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SLOW, BUT WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE WILL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. THIS WILL BE OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR JUNE 3RD, 2025. WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS IN THE
[Minutes: May 06, 2025 ]
AUDIENCE. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. WE'LL BEGIN WITH A REVIEW OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 6TH MEETING. ARE THERE ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS TO THOSE MINUTES THAT ANYBODY NEEDS TO MAKE? I DIDN'T SEE ANY AS I WENT THROUGH. SO OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CANTU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW HEAR ITEM NUMBER ONE WHICH WAS WITHDRAWN. SO NUMBER[3.II. PLT25-011: PRELIMINARY PLAT for Snake River Landing Division No. 17. SE ¼ of Section 26, Township 2 North, Range 37 East. Located north of W Sunnyside Road, east of Pioneer Road, south of Event Center Drive, west of Snake River Parkway. ]
TWO, PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SNAKE RIVER LANDING DIVISION 17. WE HAVE AN APPLICANT. PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND FORWARD TO HEARING FROM.THIS CAN GO INTO. OKAY. MY NAME IS LAITH SHEETS. I'M A ADDRESS IS 2194 SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY, SUITE 205, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THIS DEVELOPMENT NAMED SNAKE LANDING DIVISION 17, LOCATED IN THE SNAKE RIVER LANDING. GREATER DEVELOPMENT. THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE AREA IN QUESTION TODAY OR BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT, IS POSITIONED NORTH OF SUNNYSIDE ROAD, EAST OF PIONEER ROAD AND WEST OF SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY. AND IT'S NOT ON THIS PICTURE, BUT EVENTS THAT ARE DRIVE IN THE AMERICA. EVENT CENTER IS ALSO LOCATED UP THERE.
BUT WHAT BOUNDS THE BOUNDS? THE TOP OF THIS IS THE SIPHONAL CANAL, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT CANAL. LINE HERE IN IDAHO FALLS. IT'S ROUGHLY 36 ACRES, INCLUDING THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT OF VACANT LAND. THERE'S ONE NOTCH IN THERE WHICH IS CURRENTLY IS CALLED BOX AND LOCK, WHICH IS A STORAGE UNIT AREA, WHICH IS NOT JUST IT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF THIS, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING 20 TOTAL LOTS.
18 OF THOSE ARE BUILDABLE AND THE OTHER TWO ARE COMMON NON BUILDABLE LOTS. WITH THAT, THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS MAJORITY IS A H C WITH A SLIGHT SLIVER LLC IN THAT CORNER. UP THERE. THE COMMERCIAL USE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSING TO GO THROUGH AS WELL.
THIS IS GOING TO DEFINITELY APPEAR WHEN YOU SEE IT OR YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN IT IS A COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION. A LOT OF LINES. IT DOESN'T MAKE TOTAL SENSE RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY USUALLY DO IN THE END WHEN IT'S ALL BUILT. THE ZONING TO THE NORTH IS HD, IS LC. WITH SOME COUNTY RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT ANNEXED TO THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE MAP AS WELL. TO THE EAST WE HAVE HC. TO THE WEST WE HAVE HC WITH SOME L. TO THE WEST THERE'S DEVELOPED LAND, TO THE EAST IS A VACANT, WITH ONE EXCEPTION ON ONE DEVELOPED PARCEL. TO THE SOUTH WE HAVE COMMUNITY. IT'S A PARK.
RYDER PARK IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH. ACROSS ON EACH SIDE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S THE GENERAL LOCATION IT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED BY WAY OF USE IN THE MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS.
