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200 Development Agmt with Eagle Partners LLC MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1998 -7:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ROLL CALL: )( RON ANDERSON K CHARLIE ROUNTREE X GLENN BENTLEY )( KEITH BIRD X MAYOR ROBERT CORRIE CONSENT AGENDA MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING HELD OCTOBER 6, 1998: Cbj9/3roVw€- REGULAR AGENDA 1. FINAL SIGNATURE: B.S.U. CONTRACT WITH CITY AT WATER DEPARTMENT BUILDING: tvp!rtJv1L/ 2. TABLED FROM SEPTEMBER 15,1998: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR STERLING CREEK SUBDIVISION: ~6Q ~ 2 "Ahv.. ~:~ AIJ- 3. ORDINANCE #804 - CREATING THE POSITION AND PROVIDING FOR THE DUTIES OF THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK: (fI;f?tpro v-e A.JI?-,v (Ulrre ch~ 4. ORDINANCE #805 - ANNEXATION AND ZONING OF 1.18 ACRES (R-2) BY WILLIAM C. HUMPHREY FOR LAND LOCATED AT 939 E. PINE: a,?/)I-OV..Il..--- 5. ORDINANCE #806 - ANNEXATION & ZONING OF 36.71 ACRES FOR PROPOSED WilKINS RANCH AT THE LAKES SUBDIVISION BY STEINER DEVELOPMENT, LLC - EAST OF BLACK CAT I USTICK INTERSECTION AND SOUTH OF USTICK ROAD: te seltL ~ppro v~ and S~d 6ad<- fo ~ Pi Z ~/A"rl~r/'~ 6. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPOSED WilKINS RANCH AT THE lAKES SUBDIVISION BY STEINER DEVELOPMENT, LLC - EAST OF BLACK CAT I USTICK INTERSECTION AND SOUTH OF USTICK ROAD: rer.en.-cf dehi7L!. &tn-of.- sel'td.. 6ac-k-- n, ~ ;/{Z ~~,-ST/~ 7. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR EAGLE PARTNERS: dpp/7:JYe- /(er~~ #~o 8. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BY EAGLE PARTNERS - NORTHWEST CORNER OF EAGLE ROAD AND MAGIC VIEW: ~V/I{., ~ or:!- de-c/J'Qr.." BEFORE THE MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF EAGLE PARTNERS LLC, 603 SOUTH EAGLE ROAD, THE APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, NORTHWEST CORNER OF EAGLE ROAD AND MAGIC VIEW DRIVE, MERIDIAN, IDAHO ) ) FINDINGS OF FACT AND ) CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ) ORDER OF DECISION ) ) The above entitled conditional use permit application having come on for public hearing on July 21, 1998, at the hour of 7:00 o'clock p.m., the Applicant's Representative, having appeared and numerous other witnesses having testified and the City Council having duly considered the evidence and the record in this matter therefore makes the following Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, and Order of Decision: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The notice of public hearing on the application for conditional use permit was published for two (2) consecutive weeks prior to said public hearing scheduled for July 21, 1998, before the City Council, the first publication appearing and written notice having been mailed to property owners or purchasers of record within 300 feet of the external boundaries of the property under consideration more than fifteen (15) days prior to said hearings and with the notice of public hearing having been posted upon the property under consideration more than one week before said hearing; and that copies of all notices were made available to newspaper, radio and television stations as public service announcements; and the matter having been duly considered by the City Council at the FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 1 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC ( July 21, 1998, public hearing; and the applicant, affected property owners, and government subdivisions providing services within the planning jurisdiction of the City of Meridian, having been given full opportunity to express comments and submit evidence. 2. There has been compliance with all notice and hearing requirements set forth in Idaho Code S9 67-6512(b) and 67-6511, and 99 11-2-418E and 11-2-416E F, Municipal Code of the City of Meridian. 3. The City Council has received the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Decision and Recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission issued as a result of two public hearings held by said Commission on April 14, 1998 and on June 9, 1998. 4. The City Council takes judicial notice of its zoning, subdivisions and development ordinances codified at Title 11, Municipal Code of the City of Meridian, and all current zoning maps thereof, and the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Meridian adopted December 21, 1993, Ordinance No. 629 - January 4, 1994, and maps and the ordinance Establishing the Impact Area Boundary. 5. The property which is the subject to this application for conditional use permit is described as follows: A parcel of land situated in the Northeast quarter of Section 17 and the Southwest quarter of Section 16, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho; and including Lot 1, as shown on "Amended Magic View Subdivision", Ada County, Idaho; and including the land between said Lot 1 and the Eastwardly extension of the Northerly and Southerly lines of said Lot 1, to the Easterly right of way of Eagle Road (aka., State Highway 55) and including land currently part of the road right of ways for Eagle Road (aka., State Highway 55) and Magic View Drive and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the common quarter corner of Sections 16 and 17, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, and thence along the common section line, North OO~2'18" West a distance of 749.74 feet to a point FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 2 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC being the intersection of the centerline of Magic View Drive and the Section line common to Sections 16 and 17, said point being the point of beginning; Thence North 89038'27" East a distance of 43.62 feet to a point on the Easterly right of way of Eagle Road; Thence along the right of way on a curve to the right having a delta of 2018'53", radius of 5,659.58 feet, length of 228.64 feet and a long chord of 228.63 and bearing North 2031'57" East to a point of reverse curvature; Thence continuing along the Eagle Road right of way on a cUlVe to the left having a delta of 3fl26'18", radius of 5,799.58 feet, length of 348.03 feet and a long chord of 347.98 and bearing North 1058158" East to the point of intersection with the Easterly extension of the Northerly line of said Lot 1; Thence along the extension of and the Northerly line of said Lot 1 North 89057'05" West a distance of 461.04 feet to the Northwest corner of said Lot 1; Thence South 0006'25" East along the Westerly lot line of said Lot 1 a distance of 579.31 feet to a point on the centerline of Magic View Drive; Thence along the centerline of Magic View Drive North 89038'27" East a distance of 394.28 feet to the point of beginning. Parcel contains 5.980 acres. 6. The property is located adjacent and to the west of Eagle Road and to the north of Magic View Drive. 7. The prop~rty is located at 603 South Eagle Road. 8. The Applicant is the record owner of the property and has filed a written request for conditional use permit. 9. The property was zoned by Ada County as Rural Transition (RT), and is primarily vacant and unused. 10. The Applicant requests the property be zoned (C-G), General Retail and Service Commercial. