes
two purposes: 1) providing community facilities and personal
services to area residents and 2) affording regional comparison shopping.
POLICIES
1. It is the policy of the City of Meridian to encourage and
support the development of a regional shopping center
area (if and when it becomes feasible) as the hub of
activity for the Urban Service Planning Area, as well as
the Treasure Valley.
2. The evaluation of the regional shopping center development
will be based on its consistency with the land use policies
of the Comprehensive Plan and its compatibility with
existing and proposed adjoining land use.
3. As specific plans are prepared and implementation and
construction time-tables are established, the evaluation
and review of the regional shopping center development
will be coordinated by environmental impact report
procedures.
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL CENTERS
COMMENTS
As a community shopping center, Cherry Plaza is Meridian's prime community
shopping center and its retail and commercial enterprises serve the
northern and western multi-neighborhood residential area. In addition
to the convenience goods and personal services associated with a
smaller neighborhood shopping center, it provides a wider range of
soft lines (wearing apparel for men, women and children) and hard
lines (hardware and appliances) and makes more depth of merchandise
available--variety in sizes, styles, colors and prices.
I. A Community Shopping Center is defined as having between 75,000
and 200,000 square feet of gross floor area and between 8 to 30
acres of site area.
2. Community commercia•1 development should be encouraged to
cluster and consolidate.
3. Community shopping centers should be encouraged to compli-
ment and enhance adjoining, higher density residential
areas of multi-family units.
4. Applications for community shopping centers, as well as
expansions of existing conununity shopping centers, will
be reviewed for impacts on the development of the regional
shopping center.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMf4ERCIAL CENTER
COf4MENTS
As the City of Meridian continues to develop, small neighborhood convenience
shopping centers will be needed for the day-by-day living needs of some of
the residential neighborhoods.
POLICIES
1. Neighborhood Convenience Shopping Center is defined as having
between 30,000 to 75,000 square feet of gross floor area and
and between 4 to 8 acres of site area.
2. Neighborhood shopping centers, rather than strip commercial
development, should provide for convenience shopping and services.
3. Neighborhood shopping centers should locate: a) near but not
necessarily at the intersections of major collectors and/or
arterials and b) within residential planned developments,
when they are part and parcel of the original development
plan.
4. Neighborhood commercial developments within residential planned-
unit developments should not necessarily have to meet all of the
standard commercial policies.
5. Office uses or public facilities should be integrated with neighborhoc
shopping centers.
COMMENTS
PRESENT DOldNTO~lN
At the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the present downtown area of
Meridian serves as a shopping, as well as governmental and public, activity
center. In recognition that its shape and character will change with
additional population growth and development, and the phasing of the
proposed regional shopping center to the South, the Comprehensive Plan
intends to make provisions for its transition, as well as rejuvenation,
as per the market trends through mixed-land use policies. "Mixed-Use"
refers to the coordinated development of three or more major uses as
part of a single project--specialty retail-commercial, high density
residential, offices, motels, and public and semi-public uses.
POLICIES
1. The City of Meridian will encourage a beneficial use of the
present downtown area and support existing business and
commercial enterprises.
2. Detailed market studies should be undertaken to explore and
clarify issues related to mixed-use development.
3. The development of varied and compatible types of land
uses should be provided in plans and proposals for the
present downtown area and the surrounding area.
4. Special analysis should be done concerning all zoning and
existing uses within the present downtown area, so that
specific recommendations can be made for transitional uses,
which will enhance the area and prevent deterioration.
COMMENTS
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Encourage the overall balance of public and
private proposals regarding residential development and include a
variety of densities, housing types and housing opportunities for
all segments of the planning area population.
BACKGROUND
The quality of residential environment is especially important
within the Meridian Urban Service Area. It becomes very important,
then, that the City of Meridian has the information necessary to
develop programs and recommendations which will effectively address
housing issues.
In 1978 a Housing Study was completed for each of the Urban Service
Planning Areas of Ada County by the Ada Planning Association. (See
appendix for a map, which illustrates the area that was chosen as
Meridian's Urban Service Planning Area.)
The Housing Study gives the City of Meridian a good starting point
to review and monitor its housing stock, needs and trends, as the
1978 Study encompasses the period of 1970-2000. (See appendix for
a summary of the housing data.)
COMMENTS
The 1978 Ada County Housing Needs Analysis gives the following
picture of Meridian's housing:
Dwelling Units - 1977
Occupied 2,985
Vacant 95
3,080 Total
Occupied Vacant
Single Family 2,146 48
Duplex 103 4
Multi-Family 426 34
Mobile Home 310 9
Types of Dwelling Units, - 1977
Households ~ Income - 1977
$ 0 - 4,999 293 ( 9.8%
5,000 - 9,999 483 (16.2%
10,000 - 14,999 642 (21.5%
15,000 - 19,999 669 (22.4%
20,000 - 24,999 414 (13.9%
25,000 - 29,999 165 ( 5.5%
30,000 - & over 319 (10.7%
Total Households 2,985
Median Income 15,575.00
Total
2,194 (71.2%)
107 ( 3.5%)
460 (14.9%)
319 (10.4%)
(The same study indicated that approximately 35% of the households of
the Meridian Planning Area are eligible for federally assisted housing
programs.)
The same housing study also makes projections, as per Meridian's
household incomes.
(See appendix fora table which makes comparisons between the
different Urban Service Planning Areas of Ada County.)
