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December 9, 2013
Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission
33 East Broadway Ave.
Meridian, ID 83642
Dear Planning and Zoning Commissioners,
This letter is in reference to RZ13-014 and PP13-035. The undersigned resident owners
of Cherrywood Subdivision urge denial of Summer Woods LLC's application for rezone
from R-4 to R-15 AND request you reject the preliminary plat as presented. Our reasons
for rejecting the applications are as follows:
R-15 zoning is too dense for the area, will create other issues identified below,
and simply does not fit the surrounding neighborhoods which are zoned R-4 and
R-8. The closest R-15 zone is adjacent to Pine Avenue and Ten Mile -over one
mile driving distance from the proposed subdivision. Should you agree to the
rezone, and Summer Woods LLC fails to develop the property, another developer
could place apartments there. This would negatively impact our property values.
ACHD has stated in the project application that the narrowness of the planned
street in the preliminary plat will require No Parking signs.
The size of the planned homes will ensure family occupancy. Most homes will
have two and could easily have three vehicles per home (up to 45 vehicles in a
small area).
Human nature being what it is, the first car will park in the garage, the second car
will park in the driveway, and the third car will park in the street. Regardless of
the ACHD signage, people will park on both sides of the street.
Street parking will hinder ingress and egress of emergency vehicles and
diminishes the visual appeal of their neighborhood and ours.
We also object to the preliminary plat design showing three lots facing
Summertree Ave. These homes will face the Cherrywood Subdivision common
area or "Village Square". These planned homes will appear to belong to
Cherrywood Subdivision, and not to Summertree Subdivision. Families will play
in our common area without paying for its maintenance or the liability insurance
we have to carry. We request you include in the development agreement that all
planned Summertree Subdivision lots face internal to their subdivision.
RECEIVED
DEC 0 92013
CITY OF GR~fE ~I^r'
CITY CLERKS OFFICE
Developers rarely live in the neighborhoods they create, and never witness the problems
caused by their designs. The R-8 zoning and narrowness of streets in Cherrywood
Subdivision already creates parking issues. R-15 zoning across the street from us will
only compound the problem. Revenue for the developer and the city through property
taxes should not override the concerns and experience of current residents. You wouldn't
want these issues in your neighborhoods -and neither do we. We urge you reject both the
R-15 rezone request and the preliminary plat.
Sincerely,
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President, Cherrywood Subdivision HOA, Inc.
^; ~ «'~'~~~~- ~~ ~ ~ ~-k'i,~~~Melodi Cagle 1574 N. Wintertree Ave
`J Vice President, Cherrywood subdivision HOA, Inc.
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Treasurer, Cherrywood Subdivision HOA, Inc.
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~. ~~ . ,~ ~ ~ ~ ' ; rc,*•Kendra Anderson 1464 N. Wintertree Ave
'L~~E: ~~z.c ~.u:~Arlene Russell 1472 N. Wintertree Ave