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 3 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC 11. The City Council takes judicial notice of the fact that since the hearing of this matter it has annexed the subject property and zoned it (C-G) General Retail and SelVice Commercial. 12. The Applicant has requested the conditional use permit, and the application was not initiated at the request of the City of Meridian. 13. The site of the subject property lies adjacent and to the south of the Greenhills ,Estates No. 3 Subdivision and borders Lots 1, 3, 4 and part of Lot 5 in said subdivision and is kitty corner and to the southwest of the Mountain View Subdivision. The site is immediately east of the Magic View Subdivision and immediately west of the St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, and is adjacent to Eagle Road and in close proximity to the Eagle Road Interchange with Interstate 1-84. 14. The property to the north and to the northwest of the subject property is developed as residential housing and the property to the east of the subject property is developed as St. Luke's Regional Medical facility and the property to the south has been developed to include the Texaco Convenience Store and gasoline station, and the property to the west is residential. 15. The property which is the subject of this application must be annexed into the City of Meridian and zoned (C-G) General Retail and Service Commercial prior to any final action by the City Council on the granting of a conditional use permit. 16. The entire parcel of the property is included within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area as the Urban Service Planning Area is defined in the Meridian Comprehensive Plan. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 4 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC 17. The Applicant submitted development plans tor the subject real property which are identified as "ChevronlMcDonald's and by J.P. Co. Credit Union, Eagle Road and Magic View Drive, Meridian, Idaho, BRS Architects, 5/98, job number 9464 sheet 58-2.1 of site and building data 6/98". 18. The applicant proposes to develop the subject property in the following manner. The northern 108 feet of the subject property to be reserved as a roadway right- of-way and dedicated to the ACHD with the inclusion thereon of a berm in the northern 1/3 of the reserved right-at-way; and adjacent and to the south af the reselVed right-af-way a parcel depicted as Parcel B which is depicted as 150 feet in width across the entire subject property which shall be developed with a credit union building 5,000 square foot in size with a future expansion of additional 2,600 square feet together with parking and landscaping, with a drive-through on the southern side of the proposed building. A parcel depicted as Parcel A is 292 feet in width across the entire subject property to be developed as a McDonald's/Chevron fast food convenience facility with fuel islands including eight pump stations, a vacuum air compressor and hose BIBB, a car wash, trash enclosure, together with the convenient store and associated parking, berming and landscaping as depicted on the site plan. 19. The applicant proposed development and the use is classified in the Zoning Schedule for Use Control in Section 11-2-409(8) Commercial, Automobile Service Station and Automobile Washing Facility and a bank and other financial institutions which are permitted uses in C-G zone. The proposed development also includes a convenience store and drive-in establishments which do require conditional use permit and the applicant FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 5 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC (' \ ( proposes a planned development because the development will have more than one principal detached building upon the lot which is prohibited by Municipal Code Section 11- 2-405(G), except for planned developments, and the commercial development requires a conditional use in a C-G zone by reason of the fact that the proposed development use also includes drive-in establishments and a convenience store. 20. Traffic volume on Eagle Road is quite high and serves as a major interchange and north/south collector with Interstate 1-84. 21. Giving due consideration to the comment received from the governmental subdivisions providing services in the City of Meridian planning jurisdiction public facilities and services required by the proposed development will not impose expense upon the public if the following conditions of development are imposed and the following is also found to be required to midegate the effects of the proposed use and development upon services delivered by political subdivisions providing services to the subject real property within the planning jurisdiction of the City of Meridian: 21.1 Applicant shall be responsible to install a water main within the right-af-way of the new street along the north boundary of the proposed site. Location and sizing of the new main should be coordinated with the Meridian Water Department. 21.2 Water service to the proposed site could be to the existing water line installed along the northerly side of Magic View Drive. Developer to provide the Public Works Department with information on anticipated fire flow and domestic water requirements for the proposed site. 21.3 As Assessment fees for water and sewer service are determined during the building plan review process Applicant shall be required to enter into an Assessment Agreement with the City of Meridian. In addition to these assessments, water and sewer "Late Comers" fees will also be charged against this parcel to help reimburse the parties responsible for installing the FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 6 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC I' ( water and sewer mains to their current points. 21.4 In order to assure that the affected and subject area will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services the pretreatment required and addressed on the building permit application redlines for obtaining City sewer service, which is required. 21.5 In compliance with the requirements of the Central District Health for approval of appropriate proposal for central sewage and central water, as well as approval for plans for food establishments. 21.6 Sanitary Sewer selVice to the proposed site could be to the existing line installed in Magic View Drive directly adjacent to the south. 21.7 The treatment capacity of the City of Meridian's Wastewater Treatment Plant is currently being evaluated. Approval of development to be contingent upon City's treatment plant ability to accept the additional sanitary sewage generated by this proposed development. 21.8 The Applicant shall be required to connect the property to Meridian water and sewer and extend the water and sewer lines to serve the property, and resolve how the water and sewer mains will serve the property, all of which shall be at the Applicant's, or its successor's, or successors' cost and expense. Said water and sewer requirements shall be performed on or before the time that the Applicant or its successor, or successors desire to use the property or place a user on the property. 