AND I BELIEVE READING THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THIS DOES ALIGN WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ZONING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH BY THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH AN ITERATION OF RED LINES WITH OUR COMMENTS, WITH THE CITY, AND HAVE TURNED THOSE BACK. IN ADDITION TO THE TIS THAT WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED AND RESUBMITTED BACK TO THEM. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE CITY OF STAFF THROUGH ANY COMMENTS THEY HAVE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. ALSO, WE HELD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. WE HAD NO NO ONE IN ATTENDANCE. WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON REACH OUT. THIS WAS WITH QUESTIONS AND WE JUST SENT THEM BACK SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, BUT WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM. THERE IS, BY WAY OF CONNECTING THE COMMUNITIES WE ARE AND ARE REQUIRED TO. WE ARE ALSO INSTALLING A WILL INSTALL AS THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES. A 12 FOOT ASPHALT PATH ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE DEVELOPMENT INSIDE THE ITV RIGHT OF WAY ON SUNNY SIDE, AND THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT AS YOU GO TOWARDS I-15. AS ALL THAT IS COMPLETED WITH OTHER PROJECTS ADJACENT. WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS, HOPEFULLY NOT GOING TOO QUICK. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DEFINITELY. I KNOW THIS BEING A PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU ASK THEM RIGHT NOW OR NOT, WE'RE PROPOSING ACCESS TO THE PROJECT ONLY ON THE EAST AND WEST, COMING FROM PIONEER AND FROM SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY, THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS CONNECTED TO
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SUNSET. FROM. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ON THERE. WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF ON WHATEVER MITIGATION THAT WILL BE REQUIRED, AND THOSE WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THAT FINAL PLAT. AT THIS POINT, I THINK THOSE ARE THE HIGH LEVEL THINGS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, DEFINITELY COMMERCIAL USE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS THAT CAN COME FROM IT AS IT GETS DEVELOPED. I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND BEEN LOOKING AT MULTIPLE LAYOUTS ON THIS THING. IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO SEE US GET TO THIS STAGE WITH A PRELIMINARY PLAT, TO SEE THAT PROGRESS FOR THIS AREA IN THAT LOCATION. AT THIS POINT, I JUST ASKED IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION COMES TO MIND. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. FROM STAFF. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. SO TONIGHT THE REQUESTED ACTION IS TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SNAKE RIVER LANDING DIVISION 17. I'M GOING TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO THE THIS PROPERTY, THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED IN 2005 WITH AN INITIAL ZONE OF C1 LIMITED COMMERCIAL. THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED IN 2008 WITH THAT SAME INITIAL ZONE OF C1, AND THEN IN 2018, WHEN WE DID THE CITYWIDE REZONE, IT WAS REZONED TO HC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL. WITH THAT SMALL CORNER UP THERE WITH LC. SO THIS PROPERTY DOES HAVE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OF THREE SIDES. PIONEER ROAD IS A MAJOR COLLECTOR TO THE WEST. SUNNYSIDE IS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL TO THE SOUTH, AND SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY IS A MINOR ARTERIAL TO THE EAST. THE RIGHT AWAY IS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTED, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, THE COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS WILL COME FROM PIONEER ROAD AND SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY. SO THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT DOES IDENTIFY THIS AREA'S MIXED USE CENTER AND CORRIDORS. AND AS I WAS READING THROUGH THIS DEFINITION AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, I DECIDED TO ALSO INCLUDE A PLANNING TEACHING MOMENT IN HERE. SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS YOU KNOW, IMAGINE IF WAS IMAGINE IF WAS ADOPTED IN 2022. AND THIS TRANSECT PLANNING WAS SOMETHING NEW FOR THE CITY. AND IT HAS IT GOES FROM PARKS RULES, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN, GENERAL URBAN. AND YOU SEE IT IN ALL OF YOUR STAFF REPORTS. EVERY TIME THERE'S A STAFF REPORT, IT'S IN THERE.RIGHT. SO IF I READ IT TO YOU, IT SAYS THE MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS DENOTES AREAS WHERE PEOPLE TEND TO SHOP, EAT AND GATHER. THESE AREAS INCLUDE ALL HOUSING TYPES, BUT GENERALLY AT A MORE INTENSE SCALE THAN OTHER AREAS. THESE AREAS INCLUDE MIXED USE BUILDINGS, RECREATION CENTERS, AND COMMERCIAL USES. MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS MAY VARY IN SCALE FROM LARGE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL CENTERS. THE WORD ON HERE WITH WITH SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO SMALLER COMMERCIAL POCKETS TO WALKABLE CENTERS. SO AS I LOOKED AT THIS COMMERCIAL PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH LARGE LOTS THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL RETAIL, RETAIL USES, AND I LOOKED AT THE SUPPORTING HOUSING AROUND IT, THIS WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT IDEA THAT MIXED USE CENTER CORRIDOR. