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2012 03-15E IDIAN~-- MERIDIAN PLANNING AND ZONING IDAHO COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA City Council Chambers 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Meridian, Idaho Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. 1. Roll-call Attendance X Tom O'Brien _O_ Steven Yearsley X Michael Rohm X Joe Marshall X Scott Freeman -Chairman 2. Adoption of the Agenda Approved 3. Introduction of Community Development Director, Bruce Chatterton Introduced 4. Consent Agenda A. Approve Minutes of February 16, 2012 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Approved 5. Other Items A. South Meridian Future Land Use Visioning Workshops -Staff Update by Brian McClure, Community Development Department Presented 6. Action Items A. Public Hearing: ZOA 12-002 Unified Development Code (UDC) Text Amendment by City of Meridian Community Development Department Request: Amend Specific Sections of the UDC to Include General Clarifications/Clean-up Items; Specific Use Standards for Wireless Communication Facilities; CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) Strategies, etc. Recommend Approval to City Council Meeting Adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Agenda -Thursday, March 15, 2012 Page 1 of 1 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearing, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. Meridian Planning and Zoning Meeting March 15, 2012 Meeting of the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission of March 15, 2012, was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Scott Freeman. Present: Chairman Scott Freeman and Commissioner Tom O'Brien, Commissioner Michael Rohm and Commissioner Joe Marshall. Members Absent: Commissioner Steven Yearsley. Others Present: Machelle Hill, Ted Baird, Pete Friedman, Sonya Wafters, Brian McClure, Bruce Chatterton and Dean Willis. 1: Roll-Call Attendance: Roll-call Steven Yearsley X Tom O'Brien X Michael Rohm X Joe Marshall X Scott Freeman -Chairman Freeman: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, that's really loud tonight. Friedman: We will take care of that. Freeman: Thank you. At this time I'd like to call to order the regularly scheduled meeting of the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission for March 15th, 2012. Machelle, could we begin with roll call. Item 2: Adoption of the Agenda. Freeman: Thank you. The first thing we need to do is adopt the agenda. I don't believe we have any changes this evening, so could I get a motion? Marshall: So moved. O'Brien: Second. Freeman: Got a motion and second to adopt the agenda. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. Item 3: Introduction of Community Development Director, Bruce Chatterton Freeman: Before we get onto the Consent Agenda, I want to turn the floor over to Pete to make a special introduction today. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 2 of 11 Friedman: Thank you, Mr. Chair, Members of the Commission. It's with great pleasure that I introduce to you our first -- the city's first and our new Community Development Director Bruce Chatterton. Bruce started this week. We are glad to have him on board and I don't know how often he will be attending these meetings, but we -- we felt that tonight would be a good time to have him introduce himself to you and you to him. So, with that I will pipe down. Freeman: All right. Good. Chatterton: Well, Chairman, Commissioners, very glad to be here. I have had a great welcome so far. One of the things I have been emphasizing is that -- I have worked a number of places, including a slightly larger city to the east, and this is not about taking solutions from other places -- any other place that I have worked, no matter how well they might have worked in other places and trying to shoe horn those into our setting here in Meridian. We have our -- we are a unique, dynamic community. We have our own set of issues and so it's about solving for the right set of problems that we have here in Meridian and really working with that. And so that's what we are going to be emphasizing. That's really all I had to say, except that I just want to recognize you all have a thankless job and I want to thank you for it. Some of the best work in planning -- the planning industry in this country is done by citizen planners like you all, appointees, and we pay you these wonderful salaries, you know, long hours, you get sometimes incredible abuse for it, you know, the rewards are a beautiful community like we have now and the vision for the future, which is being implemented each and every meeting that you have. So, I just want to thank you for that and if ever have any concerns about the new Community Development Department, how we are approaching things, any great bright ideas -- I know you have those -- I'd love to