21.9 Any existing irrigation/drainage ditches crossing the property to be included in the project are to be tiled per City Ordinance 11-9-605.M. The ditches which are to be piped should be shown on the site plans. Plans will need to be approved by the appropriate irrigation/drainage district, or lateral users association, with written confirmation of said approval submitted to the Public Works Department with no variances for tiling of any ditches crossing this project. 21.10 A drain~ge plan designed by a State of Idaho licensed architect or engineer is required and shall be submitted to the City Engineer for all off-street parking areas. All site drainage shall be contained and disposed of on-site. 21.11 A Land Use Change/Site Development application shall be filed for review with the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District with all laterals and wasteways affected to be protected. Municipal surface drainage must be retained on site. Any surface drainage leaving the site must be approved by the Nampa FINDINGS 'OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 7 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC ( & Meridian Irrigation District in accordance with their drainage plans. The Developer must comply with Idaho Code 31-3805. 21.12 The stormwater run-off will be managed with appropriate Best Management Practice. 21.13 Pressurized irrigation shall be installed and constructed. 21.14 Determine the seasonal high groundwater elevation, and submit a profile of the subsurface soil conditions as prepared by a soil scientist with the design of site drainage plan. 21.15 Any existing domestic wells and/or septic systems within the project will have to be removed from their domestic service per City Ordinance Section 5-7- 517. Wells may be used for non-domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation. 21.16 All ditches, canals, and waterways shall be tiled as a condition of annexation. 21.17 The proposed roadway north of the proposed Idaho Power Credit Union needs to be dedicated as a public roadway with a stub to the west. Future development in this area will need to have proper access to the traffic signal. Applicant shall be responsible to install a water main within the right-of-way of the new street along the north boundary of the proposed site. Location and sizing of the new main should be coordinated with the Meridian Water Department. 21.18 Developer comply with the State of Idaho Transportation Departments requests that a full control area is necessary to maintain adequate traffic operations on Eagle Road and in the vicinity of Interstate 1-84 interchange. 21.19 All development approach locations shall be in accordance with the requirements of the State of Idaho Transportation Department. 21.20 Roadway and roadway approaches to be approved by the ACHD. 21.21 Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 11-2-414 of the City of Meridian Zoning and Development Ordinance and/or as detailed in site-specific requirements. 21.22 Paving and striping shall be in accordance with the standards set forth in Sections 11-2-414.0.4. and 11-2-414.D.5. of the City of Meridian Zoning and Development Ordinance and in accordance with Americans with Disabilities FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 8 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC ( / I (ADA) requirements. 21.23 No signage details were submitted. Detailed signage plans must be included as part of this application for review and approval. 21.24 A developer shall comply with aHlite safety codes of the City of Meridian and shall also c~mply with City code requirements for water supplies, sprinkler systems, as regulated by the Fire Department. 21.25 All construction shall conform to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act 21.26 A development agreement be required as a condition of annexation setting forth these conditions of development. 21.27 That City water and sewer services and the issuance of an occupancy permit shall not be provided until all of the terms and conditions set forth in this section have been met. 22. It is found that if the developer pays for the requested improvements and the developer complies with the conditions set forth in these findings of fact no. 21 and all subparts this will assure that the affected areas and the subject real property will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services, such as highways, streets, police and fire protection, drainage structures, refuse disposal, and water and sewer. 23. The following hereinafter listed conditions are found to be reasonably required to minimize adverse impact of the proposed conditional use upon other development in the vicinity and to assure that the development is maintained properly: 23.1 To minimize the impact to the neighborhood to the north the applicant shall dedicate to the ACHD a reserved right-of-way on the northern 108 feet of the subject property; further a landscaped berm shall be developed in the northern 35 feet of the reserved right-af-way and which landscaped berm shall be maintained by developer. 23.2 A roadway placed on the northern boundary of the site will also provide potential elimination of future traffic concerns in the area. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 9 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC 23.3 All speaker drive-throughs to be located on the south side of the McDonald's/Chevron fast food convenience facility. 23.4 All speaker drive-throughs to be located on the south side of the Credit Union facility. 23.5 All signage shall be in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 11-2-415 of the City of Meridian Zoning and Development Ordinance. No temporary signage or flashing signs shall be permitted. Submission and approval of all signaQe plans including but not limited to pole signs, reader boards, banners, etc., and specifically any "golden arches" type signage associated with McDonalds and any outside signage associated with the Chevron Gas Stations. These conditions shall be in addition to the requirements of Meridian's sign ordinance. 23.6 The development shall include a 20 foot buffer on the north side of the Credit Union facility and 20 feet of landscaping between the Credit Union and the McDonald's/Chevron fast food convenience facility. 23.7 The development shall include construction of a solid wood fence that runs from the southerly boundary of Magic View north to the 108 foot reselVed road right-of-way. 23.8 The Credit Union facility shall operate during normal business hours between 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and not open to customers on weekends. 23.9 A minimum of 68 three-inch caliper trees will be required for the paved square footage proposed. 23.10 Particular attention needs to be paid to lighting plans to eliminate as much as is reasonably necessary to eliminate and/or reduce glare to neighboring properties to the north and west, and in accordance with city Ordinance Section 11-2-414D3. 23.11 A minimum of a 35-foot-wide landscape setback is required adjacent to the right-of-way of Eagle Road. 23.12 Provide five-foot-wide sidewalks in accordance with City Ordinance Section 11-9-606.8. 23.13 Future development in this area will need to have proper access to the traffic signal. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 10 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC 23.14 A development agreement is required as a condition of annexation to insure that the development considerations herein found reasonable are enforced. 23.15 That City water and sewer services and the issuance of an occupancy permit shall not be provided until all of the terms and conditions set forth in this section have been met. 24. The proposed uses are designed and are to be constructed to be harmonious in appearance with the character of the general vicinity; that if the conditions set forth herein are complied with the use should be operated and maintained to be harmonious with the intended character of the general vicinity and should not change the essential character of the area; 25. The proposed uses will not be hazardous or disturbing to existing or future neighboring uses if the developer provides and maintains the required barming that is adjacent to the residential neighborhood to the north. Further, the applicant should be required to submit proposals for all lighting and also submit their plans for all types of signage, regardless of type and variety. Further, these conditions should be made requirements of the Development Agreement. The applicant shall be required to enter into a Development Agreement before the annexation and zoning and the conditional use permits are granted; 26. Sewer and water service is available, but the applicant may have to pay additional fees for the use; 27. The use will create additional public costs for the construction of the road through this development. Those costs will be paid for by taxpayers through the Ada County Highway District, however, with the potential of future development in the area the FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 11 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC costs should not be excessive nor detrimental to the economic welfare of the community; 28. The use will not involve activity, process, material, equipment or conditions of operation that would be detrimental to person, property or the general welfare by reason of excessive production of traffic, noise, smoke, fumes, glare or odors; 29. The use will have vehicular approaches to the property, which as designed will not create an interference with traffic on surrounding public streets; only if the Ada County Highway District Board approves the proposed roadway through this development. This conditional use permit and the accompanying annexation and zoning requests must be contingent upon Ada County approving the roadway through the development; This should also be a condition of the Development Agreement and required to be entered into by the applicant before any approvals are required. 30. The development of the property will not result in the destruction, loss or damage of a natural or scenic feature of major importance. 31. The applicant requested zoning of the subject real property as General Retail and Service Commercial (C-G) is consistent with the commercial designation on the Meridian Comprehensive Plan Generalized Land Use Map which designates the subject property as commercial. 32. The proposed development will serve existing and growing needs and will provide services to surrounding institutional, commercial and residential development. 33. The development of the property as a (C-G) General Retail and Service Commercial District, as requested by the Applicant, will be compatible to the FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 12 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC development in the surrounding area subject to the conditions of development herein found to be reasonable in relation to the requested zone (C-G) General Retail and Service Commercial Zoning District and is accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Meridian. 34. There are no major or scenic features of major importance that affect the consideration of this application. 35. The City Council finds that the proposed conditional use permit subject to the conditions herein imposed is also compatible with the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Meridian because: 35.1 The consideration of the provisions of the Comprehensive plan and the requirements of the Zoning ordinance assure that the processing of such application is the management of growth with the aim to achieve high-quality development. Enhancement of Meridian's quality of life for all residents is achieved by applying the criteria of the Comprehensive plan and the Zoning ordinances of the City to all applications such as the subject application. 35.2 This proposed new growth development will finance public service expansion by the requirement herein that the applicant comply with the requests submitted of the political subdivisions responses within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area submitted in the record of this matter. 35.3 The expansion of commercial development is facilitated by the proposed development plan of this application subject to the conditions herein set forth. 35.4 The application is consistent with Meridian's self identity. 35.5 The subject property is designated on the "Meridian Comprehensive Plan Generalized Land Use Map Infrastructure Planning Analysis Comprehensive Plan and Map adopted on December 21, 1993" as Commercial. 35.6 The vicinity of the subject property is designated on the "Meridian Comprehensive Plan Generalized Land Use Map Infrastructure Planning Analysis Comprehensive Plan and Map adopted on December 21, 1993" in the immediate vicinity as commercial and the neighboring area is FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 13 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC mixed/planned use development. 35.7 The subject application is relevant to the "Goals of the Comprehensive Plan" as set forth at page 5 there of as follows: a. Meridian's environmental quality is provided for as set forth in the plan by the provisions of the plan to improve the total natural environment by the adoption by the City of a City-wide and Urban Service Planning Area policies, which deal with area-specific policies and programs. b. The proposed development will be consistent with the goal of supplying employment and economic self-sufficiency for the existing and future residents, of the City and the reduction of the reliance upon Boise ~nd the strengthening of the City's ability to finance and implement public improvements, services and its open space character. c. The preservation and improvement of the character and quality of Meridian's man-made environment while maintaining its identity as a self- sufficient community is achieved by applying the criteria of the Comprehensive plan and the zoning ordinances of the city all applications such as the subject property. d. The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Meridian adopted December 21, 1993, Ord. No. 629, dated January 4, 1994 also provides, and it is found by the city council, that this application is consistent with the following provisions thereof on page 15 under Economic Development that with the City's growing population and job base comes the need for increased municipal services and the necessity to improve existing service delivery systems. The cost of providing these services presents