HOUSEHOLD VACANCY RATE, 1977
3.1%
COMMENTS
(It should be noted that Meridian's vacancy rate is much lower
than the typical urban area, because of its high proportion of
single family dwelling, 71.2%.)
Households ~ Tenure, 1977
Owner -Occupied 1,990
Renter - Occupied 995
In regard to households, the 1978 Housing Study determined that
between 1970 and 1977, the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area
captured 10.5 of the total occupied households of Ada County.
When making comparisons on household sizes, one sees that Meridian
tends to be larger than the County or the Boise Metropolitan Area.
Such is often typical of communities which are adjacent to a major
metropolitan area.
Household Size, 1977
Meridian 3.20
Boise Metro 2.84
Garden City 2.93
Ada County (average) 2.88
COMMENTS
Finally, in order to provide for a variety of densities, housing
types, and housing opportunities and in order that the City of
Meridian might review and monitor its housing development, the
Comprehensive Plan provides for the following density classifications:
RURAL RESIDENTIAL -AGRICULTURAL
Single Family Housing, Farming
(1 d.u. per net acre or less)
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
Single Family Housing
Related Public and Semi-Public facilities
Convenience Commercial Facilities
(I-3 d.u. per net acre)
MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
Single Family Housing, Multi-Family Housing, (Duplex,
Triplex, Fourplex)
Related Public and Semi-Public Facilities,
Convenience Commercial Facilities
(4-7 d.u. per net acre)
HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
Single Family Housing, Multi-Family Housing (Townhouse,
Condominium, Garden Apartments), Motels, Professional
Offices, Community Commercial Facilities, Related Public
and Semi-Public Facilities
(8-15 d.u. per net acre)
COMMENTS
PROBLEMS
*Housing costs continue to increase at a fast rate.
*The demand for housing keeps prices at a high level.
*Sale prices of existing and older housing is on the increase due
to a recent county reappraisal of taxable property and to the
desirability of Meridian as a place to live.
*There has been no significant cost reduction breakthrough in
housing technology.
*There is a lack of a mix of housing types between ownership and
rental dwelling units for all income groups.
*Meridian has more than its share of low and moderate income
housing.
*Meridian's tax base is predominately residential and presently
does not have the diversification to support additional low and
moderate income households.
*The City's employment base and labor force is characterized by
commutation to employment in Boise.
*There is no mass transit service for low and moderate income
ppersons that serves the present employment center (Boise Metro
Area) from Meridian.
*The City does not have an information system to monitor housing
development.
s •
OPPORTUNITIES
COMMENTS
*The City of Meridian is a growing and developing community and
the Comprehensive Plan makes provisions for its potential of be-
coming a self-sufficient community.
*The Comprehensive Plan emphasizes a phasing of the location of
housing in relation to public services and community facilities,
and so makes the growth and development orderly in the Urban Service
Planning Area. (The intent of residential phasing is to maintain
a cohesive and consolidated urban form over the years, to minimize
the incremental costs of providing utilities and streets, to pre-
serve open space, and to promote unity. Phasing does not suggest
specific time frames for the various phases, but simply points
out areas where growth should occur in relationship to planned
facilities, utilities, and other services. A priority should be
placed on the phases to allow for a meaningful transition for
urban services and the phasing of necessary capital improvements.)
*The City will be establishing development policies (zoning ordinances,
subdivision regulations) which are strong enough to bring about the
quality community life it wants, but also flexible enough to respond
to .the special needs of different types of developments.
*As a developing area, it can have a diversification of the city
population, i.e., a mixture of racial, as well as economic levels.
*New governmental housing programs are being developed, which
enable new residents and younger families to enter into the
housing market (graduate mortgage payment program, FHA and
VA insured mortgage loans).
*The Comprehensive Plan encourages residents, local representative
groups, and interested persons to participate in community and
neighborhood planning processes.
*The Comprehensive Plan provides and encourages the implementation
of the planned development methods. Variations in maximum density,
dimensional standards (height, set-back, lot coverage, lot size)
and other requirements will be permitted when one or more of the
following performance standards have been met:.
COMMENTS
--When land has been, or will be, dedicated for the development
of essential public services or facilities, such as school
sites, fire stations, libraries, land for park, recreation
open space, and historical, architectural or archeological sites.
--When environmentally sensitive lands (creeks, wet lands, wooded
areas) have been preserved in their natural state, and design
and development considerations have been made to protect such
lands from geological, topographical, and other natural or man-
made hazards, as part of the overall residential development
project.
--When provisions have been made to provide a variety of housing
types for all income age groups as part of the overall residential
development, and such developments provide approximately ten (10%)
percent of their total housing units within low and moderate
income rental or purchase standards.
--When development projects preserve and utilize natural physical
features as part of their overall design concept and make use
of such techniques, as cluster development and density transfers,
in order to conserve existing natural features which are both
aesthetically pleasing and functional.
--When developments promote orderly, well-planned and aesthetically
designed projects, which are consistent with the goals, objectives
and policies of the Meridian Comprehensive Plan and the Ada County
Comprehensive Plan.
POLICIES (,(-rOl4S~I~C^~
COMMENTS
1. The City of Meridian intends to provide for a wide diversity of
housing types (single family, mobile homes, and multi-family
arrangements) and choices between ownership and rental dwelling
units for all income groups in a variety of locations suitable
for residential development.
2. Every effort will be made by the City of Meridian to encourage
commercial and industrial growth and development, which furthers
employment and economic self-sufficiency and reduces Meridian's
present reliance on the Boise Metropolitan's economic and employ-
ment center.