hear them and I'd love to, you know, invite any thoughts from you as we move through this. That's really all I had to say. Freeman: Great. Thank you, Mr. Chatterton. Welcome aboard and we look forward to working with you here in the immediate future. Thanks for being here. Item 4: Consent Agenda A. Approve Minutes of February 16, 2012 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Freeman: With that we need to approve the Consent Agenda. The only item on the Consent Agenda tonight is the approval of the minutes of the February 16th, 2012, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Unless there are any corrections that anyone noted, could I get a motion? Marshall: Mr. Chair, I move that we approve the minutes as written. O'Brien: Second. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 3 of 11 Freeman: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve the minutes on the Consent Agenda. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. Item 5: Other Items A. South Meridian Future Land Use Visioning Workshops -Staff Update by Brian McClure, Community Development Department. Freeman: Tonight we are going to begin with a staff update on the south Meridian future land use visioning workshop. So, I will turn that over to Brian, I believe. Oh, there he is, behind the monitor. McClure: Chairman Freeman, Commissioners, thank you for having me. Early this year the city contracted Parametrics to plan for the future of south Meridian. For the purposes of this project south Meridian goes from Interstate 84 to Lake Hazel and from Linder to McDermott Road. Most of this area is currently designated as future planning area on the future land use map. Shortly after partnering with Parametrics on this project a project advisory group or PAG was established. This group is made up of city staff from Kuna, Nampa, Meridian, Ada County Development Services, ACHD, COMPASS, Nampa Highway District No. 1 and Central District Health. This presentation is intended to update you on this project, including the February 22nd workshop. The main goal of this project is to fill in a gap on the future land use map. The city tried in the 2006 to 2008 process, but was unable to reach a consensus. With the Ten Mile Interchange opening and the economy showing signs of life, it's timely to try again. During the previous process stakeholders expressed a desire for a more rural future land use option. As part of this process Parametrics and the city created a rural estate designation. As you will see shortly, this new, yet to be fully defined land use, was popular with the workshop participants. Staff envisions this designation being used for everything from the existing five acre lots that want to have some livestock, hobby farms, and larger agricultural parcels. We are also planning for utilities. One of the most important considerations with this is a large nitrate priority area that exits within the project boundaries. Additionally, a portion of this area has already been annexed by the city of Kuna, so part of the effort will be to adjust the area of city impact. Finally, one of the last steps in this process will be to identify locations for schools, parks, and other amenities. In early February about 700 post cards were mailed to owners, tenants, and agencies in the planning area, inviting them to the initial -- the initial visiting workshop. We also advertised in the Valley Times, through various social media and the city even created its first commercial of sorts and it was posted on the city website. On February 22nd, approximately 40 people gathered at Mary McPhearson Elementary School to designate future land uses on an aerial map. There were four groups on four tables that played the You Are The Map game. The participants populated squares and color post-it notes representing the different land use areas. These scenarios were photographed and, then, transferred into Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 4 of 11 Community Viz for impact analysis. Community Viz is an Arc View GIS application. The scenarios are now posted on the project website. Lastly, the PAG reviewed these scenarios and combined them into an alternative, which you will see shortly. These are the four scenarios created at the public workshop in digital format. What you're seeing here are squares that were populated in the GIS based off the photographs taken of the board at the workshop. The very light green is our real estate designation. Green is low density residential. Yellow is medium density residential. Brown is mixed use. And red is straight commercial. As you can see, while there is a lot of differences, there is also some similarities. The intersection around Ten Mile and Amity, for example, all have some level of commercial development. There were also a number of other areas where some or all of the scenarios shared other