a fiscal challenge to the City. Meridian can meet this challenge in part by continuing to expand its economic base and creating new job opportunities for citizens. Commercial Activity Centers: Retail, commercial and office development are frequent partners within Commercial Activity Centers. In order to support residential and industrial developments, areas should be set aside as Commercial Activity Centers and their development carefully guided. Various commercial activity centers are designated on the generalized land use map. Planning policies pertaining to commercial activity centers are presented in the land use chapter of the plan. Economic Development Goal Statement: Meridian seeks to stimulate, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 14 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC encourage and give preference to those types of economic activities and developments which provided for the employment of Meridian citizens and area residents, and reduce the need for people to commute to neighboring cities for work. Policies: 1. The City of Meridian shall make every effort to create a positive atmosphere which encourages industrial and commercial enterprises to locate to Meridian. 2. It is the policy of the City of Meridian to set aside areas where commercial and industrial interest and activities are to dominate. 3. Positive programs should be undertaken to support existing industrial and commercial areas to ensure their continued vitality, such as: Zoning changes to assure desired economic development. Land Use: Commercial and retail areas are established along major arterials, (East First Street, Cherry Lane, Fairview Avenue, Franklin and Meridian Roads) and include small commercial centers and individual businesses. Uses include retail, wholesale, service, office, and limited manufacturing. Commercial Policies: Encourage new commercial development within under-utilized existing commercial areas. Encourage commercial uses, offices and medical-care uses to located in the Old Town district, business parks, shopping centers and near high- intensity activity areas, such as freeway interchanges. Special Community Design Areas Goal Statement: Promote, encourage, and enhance an aesthetically-pleasing community by requiring good design and appearance in all special areas. Policies: 1. Require businesses and government to install and maintain landscaping. 2. Encourage a~ea beautification through uniform sign design that FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 15 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC enhances the community. 3. Encourage the beautification of streets, parking lots, public lands, and state highways. 4. Encourage the use of attractive open space, landscaping, lighting and street furniture for the benefit of the public. 35.8 The proposed development will be consistent with the goal of supplying employment and economic self-sufficiency for the existing and future residents of the City and the reduction of the reliance upon Boise and the strengthening of the City's ability to finance and implement public improvements, services and its open space character. 35.9 The preservation and improvement of the character and quality of Meridian's man-made environment while maintaining its identity as a self-sufficient community is achieved by applying the criteria of the Comprehensive plan and the Zoning ordinances of the City to the subject application. 35.10 Compliance with the requests of the Political subdivisions providing services, assures that community services are being provided for existing and projected needs and that the land use patterns of the City are balanced to insure that revenues pay for services and that the Urban Service Planning Area is visually attractive, efficiently managed and clearly identifiable. 35.11 Compatible and efficient use of land through innovative and functional site design is achieved by applying the criteria of the Comprehensive plan and the Zoning ordinances of the City to the subject application. 36. The proposed uses, subject to the conditions as found by the Council, would be harmonious with and in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and this Ordinance; 37. The property can be physically serviced with City water and sewer, if applicant extends the lines~ 38. Meridian has, and is, experiencing a population increase; that there' are pressures on land previously used for agricultural uses to be developed into commercial uses and other uses. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 16 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. All the procedural requirements of the Local Planning Act and of the Ordinances of the City of Meridian have been met, including the mailing of notice to owners of property within 300 feet of the external boundaries of the property. 2. The City of Meridian has authority to grant conditional uses pursuant to Idaho Code Section 65-6512 and pursuant to 11-2-418 of the Zoning and Development Ordinance of the City of Meridian. 3. The City has the authority to take judicial notice of its own ordinances, other governmental statutes and ordinances, and of actual conditions existing within the City and State. 4. The property is currently zoned (RT) Rural Transition. The applicant has requested annexation and zoning into the City of Meridian with a (C-G) designation. The (C-G), General Retail and Service Commercial is described in the Zoning Ordinance, 11-2- 408 B 11 as follows: U(C-G) General Retail and Service Commercial: The purpose of the (C-G) District is to provide for commercial uses which are customarily operated entirely or almost entirely within a building; to provide for a review of the impact of proposed commercial uses which are auto and service oriented and are located in close proximity to major highway or arterial streets; to fulfill the need of travel-related services as well as retail sales for the transient and permanent motoring public. All such districts shall be connected to the Municipal Water and Sewer systems of the City of Meridian, and shall not constitute strip commercial development and encourage clustering of commercial development" 5. The Zoning Schedule of Use Control as contained in the Zoning and Development Ordinance of the City of Meridian, Section 11-2-409, provides and regulates FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 17 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC the type of use allowed as either a permitted use, a conditiona'l use, or permitted as an accessory use or not permitted. In the (C-G) zone convenient stores and drive-in establishments require a conditional use permit and section 11-2-405(G) of the Municipal Code of the City of Meridian prohibits more than one principal detached building upon one lot except for a Planned Development (PO) as a conditional use. 6. Conditional Use Permit is defined in the Zoning and Development Ordinance, City of Meridian, Idaho as "Permits allowing an exception to the uses authorized by this Ordinance in a zoning district." 