3. An open housing market for all persons, regardless of race, sex,
age, religion, or ethnic background will be encouraged.
4. The development of housing for all income groups close to employ-
ment and shopping centers should be encouraged.
5. The City of Meridian will ensure that no discriminatory restrictions
are imposed by local codes and ordinances.
6. Housing proposals will be phased with transportation, open space,
and public service and facility plans, which will maximize
benefits to the residents, minimize conflicts, and provide a tie-
in between new residential areas and service needs.
7. All septic tank systems will be approved by the City of Meridian
only as the following is demonstrated: I) the septic tank
system is an interim waste disposal system; 2) the septic tank
system has been approved by Central District Health; 3) dry line
are in place in preparation for connection to wet line sewers.
8. Residential developments will be phased in accordance with their
connection to wet line sewers.
9. Public and private entities involved in the housing process should
be coordinated to improve consistency with areawide plans and
eliminate confusion and misunderstanding.
10. The efficient use of land to public facilities, the economic
arrangement of building, circulations systems, and utilities
should be promoted.
COMf4ENTS
11. Local residents and representative groups will be
encouraged to participate in neighborhood and community
planning, which establish direction for improvements of
environment, housing, transportation, recreation, open
space, parks, and other factors which may express local
concerns and preferences.
12. It is the intention of the City of Meridian to plan for
the collection, maintenance and monitorization of housing
development data on a regular basis and to provide housing
information to both public and private decision-makers.
13. Land development regulations should be revised to encourage
the infilling of existing vacant parcels within the City
limits.
14. Infilling of random vacant lots in substantially developed
single-family areas should be encouraged at densities
similar to surrounding development. Increased densities on
random vacant lots should be considered if:
a. the cost of such a parcel of land precludes development
at surrounding densities;
b. development of uses other than single-family structures
are compatible with surrounding development.
15. Design and performance standards should be applied to
infilling development, in order to reduce adverse impacts
on existing adjacent development.
16. Remnant residential parcels or partially developed residential
parcels should consolidate where possible to prevent the
proliferation of small parcels of vacant land within the
City Limits.
17. Ordinances or other policy decisions, which effect housing
development, should be reviewed and consolidated, and so
avoid the confusion of numerous policies and requirements.
18. The City of Meridian will evaluate the use of planned
development methods (PD) methods for all housing types,
which provide incentives, flexibility and trade-off to
both developers and public officials in the promotion,
planning and construction of a variety of quality residential
areas.
COMMENTS
19. As PD methods and standards are considered by the City
of Meridian, variations pertaining to planned developments
(maximum density, dimensional standards, and other re-
quirements) will not exceed 25q of the existing requirements,
and will be recommended when one or more of the planned
development (PD) performance standards are met. (See pre-
vious page for PD performance standards.)
20. The City of Meridian will consider the implementation of
planned development (PD) methods and performance standards
through revisions of the City's land use zoning ordinances.
21. High density development, where possible, should be located
near open space corridors or other major open space and
preferably convenient to major streets.
22. Density transfers and increase should be encouraged in
turn for open space dedications or for access points to
linear open space corridors, which contain bicycle and
pedestrian systems.
COMMENTS
RURAL AREAS
Definition: Land in this policy has characteristics generally
providing for agricultural activity because of a combination of
the historical development of irrigation systems, capability of the
soil, and relative freedom from urbanization. Agricultural activity
includes cultivation, pasturing, grazing, crop production, dairy
and feedlot operations, and related activities. It is intended
that these lands be kept in production as long as possible.
RURAL AREAS: URBAN SERVICE PLAPJNING AREA.
As per the Policy Map of the Urban Service Planning Area of
Meridian, the ratio between urban and rural designated land is
as follows:
Acreage (Gross)
Urban 10,620 (52.7%)
Rural 9,540 (47.3q)
RURAL AREAS: AREA OF IMPACT
As per Idaho Code 6526 of the 1975 Land Use Planning Act, cities
and counties shall determine a geographical area of city impact and
determine which comprehensive plan and ordinances shall apply:
1) the city's comprehensive plan policies and ordinances,
2) the county' s comprehensive plan policies and ordinances,
3) a combination of the city's and the county's compre-
hensive plan policies and ordinances.
The City of Meridian has declared its Area of Impact as follows:
P1AP
RURAL AREA POLICIES
COMMENTS
i. The Ada County Comprehensive Plan and the Ada County
Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances shall apply in the
rural areas which are outside Meridian's Urban Service
Planning Area.
2. The Meridian Comprehensive Plan Policies and the
Meridian Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances shall apply
in the rural areas of the Urban Service Planning Area.
3. Although it is recognized that urbanized development does
exist within the rural areas of the Urban Service Planning
Area, the spread of urbanization in the rural areas shall
not be permitted.
4. Uses in the rural areas of the Urban Service Planning Area
shall be agriculturally related and serve the agriculture
industry.
5. Heavy industrial uses, such as food processing, will be
discouraged.
6. Permit Recreational Uses, which are compatible with agri-
culture in the rural areas of the planning area, may be
permitted.
7. Irrigation waters used by those in agricultural pursuits
shall not be jeopardized by subdivision or other developments.
8. Schools and churches may be permitted, as they are needed to
serve the rural community.