similarities, such as rural estate in the lower left-hand corner. I don't know if you can see this mouse or not, but where it's kind of moving right now is one of the similar areas. This is the PAG created scenario. The PAG took the four scenarios created on February 22nd and in looking at the existing land uses, topography, nitrate priority areas, and taking serviceability into account, drafted the scenario you see here. City staff still has some additional smoothing of the PAG scenario to do, mainly to review the land use designations for consistency that the generally followed property lines, natural barriers, streets, and other features. Just one point of clarification with this scenario. Some commercial is implied with the mixed use areas and will be defined more during the upcoming workshops. The public will be able to comment and offer additional assignment to the scenario at the upcoming workshop. Moving forward, our second workshop is April 3rd at 4:30 p.m. in conference A and B at City Hall. I'd like to invite you all to attend. This will not be a formal hearing and no decision will be made, but we'd like you to be involved and participate. We will be reviewing analysis for the four workshop scenarios and the PAG recommendation. We will also have a brief discussion regarding the Airport-Overland corridor study. Some residents in the study have already voiced concern for the preferred alignment. Staff envisions adopting an Overland alignment as part of the south Meridian land use Comprehensive Plan amendment, so we want to provide some time to discuss the topic and allow stakeholders to comment. This study is not the main focus of the workshop, however. We need to get to the land uses aside. Again, I hope to see some of you at the second workshop and will stand for any questions. Freeman: Thank you, Brian. Are there any questions? Marshall: I guess my only question was that you had the Planning Department's compilation there. That wasn't on the website here the other day. Is it -- at least couldn't get it up. McClure: This one is not on the website currently. It's in the process of having some of that smoothing and refinements done. It will be presented at the workshop, though. Marshall: Okay. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 5 of 11 Freeman: Any other questions? Okay. Will we get some sort of official invite for the April 3rd meeting? It would be helpful for those of us that need help getting to our appointments. McClure: I'm sure we can make that happen, yes. Freeman: Thank you. That would be great. Hill: I can send you a reminder, Commissioners. Freeman: Okay. Well, good. Sounds like this is coming along. I look forward to that meeting to review this and hear from other stakeholders. Any other comments or questions on this item? Are we ready to move on? O'Brien: Uh -- Freeman: Commissioner O'Brien. O'Brien: Mr. Chair -- yeah. Brian, on that -- that area that has the nitrates -- is that what it's called? The nitrate areas? So, a majority of this -- of the plan that I saw, most of the people put in there low density residential; is that correct? The light green? McClure: Kind of depends on which one you're looking at. O'Brien: Okay. McClure: The very light green is the rural estate -- O'Brien: The rural estates? McClure: If they are really light green on there the normal green is low density residential. O'Brien: Okay. So, for the concern of the nitrates, I -- and people around the table we were talking about that, what -- do they actually have their own well, if they do, what's the issue there? Especially the small estate areas of five acre, ten acre lots. I didn't hear any talk on -- or discussion on what that solution is or will be. McClure: Whether they have services or not right now kind of depends on ongoing discussions with both Kuna and Public Works of the City of Meridian. In terms of whether they will have services or not or if they have services or not -- anything over three acres is -- can have a well. Anything over five acres can have a well and doesn't have to have that water quality testing done. And so they don't necessarily have to have city services to have a well out there. It's kind of up to them whether they want to risk having a nitrate issue or not. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 6 of 11 O'Brien: Really? McClure: Above that three acre -- it's up to them, yeah. O'Brien: Okay. All right. I'll take that offline. Thanks. Appreciate it. Freeman: Okay. Thank you very much, Brian. Item 6: Action Items A. Public Hearing: ZOA 12-002 Unified Development code (UDC) Text Amendment by City of Meridian Community Development Department Request: Amend Specific Sections of the UDC to Include Genearl Clarifications/Clean-up Items; Specific Use Standards for Wireless Communication Facilities; CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) Strategies, etc. Freeman: At this time I'd like to open the public hearing for ZOA 12-002, the Unified Development Code text amendment, beginning with the staff report. Wafters: Thank you, Chairman Freeman, Members of the Commission. The next application before you is a request for a text amendment to the unified Development Code. The Planning Department is the applicant, requesting amendments to specific sections of the Unified Development Code in order for the code to function more efficiently and meet the needs of our customers and the city. This application includes changes to Chapters 1 through 5 of UDC as detailed in section seven of the staff report. Many of the proposed changes are clean-up items. Some are request by code enforcement and others are as follows: An update to all references to the planning director with community development director in the code. Modified definition of construction sand and gravel mining, to exclude crushing operations. Modify healthcare and social services definition to include samples of social service uses. Add definitions for full array, slim line, and stealth wireless communication towers, along with a diagram of full array and slim line towers. Allow group daycares as a conditional use instead of a prohibited use in the R-4 zoning district. Restrict business hours of operation in C-C and C-G districts from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. when the property abuts a residential use or district. And extended hours may be requested through a conditional use permit. Incorporation of CPTED, crime prevention through -- excuse me -- environmental design strategies in collaboration with the police department to reduce the opportunities of fear and incidence of crime and improve the quality of life in the city as follows: Elimination of pathway through internal common areas, safe access and adequate lighting for outdoor service and equipment areas. Landscaping designed and installed to provide natural surveillance opportunities from public areas. Location of open space and site amenities in areas of high visibility. For instance, along streets where doors and windows overlook public areas, et cetera. Locate drive- thrus so they are visible from a public street for surveillance purposes. And locate all Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 7 of 11 approaches and entrances to ATMs, so that they are visible and adequately lit. Change to the setbacks for free standing signs from one foot to five -- excuse me -- from -- back to one foot from five foot as previously required. The five foot setback created too many nonconforming signs. So, we are recommending changing it back to the previous setback. More code amendments addressing signs and home occupations to follow. Removal of the requirement for conditional use permits for daycare facilities to be modified when a change in ownership occurs. The new owner would still be required to obtain a license from the Department of Health Welfare in their name and comply with the specific use standards listed in the UDC for daycare facilities. New specific use standards for wireless communication facilities that are more concise, user friendly, and up to date with current technology. The new standards encourage the location of facilities in nonresidential areas. The co-location of new wireless equipment on existing structures and the ability for future co-location on new towers and the use of stealth towers that are compatible with the surroundings and don't detract from the visual quality of the city. Highlights of the proposed standards include specific standards for streetlight, roof, and wall mounted antennas. Specific standards for self, slim line, and full array tower facilities, as well as amateur radio antennas. Lattice or guide design structures are prohibited. Full array towers shall be deemed a principal permitted use in industrial districts and prohibited in all other districts. All new communication tower facility structures, except for those contained within an underground vault, require administrative design review in addition to any another necessary permits. Written testimony was received from Dave Splett from ITD. He is concerned that ITD's communication towers located in the right of way might be prohibited by the proposed changes to the wireless communication facility ordinance. I did look at that. His concerns aren't really applicable as ITD is not a wireless communication industry. Staff is recommending approval per the staff report with the following additional changes as noted in your hearing outline: Section 11-5B- 3C3 strike the current text and replace it with the following: If the annexation and zoning request is not accompanied by a plat, conditional use permit, or a planned unit development, the applicant shall provide a conceptual development that detects streets, access points, parking, and location