7. The City of Meridian has authority to place conditions on a conditional use permit and the use of the property pursuant to Section 11-2-418 H Municipal Code of the City of Meridian and Idaho Code Section Q7-6512 and pursuant to that section conditions minimizing the adverse impact on other development, controlling the duration of development, assuring the development is maintained properly, and on-site or off-site facilities may be attached to the permit; that 11-2-418 (0) authorizes the City to prescribe a set time period for which is a conditional use may be in existence. 8. Section 11-2-418 D. states as follows: "In approving any Conditional Use, the Commission and Council may prescribe appropriate conditions, bonds, and safeguards in conformity with this Ordinance. Violations of such conditions, bonds or safeguards, when made a part of the terms under which the Conditional Use is granted, shall be deemed a violation of the Ordinance and grounds to revoke the Conditional Use. The Commission and Council may prescribe a set time period for which a Conditional Use may be in existence." 9. This application for a conditional use has been judged upon the basis of guidelines contained in Section 11-2-418 of the Zoning and Development Ordinance of the FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 18 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC City of Meridian and upon the basis of the Local Planning Act of 1975, Title 67, Chapter 65, Idaho Code, the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Meridian, and the record submitted to it and the things of which it may take judicial notice. 10. Section 11-2-418 C of the Zoning and Development Ordinance of the City of Meridian sets forth the standards under which the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council shall review applications for Conditional Use Permits. Upon a review of those requirements and a review of the facts presented and the conditions of the area, assuming that the above conditions or similar ones thereto would be attached to the conditional use, the City Council concludes as follows: a. The use, would in fact, constitute a conditional use and a conditional use permit would be required by ordinance; b. The use would be harmonious with and in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and this Ordinance; c. The use is designed and is to be constructed to be harmonious in appearance with the character of the general vicinity; that if the conditions set forth herein are complied with the use should be operated and maintained to be harmonious with the intended character of the general vicinity and should not change the essential character of the area; d. The use will not be hazardous or disturbing to existing or future neighboring uses if the developer provides and maintains the required berming that is adjacent to the residential neighborhood to the north. Further, the appli~nt should be required to submit proposals for all lighting and also submit their plans for all types of signage, regardless of type and variety. Further, these conditions should be made requirements of the Development Agreement. The applicant shall be required to enter into a Development Agreement before the annexation and zoning and the conditional use permits are granted; e. Sewer and water service is available, but the applicant may have to pay additional fees for the use; FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 19 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC ( f. The use will create additional public costs for the construction of the road through this development. Those costs will be paid for by taxpayers through the Ada County Highway District, however, with the potential of future development in the area the costs should not be excessive nor detrimental to the economic welfare of the community; g. The use will not involve activity, process, material, equipment or conditions of operation that would be detrimental to person, property or the general welfare by reason of excessive production of traffic, noise, smoke, fumes, glare or odors; h. The use will have vehicular approaches to the property, which as designed will not create an interference with traffic on surrounding public streets; only if the Ada County Highway District Board approves the proposed roadway through this development. This conditional use permit and the accompanying annexation and zoning requests must be contingent upon Ada County approving the roadway through the development; This should also be a condition of the Development Agreement and required to be entered into by the applicant before any approvals are required. i. The development of the property will not result in the destruction, loss or damage of a natural or scenic feature of major importance. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 20 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC ( ORDER OF DECISION NOW, THEREFORE, BASED UPON THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND THIS DOES ORDER that the applicant, Eagle Partners, L.L.C., is hereby granted a conditional use permit subject to the following terms and conditions to-wit: 1. That the property which is subject to the conditional use permit is described as follows: A parcel of land being all of Lot 1 Amended Magic View Subdivision according to the Official Plat thereof filed in Book 52 of Plats at Pages 4445- 4446, records of Ada County, Idaho, and amended by an Affidavit recorded May 28, 1996 as Instrument No. 96044575. EXCEPTING THEREFROM: A parcel of land being on the Westerly side of the centerline of Eagle Road Project No. F-FR-3271 (44) Highway Survey as shown on the plans thereof now on file in the office of the Idaho Transportation Department Division of Highways, and being a portion of Lot 1 of Amended Magic View Subdivision according to the Official Plat thereof filed in Book 52 of Plats at Pages 4445-4446, records of Ada County, Idaho described as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of Lot 1 of said Amended Magic View Subdivision, Ada County, Idaho; thence North 89057'05" West (shown of record to be North 89058'29.7" West) along the North line of said Lot 1 a distance of 40.37 feet to a point in a line parallel with and 70.00 feet Westerly from the centerline and opposite Station 49+81.54 of said Eagle Road, Project No. F-FR-3271 (44) Highway SUlVey; thence along said parallel line as follows: Southerly along a 5659.58 foot radius curve right 339.39 feet to a point opposite Station 46+37.95 a point of reverse curvature of said Highway Survey, Southerly along a 5799.58 foot radius curve left 238.12 feet to a point in the South line of said Lot 1; thence FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 21 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC North 89038'27" East (shown of record to be North 89037'02" East) along said South line 66.10 teet to a point in the Westerly right-of-way line of existing Eagle Road; thence North OO~1'33" West (shown of record to be North OO~2'57.7" West) along said West line 576.73 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. Highway Station Reference: 44+29.65 to 49+81.54. 2. The use of the subject property shall be developed in accordance with the site plan, which is identified as "ChevronlMcDonald's and by J.P. Co. Credit Union, Eagle Road and Magic View Drive, Meridian, Idaho, BRS Architects, 5/98, job number 9646 sheet 88-2.1 of site and building data 6/98". 