Staff ReportCITY OF MERIDIAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
HEARING DATE: September 27, 2011 E IDIAN~-- Mar
TO: Mayor & City Council I D A H O
FROM: Sonya Watters, Associate City Planner
SUBJECT: Cavanaugh Subdivision -Time Extension (File #TEC-11-005)
L APPLICATION SUMMARY
The applicant, DBSI Tanana Valley, LLC, requests approval of a two year time extension (TEC) on
the preliminary plat for Cavanaugh Subdivision in order to obtain the City Engineer's signature on a
final plat.
II. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the subject time extension, to expire on August 22, 2013, with the
conditions included in Exhibit B.
III. PROPOSED MOTION
Approval
After considering all Staff, Applicant, and public testimony, I move to approve File Number TEC-11-
005, as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of September 27, 2011.
Denial
After considering all Staff, Applicant, and public testimony, I move to deny File Number TEC-11-
005, as presented during the hearing on September 27, 2011 for the following reasons: (You must
state specific reasons for denial and what the applicant could to do to obtain your approval in the
future.)
Continuance
After considering all Staff, Applicant, and public testimony, I move to continue File Number TEC-
11-005 to the hearing date of (insert continued hearing date here) for the following reason(s): (you
should state specific reason(s) for continuance)
IV. APPLICATION AND PROPERTY FACTS
A. Site Address/Location:
The site is located on the southeast corner of S. Meridian Road & E. Victory Road, in the
northwest''/a of Section 30, Township 3.N, Range R.IE.
B. Owner:
DBSI Tanana Valley, LLC
12426 W. Explorer Drive
Boise, ID 83713
C. Applicant:
Same as owner
D. Applicant's Statement/Justification: Please see applicant's narrative for this information.
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V. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
Per UDC 11-6B-7, approval of a preliminary plat shall become null and void if the applicant fails to
obtain the City Engineer's signature on the final plat within two years of the approval of the
preliminary plat.
Where the development of the preliminary plat is made in successive phases in an orderly and
reasonable manner, and conforms substantially to the approved preliminary plat, such segments, if
signed by the City Engineer within successive intervals of two years, may be considered for final
approval without resubmission for preliminary plat approval.
Upon written request and filing by the applicant prior to the termination of the allowed time period,
the City Council may authorize a time extension up to two years. With all extensions, the City
Council may require the plat to comply with current provisions of the UDC.
VI. PROCESS FACTS
A. The subject application is for a time extension. A public hearing is required before the City
Council on this matter, consistent with Meridian City Code Title 11, Chapter 5.
B. Newspaper notifications published on: September 5, and 19, 2011
C. Radius notices mailed to properties within 300 feet on: September 1, 2011
D. Applicant posted notice on site by: September 16, 2011
VII. HISTORY OF PREVIOUS ACTIONS:
• This property received annexation and zoning (AZ-06-015) approval from City Council on
August 22, 2006 with R-8, TN-R, and C-N zoning with a development agreement (Instrument
#106151214). A preliminary plat (PP-06-013) for Tanana Valley Subdivision was also
approved for 548 single-family residential building lots, 1 commercial building lot, 1 school
building lot, and 20 common lots on 177.94 acres of land.
A final plat application (FP-07-014) for the first phase of Tanana Valley Subdivision was
approved by City Council on June 5, 2007, which was valid until August 22, 2008.
In 2008, a 30.08 acre portion of the site was rezoned (RZ-07-014) from R-8 to C-N (13.59
acres) and TN-C (16.49 acres). A new preliminary plat (PP-07-015) for Cavanaugh Subdivision
was also approved for 517 lots [consisting of 443 single-family residential building lots; 1
multi-family residential building lot consisting of 32 conceptuaUfuture apartment units; 8
residential building lots consisting of 61 future/conceptual condo units; 4 mixed use lots
consisting of commercial retail on the first floor with 12 residential lofts on the second floor; 9
commercial building lots, 1 school building lot, 1 civic/social hall lot, 47 common lots, and 3
other (parking) lots] on 177.43 acres in C-N, TN-C, TN-R, & R-8 zoning districts. A
conditional use permit (CUP-07-017) was approved to convert the existing Caven home into a
civic/social hall in an R-8 zone, which is now expired. And last, a development agreement
modification (MI-07-011) (Instrument #108065958) was approved to address the new
neighborhood center plan and conversion of the existing Caven home into acivic/social hall.
• An 18-month time extension (TE-08-022) to obtain the City Engineer's signature on the final
plat for the first phase of development was approved by the Director on October 15, 2008 and
expired on February 22, 2010.
• Another 18-month time extension (TE-08-022) to obtain the City Engineer's signature on the
final plat for the first phase of development was approved by City Council on March 23, 2010
and expired on August 22, 2011.
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VIII. STAFF ANALYSIS
This is the third time extension requested for the subject preliminary plat. Approval of the subject
time extension will allow the applicant to proceed with the platting process. If the subject time
extension is not granted, anew application would be required for preliminary plat approval.
The previous time extension required compliance with design standards in the UDC as well as the
design guidelines contained in the .Meridian Design Manual. The applicant was also required to
submit an irrevocable letter of credit or cash deposit for their portion of the required sanitary sewer
construction improvements along the project's frontage in Victory Road prior to signature on a final
plat by the City Engineer, which they have not yet done. The applicant was also required to provide
an executed permanent sanitary sewer easement and temporary construction easement on forms
provided by the City within 90 days of City Council approval of the subject time extension in order
for the previous time extension to remain valid, which they have done. The applicant shall also
submit a letter to the City allowing the use of their approved plans for the construction of the Black
Cat sewer trunk line, which have they have done. Lastly, the applicant was required to provide a
pathway connection within a common lot in accord with the standards listed in UDC 11-3A-8 at the
south east boundary of the subdivision in Block 43 to connect to the future pathway in Cavanaugh
Ridge to provide pedestrian interconnectivity between the two subdivisions and to comply with the
block length requirements specified in UDC 11-6C-3F.1.
Staff does not recommend any new conditions with approval of the subject time extension.
V. EXHIBITS
A. Drawings
1. Vicinity Map
2. Approved Preliminary Plat (dated: 11 /8/07)
B. Conditions of Approval
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Exhibit A.1 -Vicinity Map
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Exhibit A.2 -Approved Preliminary Plat (dated: 11/8/07)
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Exhibit B -Conditions of Approval
The applicant is to meet all terms of the approved annexation (AZ-06-015), rezone (RZ-07-014),
development agreements (instrument #106151214 & 108065958), preliminary plat (PP-07-015),
final plat (FP-07-014), and time extensions (TE-08-022; TE-10-005; TEC-11-005) for this
development.
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