9. Septic or other approved individual sewage disposal systems
may be permitted in the rural area of the Urban Service
Planning Area in accordance with permit requirements of
Central District Health and in compliance with the Area-Wide
Waste Treatment Management Plan (208 Plan) and State and
Federal water quality standards and regulations.
COMMENTS
PUBLIC SERVICES, UTILITIES, FACILITIES: Provide a full range of
necessary public facilities and services that are convenient to
users, economical, and reinforce the identity of the City and the
Urban Service Planning Area. .
Public facilities, utilities, and facilities create a vital part
of a city's quality of life for both individuals and groups. They
express the institutionalized response of man to the fulfillment of
personal, basic needs. Standards and levels of service for the
activities they house should be viewed as an ongoing planning process.
POLICIES (GOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT)
1. With potential for much growth and development, the City of
Peridian will investigate alternative administrative
approaches.
2. The City of Meridian will establish special commissions, when
needed, to implement goals and policies of the Comprehensive
Plan or other ordinances.
3. Plans for a new and expanded City Hall Complex should be
initiated.
COMMENTS
POLICIES (SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION)
I. Schools should be planned with three concerns in mind:
a) Schools should be protected from incompatible uses.
b) Elementary and intermediate schools should be the
focal point of neighborhood development.
c) Junior and Senior High Schools should be the focal
point of community development.
2. Schools should be selected in advance of development and be
based on planned densities and development patterns and
selected to avoid site-limiting physical features and other
hazards and nuisances detrimental to the safety of children
and to the general operation of the school.
3. Schools should be acquired large enough to accomodate pos-
sible future plant expansion.
4. New development should provide for adequate pedestrian
and bicycle access for school children so as to minimize
busing.
5. Wherever possible, elementary schools should be interiorly
located in residential neighborhoods and be linked by
bicycle and pedestrian ways, and to so minimize busing.
6. Increased traffic should be discouraged on streets where
existing elementary schools are located.
7. Existing schools should be considered a limiting factor, when
the upgrading of streets will cause negative. impacts on
schools.
8. Secondary schools (Junior and Senior High Schools) should
have direct access onto a collector or minor arterial.
9. Elementary schools should not adjoin minor arterials,
unless warning lights and pedestrian crossing lanes are
provided.
10. The policy for sharing sites for parks and schools should
be investigated.
POLICIES
COMMENTS
1
2
3.
(LIBRARY)
Due to the anticipated growth within the Urban Service
Planning Area, the relocation or expansion of the Meridian
Public Library should be investigated.
The full-time operation of the Meridian Public Library
(a 40-hour-per-week service) should be investigated.
At least two options should be considered concerning the
relocation or expansion of the Meridian Public Library:
a) incorporation within the development of a new
City Hall Complex and
b) a common facility that is jointly used by the
general public and the Meridian School District.
4. The boundaries of the Meridian Public Library District
should be reviewed because of Meridian's growth and
development.
POLICIES
COMMENTS
1
(SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT)
Contracted services with Sanitary Service, Inc. and Boise-
Ada Disposal should be reviewed as growth and development
continues within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area
to ensure that both the present and anticipated populations
are served.
2. The location of a central (county or bi-county) solid waste
collection site within the Meridian Urban Service Planning
Area should be investigated and coordinated with solid waste
plans for Ada and Canyon Counties.
3. Interests concerning the recycling of solid wastes should
be coordinated with the feasibility study of a county or
bi-county recycling plant.
POLICIES (FIRE FIGHTING)
COMMENTS
I. To achieve a better fire rating classification and to
insure adequate protection to new developments, pro-
visions shall be made for satellite fire stations, which
have a staff of fire fighters equipped with the latest
fire fighting facilities.
2. Improvements regarding the jointly-used central Meridian
fire station (City and Rural Fire Districts) should be
reviewed periodically, because of the growth and develop-
ment within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area.
3. The salaries of a full-time Fire Marshall, as well as
phasing towards permanent fire fighters and dispatchers,
should be investigated.
4. All transportation improvement programs and plans should be
carefully reviewed by fire fighting personnel.
5. Boundaries of the Meridian Rural Fire District should be
reviewed as population and growth continue.
POLICIES (CRIMINAL JUSTICE)
COMMENTS
To maintain adequate police protection for present and
anticipated population of the City and Urban Service
Planning Area of Meridian, the space, equipment, parking
and manpower needs of the City Police Department should
be incorporated in with the development of a new City
Hall Complex.
2. Police protection within the City limits and police
protection by the Ada County Sheriff's Department in the
areas outside the City limits, but within the Urban Service
Planning Area, should be assessed for deficiencies according
to the recommended service ratio of 1.4 to 1.8 policemen
per 1,000 persons. ~• ~ ~• ~
3. All transportation improvement programs and plans should be
carefully reviewed by the police protection personnel.
4. The following judicial services within the Meridian Urban
Service Planning Area should be investigated because of
potential growth and development:
a) a branch office of the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney,
b) a local magistrate for criminal and traffic judicial
proceedings,
c) a courtroom for criminal and traffic judicial proceedings
that is incorporated within the new City Nall Complex.
POLICIES
COMMENTS
1
(HEALTH AND WELFARE)
Medical clinics should be encouraged to locate within
or nearby commercial activity centers.
Assistance should be requested from the health planning
staff of the State of Idaho Health and Welfare Department
for the planning of an emergency hospital facility within
the City of Meridian, because of the planned growth and
development within the Urban Service Planning Area.
Every effort should be made to encourage medical profes-
sionals to locate their practices within the City of Meridian,
in order that the medical and health needs of people within
the Urban Service Planning Area are better met.