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS MAP IN RECENT, PROBABLY THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU HAVE PIONEER CROSSING, WHICH IS 248 UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT. PARKWAY APARTMENTS IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH 379 UNITS TO THE NORTH. OUTSIDE OF THIS AERIAL KIND OF NORTH OF THE EVENT CENTER, YOU HAVE CLOUDSDALE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THIS SUMMER WITH 288 UNITS, THE RIDGES IS 92 UNITS. THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION GOING VERTICAL. AND THE RESERVE, THE BOTTOM HALF IS 227 UNITS. AND THAT'S ALSO IN ENTITLEMENT RIGHT NOW TOO. SO WHAT THIS SHOWS YOU IS, AS YOU JUST SAID, TEN PLUS YEARS, RIGHT, THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND THINKING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT TRANSECT PLANNING BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THE UNITS AROUND IT, OFTENTIMES THEY SAY IN PLANNING LIKE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL COMES ONCE THERE'S ROOFTOPS. SO NOW THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THESE ROOFTOPS, HERE'S A COMMERCIAL PRELIMINARY PLAT, NOT PRELIMINARY PLATS WE'VE SEEN HAVE BEEN LLC OR MIXED USE OR KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T QUITE KNOW WHERE THIS ONE IS. HC HIGHWAY, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IS NOT PERMITTED IN HCA. SO THIS IS A TRUE COMMERCIAL PRELIMINARY PLAT, WHICH IS KIND OF EXCITING, I THINK TO SEE THAT AND TO SEE THAT AREA DEVELOP AND TO SEE A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT TRANSIT PLANNING THAT WE PUT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF POINT THAT OUT IN THIS PRESENTATION. OTHERWISE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE ARE 18 BUILDABLE LOTS. THERE ARE TWO NON BUILDABLE LOTS. ONE OF
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THE NON BUILDABLE LOTS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FOR THE SIGN THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE ALREADY. SO THAT'S KIND OF SECTIONED OFF. AND THEN YES THE PATHWAY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL. OTHER THAN THAT STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND FINDS THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE SUBDIVISION COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT. AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE TRAINING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU, MR. RYDER. AND THEN WE'LL COME THIS WAY, SIR. THAT PATHWAY ALONG THE ALONG SUNNYSIDE. AND I KNOW THIS IS PRELIMINARY PLAT PHASE, BUT WOULD THERE BE USUALLY WITH DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS, WOULD THERE ALSO BE LANDSCAPING INVOLVED WITH THAT? OR IS IT JUST LIKE A PATH IN SOME DIRT? I BELIEVE THERE'S LANDSCAPING WOULD MATCH ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE PATH THAT WAS DEVELOPED.OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. AND I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NO STREET LIGHTS ALONG THIS PORTION AND I'M THINKING FORWARD, BUT WHO? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? I CAN'T TELL BASED OFF OF THIS PLAT. LIKE WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS, I GUESS. LIKE, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING ITV. SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE PROBABLY BE AS DEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR ALONG SUNSET. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SINCE YOU DID TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS AS A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR US AND TALKING ABOUT WALKABLE CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HOW IS STAFF WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE DEVELOPERS OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO ENCOURAGE WALKABILITY? I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOOD PATHWAYS ALONG SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY RIGHT NOW. SO SOMEONE WHO'S LIVING IN THE PARKWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THAT COMES OUT, IS GOING TO HAVE AN EASY PATHWAY THERE. BUT THINGS AROUND MAYBE INTO JACKSON HOLE JUNCTION AND THAT DEVELOPMENT, CAN YOU MAYBE TALK TO THAT AT ALL? I THINK THE PATHWAYS HEALTH, IT'S ALSO THAT THE OTHER ROADS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED. SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY DOES HAVE SIDEWALK ON ALREADY.