of building unless waived by city council. And the text that was in three would just simply move down to a new number four. The Council shall apply the standards listed in Subsection D of this section and the findings listed in Subsection E of this section to review the annexation and/or rezone request. And, then, 11-4-3-43-E8, the specific use standards for the wireless facilities, add the following text: All tower facilities shall include a landscape buffer. The buffer shall include -- or shall consist of a landscape strip of at least five feet wide outside the perimeter of the compound. A minimum of 50 percent of the plant material shall be of an evergreen variety. In locations where the visual impact of the tower is minimal the applicant may request a reduction to these standards through the alternative compliance process in accord with Chapter 5, administration of this title. And, lastly, Table 11-5B5, add Section 11-4-3-43, wireless communication facility to the table for permits, which -- for which alternative compliance can be requested. Staff will stand for any questions the Commission may have. Freeman: Thank you, Sonya. Any questions of staff? Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 8 of 11 O'Brien: Mr. Chair? Freeman: Commissioner O'Brien. O'Brien: Sonya, I'm sure I'm confused on this as I sometimes am. The -- the business hours of operation --did it used to be 6:00 to 10:00 -- 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m? Wafters: Commissioner O'Brien, it still is 6:00 to 10:00 in the C-N and C-C districts. O'Brien: Oh. Okay. Wafters: Or, excuse me, L-O and C-N. We are currently proposing 6:00 to 11:00 in the C-N -- or C-C and C-G. O'Brien: Okay. Okay. I just -- thank you for clarifying that. I thought it was changing again. Marshall: Mr. Chair, I have a question. Freeman: Commissioner Marshall. Marshall: Back to that same subject. I believe C-G right now is 24-7; is that correct? And so we have -- we have approved some C-G locations for gas stations and the like that are operating 24-7. Is this going to be -- they will be grandfathered in and not have to live by the new 6:00 to 11:00, so they won't be coming back seeking conditional use permits and -- Wafters: No, Chairman Freeman, Commissioner Marshall, Commissioners, the current uses that are operating would grandfather. This would apply to all future uses. Marshall: All right. Thank you. O'Brien: Excuse me, Mr. Chair? Freeman: Commissioner O'Brien. O'Brien: I'm sorry. If you could clarify that. So, in some -- maybe Mr. Marshall -- Commissioner Marshall can help me out here. What instances do we currently have that go 24-7 that will be grandfathered in? Can you give me an example, anybody? Wafters: Chairman Freeman, Commissioner O'Brien, Commissioners, Walmart, for instance, the one that was just approved out on Stoddard at Overland next to the residential development there -- O'Brien: Yes. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 9 of 11 Wafters: -- that's primarily where this is coming from. There has been several C-G zoned properties adjacent to residential uses lately. O'Brien: It just seems to me like it constricts future development alone. Is it going to restrict the hours of operation if that type of business requires their success to be -- to be allowed to be open 24-7? Wafters: It's -- to respond to that, it is only when property abuts a residential use or district and extended hours of operation in the C-C and C-G districts may be requested through a conditional use permit. O'Brien: Okay. Wafters: So, there are -- there are options there. O'Brien: Okay. All right. Thank you. Marshall: I'm sorry, but I would argue that C-G should not abut residential ever, but that's my personal opinion. Freeman: I have a question also. When we have redefined construction sand and gravel mining to exclude operations, one -- one applicant came in -- and this was a topic, then. I think crushing operations were actually included in what they wanted to do. My question is are crushing operations, then, covered elsewhere or by doing this are they strictly prohibited? Wafters: Chairman Freeman, they would be strictly prohibited. You are correct, the last application that came through allowed for crushing. And it is quite a nuisance to the adjacent neighbors when there are residents nearby. Freeman: Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Okay. We have heard from staff. Pretty much we don't have a separate distinct applicant. Was there anybody tonight that wanted to offer public testimony on this item? I didn't have anybody signed up, but I want to give you the opportunity if so. No? Okay. At this time could I get a motion, then, to close the public hearing on ZOA 12-002? O'Brien: So moved. Marshall: Second. Freeman: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on ZOA 12-002, Unified Development Code text amendments. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 10 of 11 Freeman: Discussion? Rohm: Well, staff's been busy. Yeah. That's good. I mean I think all of these little tweaks are an improvement and that's -- I'm glad we had this time to make these changes, so that's the end of my comments. Freeman: Agreed. I like the fact that we are cleaning some of this up, making it more current, relevant -- looks great. Anything else? O'Brien: I like it, especially areas -- the location of ATMs, et cetera, situation where we have drive-thrus -- three particular drive-thrus at the corner of Overland and Meridian Road, for instance, that little strip mall there, if you will, where Walgreen's is, you got three of those things that are caddy whampus from each other, so, yeah, I like the way this is worded so we can address those in the future, so that's all I have. Thank you. Freeman: Okay. Then it looks like we are ready for a motion, then, on this item. O'Brien: Mr. Chair? Freeman: Commissioner O'Brien. O'Brien: After considering all staff, applicant, and public testimony, since there wasn't any, though -- I move to recommend approval to the City Council of file number ZOA 12-001 as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of March 15th, 2012, with no modifications. Marshall: Mr. Chair? Freeman: Mr. Marshall. Marshall: Commissioner O'Brien, I would recommend maybe including the modifications in tonight's brief. O'Brien: Isn't that in the staff report? Freeman: I was under the impression that was in the staff report also. Is that incorrect? Wafters: No. Those are additional recommendations on top of what's in the staff report. O'Brien: Okay. Amendment to my -- my previous recommendation that we include the aforementioned recommendation from staff as outlined in the text amendment presented by staff. Marshall: I'll second that. Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission March 15, 2012 Page 11 of 11 Freeman: Okay. I have a motion and a second to recommend approval for ZOA 12-002, Unified Development Code text amendment as amended here tonight by staff. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. Freeman: Is there anything else before we move to adjourn? Friedman: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, and, Commissioner Rohm, thank you for your compliments. We have been busy and as it turns out we will be back to you sooner than later with some more amendments. We have had a couple of things up recently that we think will bear addressing. It won't be too long before you see another round. Freeman: Great. One last motion. Rohm: Mr. Chairman? Freeman: Commissioner Rohm. Rohm: I move we adjourn. Marshall: Second. Freeman: We have a motion and a second to adjourn. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. Freeman: We are adjourned. Thank you. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:27 P.M. (AUDIO RECORDING ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS.) 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SEAL ^By~~~~~EOe TEEASU~'Q~P~~~ Meridian Planning Zoning Commission Meeting DATE: March 15, 2012 ITEM NUMBER: 3 PROJECT NUMBER: ITEM TITLE: Introduction of Community Development Director, Bruce Chatterton MEETING NOTES ~~'~'o G~..wGc~ CLERKS OFFICE FINAL ACTION DATE: E-MAILED TO STAFF SENT TO AGENCY SENT TO APPLICANT NOTES INITIALS Meridian Planning Zoning Commission Meeting DATE: March 15, 2012 ITEM NUMBER: 4A PROJECT NUMBER: ITEM TITLE: Approve Minutes of February 16, 2012 PZ Meeting Minutes MEETING NOTES ~-o CLERKS OFFICE FINAL ACTION DATE: E-MAILED TO STAFF SENT TO AGENCY SENT TO APPLICANT NOTES INITIALS Meridian Planning Zoning Commission Meeting DATE: March 15, 2012 ITEM NUMBER: 5A PROJECT NUMBER: ITEM TITLE: South Meridian Future Land Use Visioning Workshops -Staff Update by Brian McClure MEETING NOTES CLERKS OFFICE FINAL ACTION DATE: E-MAILED TO STAFF SENT TO AGENCY SENT TO APPLICANT NOTES INITIALS March 9, 2012 MEMORANDUM TO: Planning and Zoning Commission CC: City Clerk, Pete Friedman FROM: Brian McClure, Associate City Planner RE: South Meridian Visioning -Future Land Uses Update March 15, 2012 Planning & Zoning Commission Agenda Item On February 22, 2012 approximately 40 people gathered at Mary McPherson Elementary to participate in the first South Meridian Visioning workshop. Four tables, made up of members from the community, worked to allocate future land use designations throughout the study area (I-84 to Lake Hazel, Linder to McDermott). On Apri13`a the City Council, Plarming & Zoning Commission and the community will be invited back to review the four land use scenarios as well as the preferred land use scenario recommendation from the Project Advisory Group (PAG). The PAG is made up of agency staff from Nampa, Kuna, Ada County, ACRD, Nampa Highway District #1, COMPASS, Central District Health, and City Public Works and Planning. This