The planning and development of a multi-service center
should be initiated, which would house preventative
health care programs for infants, children, adults and
senior citizens.
POLICIES (WATER SUPPLY)
COMMENTS
I. The monitoring and review of the Meridian municipal
water system should be continued because of the
potential for growth and development within the
Urban Service Planning Area.
2. All new developments shall be required to connect
to the municipal central water system.
3. The construction offof individual wells on agricultural
land within the Urban Service Planning Area will be
discouraged as such developments are not in compliance
with the growth and development policies of the Comprehensive
Plan.
COMMENTS
POLICIES (SEWAGE FACILITIES AND SERVICE)
1. All new subdivisions, planned developments, and large
commercial and industrial development shall be required
to connect to wet line sewers.
2. Anticipated population, sewage flow, B.O.D. (Biological
Oxygen Demand), and suspended solids, which pertain
to Meridian's Central Sewer System and Facility, should
be continually monitored and updated.
3. All septic tank systems will be approved by the City of
Meridian only as the following is demonstrated:
1) the septic tank system is an interim waste disposal
system;
2) dry lines are in place in preparation for connection
to wet line sewers,
3) the septic tank system has been approved by the
Central District Health.
4. All waste generating facilities shall be in compliance
with the Area Wide Waste Treatment Management Plan
(208 Plan) and State and Federal water quality standards
and regulations. (See appendix for an excerpt of the
208 Plan, which. addresses Meridian's concerns regarding
waste generating facilities.)
5. For urban runoff control, the best management practices
as outlined in the Area Wide Waste Treatment Management
Plan (208 Plan), Urban Runoff Control Handbook, should be
followed.
COMMENTS
OPEN SPACE, PARKS, AND RECREATION: Utilize and create
integrated patterns of open space through the Urban Service
Planning Area and City and so conserve basic resources and
special areas, protect development from problem areas, protect
unique environmental elements as applicable, provide for park
and recreational opportunities, and give form to the man-made
environment.
Open space is unbuilt-upon land and can take many forms, depending
upon the local land characteristics. For the Meridian Urban
Service Planning Area, the open space forms are as follows:
Agricultural lands - open space acreage, which is in farm
production.
Linear Greenways - linear right-of-way open space that
is contiguous to railroad tracks,
canals, creeks and roads.
Surface Waterways - linear open space corridors, such as
major canals and altered or natural
creeks.
Hazard Areas - open spaces vahich have seasonally high
water tables, particularly during the
irrigation season, as well as soil areas
which are unstable or drain poorly and
present many problems for development.
Bike & Pedestrian
Trails - open space corridors for biking, walking,
jogging, cross-country running.
Parks - improved or landscaped open space places
Recreation - user pursuits (active or passive) which
happen within improved or unimproved open
spaces.
Open space has several functions within and around Meridian's Urban-
izing Area:
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
Open space enhances and protects the finite resource base
of Meridian's environment - air, waterways, soil, plant and
wildlife habitats, agricultural lands, trees.
PROTECTION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
Open space protects against hazards that are inherent
to high water table areas, unstable soil, and soils that
drain poorly..
PROTECTION OF UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS AND AREAS
Open space protects Meridian's unique environmental
elements, such as panoramas and views. Lying within the
midst of the Treasure Valley, Meridian enjoys the openness
of an expansive valley (panorama), as well as a view of the
mountains and hills to the North, East and Southwest.
GIVING FORM TO THE MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT
Uncontrolled urban development fragments a community's
identity. Community pride depends upon,largely, a
sense of belonging which comes from knowing where a person
is and who is there with him. Open space defines the urban
place, both visually and functionally.
PROVIDES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION
Open space should not be so far away that relaxation, a
change-of-pace recreation, or play can occur at regular and
short intervals.
Open space areas that are judged by the City to be of value should
be passed on to the Planning and Zoning Correnission and the City
Council for their protection and use. Close coordination should
occur with affected State, Federal and local agencies during the study
of potential open space protections. Not only should they be analyzed
for their historical, scenic or ecological functions, but as to their
potential for educational centers.
Lands that may be designated for open space protection may be as
follows:
a. Unique areas of animal or plant habitat
b. Scenic vistas
c. Historical/Archeological sites
d. Flood Plains
e. Other areas, as noted
COMMENTS
(Open Space continued)
Meridian faces much population growth and development, which will
be superimposed over its landscape, and much of the. open space which
it now enjoys and makes life livable could be shuttled away and
gobbled up. The question is: What open spaces do we want to provide
for ourselves and for our children? The challenge is to preserve those
non-renewable aspects of Meridian's landscape that make it unique and
special, that help to establish its community identity, and that give
form and beauty to its urban outdoors.
(Remainder of this section of the Comprehensive
Plan will be finished, as direction is given
by the Planning and Zoning Commission.)
COMMENTS •
TRANSPORTATION: Support and achieve 1) a balanced transportation system
(roads, mass transportation, bicycle paths, pedestrian walk-ways), 2) a reduced
level of vehicle usage when and where alternatives are available, and 3) the
monitoring and involvement in transportation improvements and their compati-
bility with existing and proposed land uses.
The transportation circulation system is one of the most important items in
determining the form and quality of the environment of the Urban Service
Planning Area. The arrangement and form of the circulation systems, the
location of routes, operational policies, and the level of services greatly in-
fluence the development and physical organization of the planning area and
the city .