IT DOES HAVE THAT KIND OF BOULEVARD FEEL WITH THE TREES. THAT'S ALL CREATES MORE WALKABLE AREAS. SO SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY THERE. AND NOW WE'RE JUST COMING IN WITH THE WITH THE PRELIM PLAT TO ENHANCE ON IT. MR. SCOTT, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT. ANY THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. WE'LL HEAR YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU. I'LL JUST SAY THIS ONCE AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE HAVE 4 OR 3 OTHER ITEMS. IF SOMEBODY BEFORE YOU MAKES COMMENTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO YOURS, YOU CAN JUST SAY, I ECHO WHAT THE PERSON BEFORE ME SAID RATHER THAN REPEAT EVERYTHING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE, PLEASE KEEP COMMENTS TO ABOUT THREE MINUTES AND WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. VERY GOOD. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSION.
I HAVE A QUESTION. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS FOR THE ENGINEER. WE CAN HAVE HIM COME BACK. DO YOU MIND COMING BACK? THANK YOU. SO OBVIOUSLY WHAT I SEE HERE IS EVENTUALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, BIG COMMERCIAL CENTER. EACH OF THESE LOTS IS THEIR OWN BUSINESS. PARKING LOTS. ALL THAT STUFF IS THERE. EASEMENTS THAT GO BETWEEN EACH LOT. BECAUSE SINCE IT'S ALL GOING TO BE PRIVATE, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ THIS, YOU KNOW? AND I SEE YOU HAVE THE ENTRANCES TO ON PIONEER ROAD AND THEN THE ONE ON SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ONE ROAD ACROSS THE TOP, BUT YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE LOTS ALONG SUNNYSIDE THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THOSE ROADS AND SOME OF THESE INTERIOR. HOW DOES THAT WORK? ESSENTIALLY, YEAH. SO WITH WITH, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON WITH THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. IT'S HARD TO READ AT THIS STAGE IN THE GAME, AND WE UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T. IT'S NOT ON THE DOCK TO SHOW YOU ALL THE DETAILS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING IN THE AIR OF HOW IT LOOKS. AND SO A LOT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS YOU FREQUENT HERE IN TOWN OR LIKE THIS ON PLATS, FOR ONE EXAMPLE, THE OTHER DEVELOPER, THEY'VE DONE SAND CREEK COMMONS WHERE CAMPBELL'S IS IN, AND IT LOOKED THE SAME AS THIS, BUT THERE'S DRIVE ACROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS AND ALL THOSE. AND THE WAY THEY SPLIT STUFF SOMETIMES DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT'S MORE PARKING STALL COUNT RATIO TO THE BUILDING. AND IT HAS ALL THOSE JOBS AND EVERYTHING. AND WHAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING HERE. AND THERE ARE SOME NOTES IF YOU READ THROUGH THERE AND IT DOES GET ADDRESSED TO WHERE WE DO, THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS TO HANDLE ACCESS THROUGH. SO YOU CAN HAVE DEFINED EASEMENTS THAT SAY, THIS IS CROSS ACCESS TO WHERE I'M ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO DRIVE IN THIS LOT, THIS LOT TO THIS LOT. OKAY. THE WAY THE DEVELOPER IS
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APPROACHING THIS ONE IS THEY DO A BLANKET CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT THAT COVERS ALL THE LAND IN THIS AREA, AND THAT HELPS IN A LOT OF REASONS INTO WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THESE BUSINESSES IN HERE. LET'S SAY THEY SELL IT INDIVIDUALLY TO THIS BUSINESS. ONCE THAT PERSON BUYS THAT BUSINESS, THEY CANNOT RESTRICT SOMEONE FROM DRIVING ACROSS, PARKING ON AND WALKING TO THE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR AND HAVE TO HAVE TO GO TO OTHER PERSON. YOU PROBABLY SEEN THAT IN SOME AREAS WHERE SOMEONE'S GOT SIGNS ALL OVER THEIR THING, BECAUSE THOSE DEVELOPMENTS DON'T HAVE THOSE EASEMENTS OR THOSE ACCESS THOSE AGREEMENTS TO WHERE THEY GET INUNDATED BY A NEIGHBORING BUSINESS, AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE FULL AND NO ONE COMES HERE. THIS WE MAKE SURE THE PARKING RATIOS ARE ENOUGH. SOMETIMES THEY DO IN EXCESS OF THE CITY REQUIRES BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THAT