memo, and Staff's Department Report on March 15th, is intended to summarize the February workshop and prepare the Planning & Zoning Commission for the Apri13`a workshop. The ultimate outcome of this visioning process is an amendment to the City's Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map. Information on this project, including the four scenarios created during the February 22na workshop, can be found at: www.meridiancity_org/youarethemap From Four Land Use Scenarios to a Preferred Alternative On March 7th, the PAG reviewed the four land use scenarios prepared during the February 22"a workshop. After discussion, the PAG agreed to forward on a recommendation for a preferred land use scenario. This preferred scenario is essentially a compilation of the four land use scenarios created during the February workshop, with topography, sewer sheds, ground water quality, existing land uses, and "smoothing" between land uses to follow property lines, waterways and other natural or man-made features being taken into account. During the Apri13`a workshop, Staff will present PAG's recommendation and take public comment. Based on public comment received on the 3`a, Staff envisions making some tweaks to the preferred scenario and then uploading that revised scenario to the website for additional public review and comment. A Planning Department . 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Meridian, ID 8364z Phone zo8-884-5533 ^ Fax zo8-888-6854. www.meridiancity.org Page 2 third and final public workshop will be held in May to give one final opportunity to fine-tune the preferred land use scenario before it goes through the public hearing process for adoption in the City's Comprehensive Plan. During the May workshop we also envision allocating some time to discuss potential roadway impacts, opportunities for locating parks and pathways, schools, and any other community amenities. New (potential) Comp Plan Desi ng ation In 2006-2008 when the City attempted to designate future land uses in this area, several current residents/stakeholders expressed a desire for a very low density/rural future land use option. Prior to the first workshop for this project, Parametrix and City Staff created a "Rural Estate" designation. As you will see from the scenarios created in February, this designation was fairly popular with workshop participants. However, this designation has not been totally defined. At this point, the designation essentially represents rural estates/agriculture/hobby farms on large parcels. Water and Sewer A large portion of the Planning Area is within a designated Nitrate Priority Area (see attached map.) The PAG, which includes Public Works Staff from Boise and Kuna as well as Central District Health, have factored in the nitrate issue when recommending future land uses. Also considered by the PAG were sewer sheds, topography, and the location of the Meridian and Kuna wastewater treatment facilities. Airport-Overland Extension Last year there was an Airport Road -Overland Road study performed. Multiple-agencies participated in this transportation study that worked to define an alignment for the future extension of Overland Road, west of Ten Mile Road. Some residents in the study area have voiced concern over the preferred alternative, 2B. During the April 3rd workshop, staff will give those present a brief presentation/refresher on the Airport-Overland Study. However, that study will not be the main focus of the workshop; the main public involvement process happened during the transportation study, but there will be additional opportunities to comment on the Airport-Overland Study via comment sheets and the South Meridian project website as well as the public hearings that will occur with the Comp Plan Amendment application. Staff intends to present the preferred alignment (2B) as a guide, not a blueprint for reviewing future development applications. As the Study explains, this roadway extension will be development driven. Area of Impact Kuna has already annexed some lands within Meridian's Area of Impact (AOI) (see the attached map.) We have asked the public to designate future land uses for these areas. However, one of the outcomes of this visioning and Comp Plan Amendment process would be to amend Meridian's AOI by removing these lands from our AOI. Page 3 Page 4 Meridian Planning Zoning Commission Meeting DATE: March 15, 2012 ITEM NUMBER: 6A PROJECT NUMBER: ZOA 12-00~- ITEM TITLE: UDC Text Amendment Public Hearing -Amend specific sections of the UDC to include general clarifications/clean up items; specific use standards for wireless communication facilities; CPTED (Crimp Prevention Through Environmental Design) strategies, etc., by City of Meridian Community Development Department MEETING NOTES ~l~ CLERKS OFFICE FINAL ACTION DATE: E-MAILED TO STAFF SENT TO AGENCY SENT TO APPLICANT NOTES INITIALS