In order to accomplish the transportation objective, it is necessary to have
common understandings of the different service levels of transportation
systems. The Comprehensive Plan provides for the following definitions:
Functional Transportation Systems Urban Area
Principal Arterials -Generally serve the main travel corridors and involve
longer trip lengths, carry high volumes of traffic, have a minimal number of
access points, and discourage parking. They can serve as boundaries for
neighborhoods, usually have a 80 to 100 Feet right-of-way and may serve as
a buffer between incompatible land uses. They are not intended to be a resi-
dential street.
Asper the Policy Map, the following transportation corridors have principal
arterial status:
Fairview/Cherry Lane
Franklin
Eagle (North of the freeway)
Highway 20/26
Minor Arterials -Include medium traffic volume streets to and from other arterials
and the freeway, collect traffic from less significant circulation systems and
distribute traffic to major routes. Their predominate function is to move through
traffic and minimize access. They can accommodate four lanes. Where practical
parking is discouraged. They may serve as boundaries for neighborhoods as well
as buffers between incompatible land uses because of their 66 to 80 foot right-of-ways.
The penetration of minor arterials within residential neighborhoods should be avoided.
As per the Policy Map, the following transportation corridors have minor arterial
status:
Ten Mile (between Fairview and Overland)
Overland
Kuna/Meridian Road (South of Franklin)
East First (between Franklin and Fairview)
COMMENTS
Collectors -Provide direct service to residential areas, collect traffic from local
streets and neighborhoods, channel traffic into arterial systems, and have direct
access points to adjacent land. They are generally 2 lanes with parking or 4 lanes
without parking and may be the principal traffic arteries within residential neigh-
borhoods. Their right-of-way widths are between 60 and 66 feet.
As per the Policy Map, the following transportation corridors have collector
status:
Linder
Ten Mile (North of Fairview)
Black Cat
Ustick
Amity
Meridian
Pine
Locust Grove
Eagle (South of Freeway)
Potential frontage road
between Eagle Road and
Regional Shopping Center
Victory
McMillan
Local Streets -Serve to enhance residential areas and should be for local traffic
movement. Their primary function is to provide direct access to abutting land.
They are generally 2 lanes with parking with aright-of-way width of about 50 feet.
Service to through-traffic is discouraged.
The local streets of the Meridian Comprehensive Policy Map comprise the remaining
transportation circulation system.
Policies:
1. The development of objectives and principles which are specifically
oriented toward residential streets should be investigated so that the
City of Meridian can measure its local practices against a set of guidelines,
and so be guided toward optimum design standards.
2. In order to preserve the integrity of residential neighborhoods and at
the same time better serve the Regional Shopping Center, industrial areas,
and the original town center, the Policy Rlap of the Comprehensive Plan
identifies circular and perimeter arterial patterns which intend to enhance,
serve, unify and give form to the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area.
Conceptually illustrated, the form-giving, cone area traffic system is
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3. All internal and external circulations patterns of the Industrial Review
Areas should be reviewed in order to minimize adverse impacts on
surrounding planned land uses and to preserve the integrity of the
Industrial Review Areas.
4. Because of their particular locations, the following transportation policies
have been formulated for each of the Industrial Review Areas:
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COf4f1ENTS
a. A study should be undertaken to identify the capital improvements
that would be needed at the intersection of Eagle Road and I-80
as well as adjoining lands so that accessibility to and from the
Eastern Industrial Review Area is enhanced and maximized.
b. Access points to the Eastern Industrial Review Area should be
encouraged from either Locust Grove or Eagle Road.
Western Industrial Review Area:
a. A study should be undertaken to identify the capital improvements
that would be needed at the intersection of Ten Mile Road and I-80
as well as adjoining lands so that accessibility to and from the
Western Industrial Review Area is enhanced and maximized.
b. Major access points should be from Linder.
c. There should be limited access points from Franklin so that
industrial uses are clustered rather than stripped.
d. Traffic generated from the Western Industrial Review Area should
be discouraged from using Pine Street as it is a residential collector
street.
Southern Industrial Review Area:
a. A study should be undertaken to identify the capital improvements
that would be needed at the intersection of Eagle Road and I-80 as
well as the adjoining lands so that accessibility to and from the
Southern Industrial Review Area is enhanced and maximized.
b. The development of the technological park should be phased and
considered along with the development of the Eagle Road Freeway
Interchange.
c. There should be controlled access along Overland Road between
Eagle Road and the Kuna/Meridian Highway, so that traffic
movement does not adversely impact the residential or open
space character of this area.
5. A three to five year transportation improvement program should be developed
that lists capital improvements to the transportation system. A multi-modal
system (one which considers bicycles, pedestrians, automobiles, railroads,
air travel, transit, etc.) should be encouraged.
COMMENTS
6. Transportation programs and improvements should be geared to the
implementation of the City's land use and growth policies as set forth
in the Comprehensive Plan. The projects should be prioritized annually
so that they will most effectively accomplish the land use goals.