FEEL BAD FOR BUSINESS TO WHERE THE PARKING ISN'T WORK. SO WHAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING THERE. AND THAT ONE ON THE TOP IS VERY IT DOES SCREEN. THIS IS AN ACCESS DRIVE RIGHT. THE WAY IT'S SHAPED. SO THAT DOES ALIGN WITH ONE THAT'S GOING TO GO THERE. BUT THROUGH THE MIDDLE THERE IS A NETWORK OF CROSS DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AND STUFF THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT ALL THE DRIVE TOGETHER HERE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS PRELIMINARY TO, YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES ON, YOU KNOW, WITH NEWER AND NEWER PLATS, SOME OF THESE LOTS MIGHT CHANGE. AND IT'S KIND OF STARTING AS NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES AND YOU GUYS KIND OF DISADVANTAGED AND YOU'LL SEE THIS. AND THEN FINALLY IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK ANY COOLER. IT'S GOING TO JUST BE LESS INFORMATION. YEAH. BUT THEN AS IT WILL GO THROUGH AT THE SAME TIME WITH WITH FINAL PLAT, THERE WILL BE SOME CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WHERE AS WE DO SITE PLANS, YOU CAN START SEEING ALL OF IT.YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FOOTPRINTS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EVERYTHING INSIDE THIS PACKAGE. SO PERFECT.
THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST NEEDED SOME MORE. THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AS WE DISCUSSED THIS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE TWO MOTIONS TO THIS ITEM. ONE IS TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND IS THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA. IT'S ON THE BACK OF YOUR PACKET. SO WE WILL NEED A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAT. AND A MOTION SEPARATE MOTION FOR THE REASON STATEMENT. WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CANTU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. WE NEED A NOW. ALSO A MOTION FOR THE REASON. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT ONE? SURE, COMMISSIONER MEEHAN, I MOVE THAT THIS COMMISSION APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS RELATING TO THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SNAKE RIVER LANDING DIVISION 17. THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. AND ALL IN FAVOR FOR APPROVAL OF THE REASON STATEMENT. SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE
[3.III. PUD24-004: PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT for Creekside Townhomes. SE ¼ of Section 6, Township 2 North, Range 38 East. Located north of E 33rd North, east of N Boulevard, south of Recycle Road, and west of N 5th East.]
NOW. OUTSIDE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR CREEKSIDE TOWNHOMES. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? WONDERFUL. AGAIN. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. OKAY TRAVIS PAYNE, CONNECT ENGINEERING 2295 NORTH YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY UNIT SIX.WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO YOU. THIS IS THE CREEKSIDE PUD. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 13.4 ACRES WITH A 145 UNITS FOR DENSITY OF ABOUT 10.4 UNITS PER ACRE. I THINK IT IS. PRIMARILY ACCESSED OFF OF RECYCLED ROAD, BUT IT WILL ALSO CONTAIN AN EMERGENCY ACCESS COMING OFF OF THE SOUTH. IT'S GOING TO BE A TOWNHOME PRODUCT. THE REQUESTED VARIANCES ARE PRIVATE ROADS THAT THE INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED UNITS WILL FRONT OFF OF. A REQUEST FOR VARIANCE ON THE TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AGAINST PRIVATE ROADS, AND A TEN FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK. THERE WILL BE THREE PROVIDED AMENITIES TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS AND A PLAYGROUND. THE CURRENT PROPOSED LAYOUT HAS 33.5% OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS OVER THE 25%, AND THE CURRENT PRODUCT IS TOWNHOME UNIT. THAT'S TWO STORIES, WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE AND A DRIVEWAY IN FRONT. SO HERE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COMMISSION MAY CALL YOU BACK. THANKS. WE'LL HEAR A STAFF REPORT. GOOD EVENING.