3. The use of the subject property on Parcel B shall be as a Credit Union building and facility with parking and landscaping, and a drive-through on the southern side of the proposed building. Parcel A as identified on the site plan to be used as a fast food convenient facility with fuel islands, including eight pump stations, a vacuum air compressor and hose BIBB, a car wash, trash enclosure, together with the convenient store and associated parking, berming and landscaping. 4. Giving due consideration to the comment received from the governmental subdivisions providing services in the City of Meridian planning jurisdiction, public facilities and services required by the proposed development will not impose expense upon the public if the following conditions of development are imposed: 4.1 Applicant shall be responsible to install a water main within the right-at-way of the new street along the north boundary of the proposed site. Location and sizing of the new main should be coordinated with the Meridian Water Department. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 22 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC 4.2 Water service to the proposed site could be to the existing water line installed along the northerly side of Magic View Drive. Developer to provide the Public Works Department with information on anticipated fire flow and domestic water requirements for the proposed site. 4.3 As Assessment fees for water and sewer service are determined during the building plan review process Applicant shall be required to enter into an Assessment Agreement with the City of Meridian. In addition to these assessments, water and sewer "Late Comers" fees will also be charged against this parcel to help reimburse the parties responsible for installing the water and sewer mains to their current points. 4.4 In order to assure that the affected and subject area will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services the pretreatment required and addressed on the building permit application redlines for obtaining City sewer service, which is required. 4.5 In compliance with the requirements of the Central District Health for approval of appropriate proposal for central sewage and central water, as well as approval for plans for food establishments. 4.6 Sanitary Sewer service to the proposed site could be to the existing line installed in Magic View Drive directly adjacent to the south. 4.7 The treatment capacity of the City of Meridian's Wastewater Treatment Plant is currently being evaluated. Approval of development to be contingent upon City's treatment plant ability to accept the additional sanitary sewage generated by this proposed development. 4.8 The Applicant shall be required to connect the property to Meridian water and sewer and extend the water and sewer lines to serve the property, and resolve how the water and sewer mains will serve the property, all of which shall be at the Applicant's, or its successor's, or successors' cost and expense. Said water and sewer requirements shall be performed on or before the time that the Applicant or its successor, or successors desire to use the property or place a user on the property. 4.9 Any existing irrigation/drainage ditches crossing the property to be included in the project are to be tiled per City Ordinance 11-9-605.M. The ditches which are to be piped should be shown on the site plans. Plans will need to be approved by the appropriate irrigation/drainage district, or lateral users association, with written confirmation of said approval submitted to the Public Works Department with no variances for tiling of any ditches crossing this FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 23 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC ( project. 4.1 0 A drainage plan designed by a State of Idaho licensed architect or engineer is required and shall be submitted to the City Engineer for all off-street parking areas. All site drainage shall be contained and disposed of on-site. 4.11 A land Use Change/Site Development application shall be filed for review with the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District with all laterals and wasteways affected to be protected. Municipal surface drainage must be retained on site. Any surface drainage leaving the site must be approved by the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District in accordance with their drainage plans. The Developer must comply with Idaho Code 31-3805. 4.12 The stormwater run-off will be managed with appropriate Best Management Practice. 4.13 Pressurized irrigation shall be installed and constructed. 4.14 Determine the seasonal high groundwater elevation, and submit a profile of the subsurface soil conditions as prepared by a soil scientist with the design of site drainage plan. 4.15 Any existing domestic wells and/or septic systems within the project will have to be removed from their domestic service per City Ordinance Section 5-7- 517. Wells may be used for non-domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation. 4.16 All ditches, canals, and waterways shall be tiled as a condition of annexation. 4.17 The applicant shall dedicate to the ACHD a reserved right-of-way on the northern 108 feet of the subject property; further a landscaped berm shall be developed in the northern 35 feet of the reserved right-af-way and which landscaped berm shall be maintained by developer. 4.18 The proposed roadway north of the proposed Idaho Power Credit Union needs to be dedicated as a public roadway with a stub to the west. Future development in this area will need to have proper access to the traffic signal. Applicant shall be responsible to install a water main within the right-of-way of the new street along the north boundary of the proposed site. Location and sizing of the new main should be coordinated with the Meridian Water Department. 4.19 Developer comply with the State of Idaho Transportation Departments FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 24 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC requests that a full control area is necessary to maintain adequate traffic operations on Eagle Road and in the vicinity of Interstate 1-84 interchange. 4.20 All development approach locations shall be in accordance with the requirements of the State of Idaho Transportation Department. 4.21 Roadway and roadway approaches to be approved by the ACHD. 4.22 Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 11-2-414 of the City of Meridian Zoning and Development Ordinance and/or as detailed in site-specific requirements. 4.23 Paving and striping shall be in accordance with the standards set forth in Sections 11-2-414.0.4. and 11-2-414.0.5. of the City of Meridian Zoning and Development Ordinance and in accordance with Americans with Disabilities (ADA) requirements. 4.24 No signage details were submitted. Detailed signage plans must be included as part of this application for review and approval. 4.25 A developer shall comply with all life safety codes of the City of Meridian and shall also comply with City code requirements for water supplies, sprinkler systems, as regulated by the Fire Department. 4.26 All construction shall conform to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 4.27 A development agreement is required as a condition of annexation. 