7. Efficient and safe access should be provided to and from shopping centers
since it is critical to the economic success of the center as well as to the
maintenance of safe and efficient traffic movements on the public roadways
adjacent to the development.
a. Ample access should be provided to Cherry Plaza from the east and
south; however, the number of access points should be spaced
enough distance apart so as not to cause traffic congestion and
accidents on the adjacent streets serving the shopping center.
b. The location of a proposed neighborhood size shopping centers
should be adjacent to an arterial or collector level street so that
adequate access can be provided to the center and a larger portion
of the population will be served. The access points into the center
should be separated far enough apart to prevent traffic congestion
and accidents on the adjacent streets.
c. The proposed regional shopping center, as identified East of the
I-80/Meridian Road intersection, should include a frontage access
road from Eagle Road to the west as well as from Meridian Road to
the east. The frontage road from Eagle Road should run parallel
to the north side of I-80 so that the residential neighborhood pro-
posed for this area is not adversely impacted by large volumes. of
traffic as generated by the regional shopping center. The number
of access points from the frontage road should be adequate enough
to maintain a smooth flow of traffic to and from the center .
8. Locust Grove between Fairview and Franklin Streets should not be extended
or connected. This will prevent residential neighborhoods in the area
from impacts of shopping traffic and goods moving vehicles going to and
from the regional shopping center and the eastern industrial areas.
Ample access for these trip purposes is already provided from Eagle
Road and Pine Street. The existing Locust Grove from Fairview to
Pine Street can also serve some industrial traffic in this area.
9. Traffic on East First Street should be encouraged to channel traffic to
the surrounding arterials (Ten Mile, Eagle Road, Franklin, and Fairview)
so that through traffic to the regional shopping center, .industrial areas,
I-80, and other distinations will not cause severe traffic congestion in
Meridian's original townsite.
10. Elementary schools should be discouraged from locating along high traffic
volume streets to prevent traffic congestion and as a safety precaution
for school children.
COMMENTS
T1. A local, public transit system should be investigated and planned for
which will provide an alternative to the use of automobiles, to offer
mobility to Meridian residents, and to reinforce the viability of activity
centers.
12. Wherever possible, non-auto oriented transportation, such as bicycle
and pedestrian paths should be considered within residential developments
commercial activity centers, schools, and parks so that a system of paths
and on-street routes can be tied together.
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COMMENTS
COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION: Create a visual and functional identity
for the City of Meridian within Ada County and its surrounding
environment.
Community design is more than simply landscaping, building design,
and parks. It involves the City's physical layout, the natural
setting, and the visual relationships between the individual
features that make up the community. Good community design results
in a town that functions well, has a pleasant environment, and has
visual identity. All of the other objectives in this plan focus
on the various systems within the Urban Service Planning Area and
City and, thus, overlap substantially with community design. Here
the focus is solely on the visual aspects of Meridian, the creation
of visual identity, and a pleasant environment.
The appearance of a city reflects a great deal about the community
and the people who live in it. Appearance also greatly determines
whether or not the community is perceived as a progressive and active
environment and thus can play a very strong role in the economics of
the area. A town that is attractive will draw more shoppers, visitors,
businesses, and residents than will one that is unattractive.
The Comprehensive Plan provides two basic structures for community
design; namely, the community and neighborhood. The neighborhood is
a distinctive residential walking area, whereas a community provides
services and identity for a group of neighborhoods and encourages
inter-communications. Neighborhoods and communities within the
Urban Service Planning Areas tend to be defined by open spaces, traffic
circulation patterns, rolling benches and topography, and natural
features such as creeks.
POLICIES
1. A Community Design Review Ordinance should be developed and
adopted, which will set forth criteria for the enhancement
of Meridian's visual identity.
2. All commercial and industrial developments to be constructed
should be reviewed by the City for adequate site planning.
3. Neighborhood areas should be identified for future planning
purposes to assure that development will strengthen the
neighborhood feeling.
4. Neighborhood designations by the Comprehensive Plan should be
reviewed annually, because of the Urban Service Planning Area's
potential for growth and development.
COMMENTS
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5. The provision of open space areas within residential
development and public dedication of areas which are
judged by the City to be of value should be encouraged.
6. Major entrances to the City should be enhanced and em-
phasized. Unattractive land uses along these entrances
should be screened from view.
7. Consistent landscaping, street lighting, and street
furnishings should be planned for and implemented in the
original town site.
8. The addition of landscaping within existing commercial
parking lots should be encouraged. A minimum amount of
landscaping should be required within new parking lots.
9. The preservation and restoration of any historic and
architecturally significant buildings in the original
townsite should be encouraged, and compatible designs
in new and remodeled structures should be encouraged.
lo. The appearance of natural creeks (Five Mile, Ten Mile)
through the original townsite, commercial activity centers,
industrial review areas, and residential areas should be
improved and harmonized with adjoining land uses.
COMMENTS
COORDINATION: Coordinate with special taxing districts or other
governmental units, who perform the following functions relating
to or within the Urban Service Planning Area and City Limits:
transportation, school district, library, fire, irrigation, police
protection, sanitation (solid waste, sewage), parks and recreation,
and other public services.
The Meridian quality of life is the result of many cooperative
relationships, which the City of Meridian has with the following
entities:
State of Idaho
Ada County
Meridian School District
Ada County Highway District
Nteridian Library District
Meridian Rural Fire District
Nampa-Caldwell Irrigation District
Western Ada County Recreation District
Boise-Ada Disposal
POLICIES
1. It is the policy of the City of Meridian to foster and
continue cooperative relationships, and as the situation
warrants, to join forces with special taxing districts or
other governmental units concerning special public service
projects.
2. In the give and take of coordinative relationships between
the City of Meridian and special taxing districts, the
City of Meridian intends to take into account the agendas
and priorities of the special taxing districts and the
County and State governmental units. Land use plans are
made for its Urban Service Planning Area, and as per the
1975 Land Use Planning Act, local special purpose taxing
districts and State and County governmental units are to
comply with all the policies of the Comprehensive Plan,
as well as the implementing ordinances.
IMPLEMENTATION
COMMENTS
mplementation is the phase of the planning process, which makes
the goals, objectives and policies as stated in the Comprehensive
Plan become realities. The Plan, no matter how good it may be, is
a useless document, if it is never used and implemented.
There are a number of planning tools to draw upon to implement this
Comprehensive Plan.
ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP
The text of the zoning ordinance establishes the conditions under
which land may be used to create a stable future land use develop-
ment for the Lirban Service Planning Area. Existing uses of land
and buildings are permitted to continue, even as they do not meet
policies of the Comprehensive Plan and the associated ordinances.
ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP
The policies of the Comprehensive Plan establish a framework for
the development of zoning ordinances and map. The text of the
ordinance establishes the conditions under which land may be used
to create a stable future land use development for the City.
Existing uses of land and buildings are permitted to continue--even
as they are not in conformance with the plan policies and the
associated zoning ordinances. The zoning map shows the location of
districts in which residential, commercial, and industrial uses
may be located to form a compatible arrangement of land uses.
It is the Planning and Zoning Commission's duty to review all new
development proposals, zone changes, variances, conditional use
permits, etc., to insure compatibility with the zoning ordinances
and the Comprehensive Plan. It is then the City Council's
responsibility to conduct the same review, accomplished by the
Commission's recommendations, and make the final decision on the
particular zoning issue.
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
Subdivision regulations establish various standards for subdivision
of property development and protect prospective homeowners by
ensuring that they are not purchasing a substandard house, that
they have access to a street built to specifications, that
adequate facilities and utilities have been installed, and that
the public services of parks, schools, bicycle and pedestrian
trails are given consideration. The regulations also guarantee
that new subdivisions will be an asset instead of a liability, if
and when, annexed by the City.
PLANNED DEVELOPt4ENT DISTRICTS
COMMENTS
Planned Development Districts are intended to establish comp-
rehensive land use regulations to serve the Urban Service Planning
Area of Meridian, as it deals with future growth and development
opportunities. Within this zoning district, there would be no
uses allowed by right, except for present or existing uses. Every
proposed activity that would change or increase the intensity of
the use on a parcel of land would require approval through a
special planned development review procedure. This review pro-
cedure is based upon conformity to the Comprehensive Plan and
policies and development guidelines within the district regulations.
PD Districts are established for the purpose of:
Promoting and protecting the public health, safety,
comfort and general welfare of its residents;
Encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout
the area and fostering a more rational pattern of land
use relationships;
Conserving and enhancing the taxable value of land and
buildings;
Preventing the overcrowding of land and avoiding any due
concentration of population;
Protecting residential and non-residential areas alike from
harmful encroachments by incompatible uses;
Lessening congestion in the public streets;
Preserving and increasing the amenities of the area;
Protecting the air, water, and land resources of the area
from the hazards of pollution;
Providing for the orderly and functional. arrangement of
land uses and buildings;
Securing for the public adequate locations for housing,
employment, shopping and education;
Facilitating the adequate provision of transportation,
utility systems, schools, parks, and other public
service requirements;
Providing for the orderly growth within the Urban Service
Planning Area;
COMMENTS
Encouraging the construction and maintenance of a
full range of housing opportunities.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
A capital improvement program includes the scheduling of non-
recurring expenditures of public, physical improvements for the
community over a period of 5 to 10 years with consideration for
priorities and financial capabilities of the community. This
program should be presented annually, as each project is to be
performed. With the growing complexity of both financing and
developing activities, a community needs to carefully analyze the way
it programs funds for various improvements to be sure that it stretches
its dollars as far as possible. No municipality has enough money
for all the things it would like to do. This means that it must
have some method of tackling first things first. The basic reason
for a capital improvement program is just that: to insure that money
is being spent wisely.
CITIZENS INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT
Citizen involvement and support is a very important implementation
tool in the total planning, and has been strongly affirmed through-
out the Comprehensive Plan. The public should be aware, involved,
and supportive of all of the City's planning decisions, and it
should be from the resident's guidance that the Planning and
Zoning Commission is assisted in making its decisions, along
with the City Council in the decision-making process. Only
through community support and involvement in the Comprehensive
Plan will there be the result of a truly desired future for the
community of Meridian.
COMPREHEJJSIVE PLAN REVIEW
If the Comprehensive Plan is to be useful and effective, it can
never be filed away but continually reviewed and updated. The
recommendations within the Comprehensive Plan should not be
interpreted as unalterable committments but rather as a reflection
of the best foreseeable direction at a given point in time. It is
recommended by the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission that
at least a yearly review shall be held of the Comprehensive Plan to
update and/or reaffirm the Plan to fit the changing needs and
unforeseen planning problems and opportunities in the Meridian
Urban Service Planning Area.
IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES
COMMENTS The following list indicates the specific implementation
measures as outlined in the Comprehensive Plan. These tasks
are to be implemented in accordance with a timetable so
established by the Meridian City Council:
Ordinances
Functional Plans
Capital Improvements
Committees or Commissions
IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLES
Implementing the Comprehensive Plan is a major goal of the
Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission and it is a very
important step to start a program of adopting the different
planning tools. The following timetable has been developed
and is shown below:
(To be completed as direction is given
by the Planning and Zoning Commission.)
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