4.28 A roadway placed on the northern boundary of the site will also provide potential elimination of future traffic concerns in the area. 4.29 All speaker drive-throughs to be located on the south side of the McDonald's/Chevron fast food convenience Store. 4.30 All speaker drive-throughs to be located on the south side of the Credit Union facility . 4.31 All signage shall be in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 11- 2-415 of the City of Meridian Zoning and Development Ordinance. No temporary signage or flashing signs shall be permitted. Submission and approval of all signage plans including but not limited to pole signs, reader boards, banners, etc., and specifically any "golden arches" type signage FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 25 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC associated with the McDonalds and any outside signage associated with the Chevron Gas Stations. These conditions shall be in addition to the requirements of Meridian's sign ordinance. 4.32 The development shall include an additional 20 foot buffer on the north side of the Credit Union facility and an additional 15 feet of landscaping between the Credit Union and the ChevronlMcDonald's facility. 4.33 The development shall include construction of a solid wood fence that runs from the southerly boundary ot Magic View north to the 1 08 foot reserved road right-at-way. 4.34 The Credit Union facility shall operate during normal business hours between 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and not open to customers on weekends. 4.35 A minimum of 68 three-inch caliper trees will be required for the paved square footage proposed. 4.36 Particular attention needs to be paid to lighting plans to eliminate as much as is reasonably necessary to eliminate and/or reduce glare to neighboring properties to the north and west, and in accordance with city Ordinance Section 11-2-414D3. 4.37 A minimum of a 35-foot-wide landscape setback is required adjacent to the right-ot-way of Eagle Road. 4.38 Provide five-foot-wide sidewalks in accordance with City Ordinance Section 11-9-606.8. 4.39 Future development in this area will need to have proper access to the traffic sig nal. 4.40 The conditional use, pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance, shall not be transferable to another owner or lessor of the subject property or to another property; 4.41 The applicant shall meet the requirements of the City Engineer's office, the Planning and Zoning Administrator, Meridian Fire Department, Meridian Police Department, Meridian Sewer Department, Central District Health Department and Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District and other governmental agencies submitting comments; 4.42 The conditional use shall not be restricted to a period of authorization but FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 26 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC may be reviewed annually, upon notice to the applicant, for violation of any conditions imposed herein and other conditional use applications; 4.43 All ordinances of the City of Meridian must be met, including but not limited to, the Uniform Building Code, Uniform Fire Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, the Fire and Life Safety Codes, all parking and landscaping requirements; 4.44 Handicap parking, associated signage and building construction shall meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 4.45 All signs must meet the requirements of the Uniform Sign Code and the Meridian City Ordinance, in addition, flashing signs and temporary signs will not be permitted. All signs are subject to review. In addition to the Meridian Sign Ordinance; all signage of any type must be approved by the Meridian City Council. Sign permits are to be obtained prior to construction. Upon three days notice to any tenant, the City of Meridian will remove any unauthorized signage. 4.46 Applicant will provide a screened trash enclosure per City Ordinance Section 11-2-414.A.3. The applicant shall coordinate dumpster site locations with the City's solid waste contractor, Sanitary Services, Inc., locating dumpsters so as not to impede fire access. 4.47 All driveway and parking areas shall be paved, with all driveway accesses approved by the Ada County Highway District. Graveled driveways, parking and access are unacceptable. A drainage plan designed by a State of Idaho licensed architect or engineer is required and shall be submitted to the City Engineer (Ord. 557, 10-1-91) for all off street parking areas. All site drainage shall be contained and disposed of on-site. All driveway and parking stall dimensions shall comply with Meridian City Ordinance. 4.48 Assessment fees for water and sewer service are determined during the building plan review process. Applicant shall be required to comply with pretreatment requirements as determined by the Meridian Wastewater Department, and enter into an Assessment Agreement with the City of Meridian. 4.49 The applicant shall provide parking lot lighting plans to the Meridian Public Works Department. Illumination of the site shall be designed to not cause glare or adversely impact neighboring residential properties or the traveling public, as determined by the City of Meridian. Further, the applicant shall submit lighting plans specifically for the Chevron FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 27 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC Station. Prior approval of those plans shall be a condition to granting the conditional use permit. 4.50 Significant changes from the site plan approved under this conditional use permit, as determined by the Planning and Zoning Administrator, will require re-noticing and re-hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission and Council. 4.51 It shall be a condition of the conditional use permit that the applicant enter into a Development Agreement with the City of Meridian. The conditional use permit shall not be granted or become effective until the Development Agreement is executed and recorded. It is therefore concluded that the conditional use permit for the subject property is in the best interest of the City of Meridian, and it is ordered that the conditional use permit shall be conditioned upon meeting the requirements of this Decision and Order, and if the conditions hereinabove are not complied with by the applicant, the applicant shall not be entitled to hook up to water and sewer nor obtain an occupancy permit or a temporary occupancy permit unless compliance with these conditions would naturally require temporary hook up and temporary occupancy permit in order to complete the development as is required by this permit. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 28 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC APPROVAL OF ORDER OF DECISION The City Council of the City of Meridian hereby adopts and approves this ORDER AND DECISION. ROLL CALL COUNCILMAN KEITH BIRD VOTED t/ L.--t~~ COUNCILMAN GLENN BENTLEY VOTED COUNCILMAN RON ANDERSON COUNCILMAN CHARLIE ROUNTREE MAYOR ROBERT C RIE (TIE BREAKER) MOTION: APPROVED 101998-Final VOTED DISAPPROVED: RECEIVED OCT 2 0 1998 CITY OF MERIDIAN FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW - Page 29 ANNEXATION AND ZONING - EAGLE PARTNERS LLC