COMMISSION. THE REQUESTED ACTION TONIGHT IS TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR EITHER THE TV OR. YEAH. IT'S TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE PD FOR CREEKSIDE TOWNHOMES TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THE
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PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED IN 2021. SO THE INITIAL ZONING OF HD HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL AND LC LIMITED COMMERCIAL. THE HHC PORTION WAS RECENTLY REZONED TO LC, WHICH ALLOWS THE PUD TO MOVE FORWARD.THAT ALSO PROVIDES A COMMERCIAL ZONE FOR RETAIL AND SERVICE USES, WHICH SUPPLY THE DAILY HOUSEHOLD NEEDS OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS. ANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE LC ZONE NEEDS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE R3 RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE, SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES AREA PRIMARILY AS GENERAL URBAN, WHICH DENOTES RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE USES CONVENIENT TO RESIDENTS. THE EAST PORTION IS DESIGNATED DESIGNATED AS MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS, WHICH DENOTES AREAS WHERE PEOPLE TEND TO SHOP, EAT, AND GATHER WITH COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL USES THAT VARY IN SCALE FROM LARGE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL CENTERS TO SMALLER COMMERCIAL POCKETS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF EAST 33RD NORTH AND WEST OF NORTH FIFTH EAST. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AERIAL HERE, 33RD NORTH IS CURVES UP HERE. HERE'S CURVY RIGHT THERE AND MAVERICK. PRIMARY ACCESS TO PD WILL COME FROM RECYCLED ROAD, WITH THE SECONDARY EMERGENCY ACCESS PROVIDED TO THE SOUTH CONNECTING TO EAST 33RD NORTH. SO THE PD CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 13.4 ACRES WITH 145 ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS. EACH ATTACHED UNIT IS TWO STORIES WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE.
AND EACH GROUP OF ATTACHED DWELLING RANGES FROM 4 TO 6, SO THERE'S SOME VARIATION THERE.
THERE'S THREE AMENITIES REQUIRED AND THREE PROVIDED. THE PD IS PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN FOUR PHASES. PHASE ONE INCLUDES 24 ATTACHED DWELLING UNITS, A PICKLEBALL COURT AND PLAYGROUND.
THE SECONDARY AXIS WILL NEED TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE MORE THAN 30 OF THESE UNITS CAN BE BUILT AND OCCUPIED, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS THE SECONDARY AXIS COMES DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND WILL CONNECT TO 33RD NORTH. ALL AREAS OF THE PD NOT COVERED BY A BUILDING OR DRIVE AREA WILL BE LANDSCAPED, EXCEPT FOR THE CHANNEL OF WILLOW CREEK. BECAUSE WILLOW CREEK IS CONSIDERED WATERS OF THE US, IT'S PROBABLY THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT THEY CAN DO WITH THE ACTUAL CHANNEL ITSELF. THE REQUESTED VARIANCES TO ALLOW THE PLATTED LOTS TO FRONT A PRIVATE STREET NORMALLY. PLATTED LOTS INTO FRONT A PUBLIC STREET. SO YOU ARE GRANTING IT WOULD BE RECOMMENDING GRANTING A VARIANCE, REDUCING THE REAR YARD SETBACK TO TEN FEET IN THE R-3 ZONE IS NORMALLY 25FT. SO REDUCING THAT IN AREAS THAT AREN'T LIKE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE PUBLIC STREET IS STILL 20FT, BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE IS REDUCED TO TEN FEET AND THEN REDUCE THE TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG PRIVATE STREETS. SO THIS REQUEST STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A CONDITION THAT THE BUFFER BE MAINTAINED WHERE FEASIBLE. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF COMMON SPACE ALREADY. AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO COUNT WILLOW CREEK AS PART OF THEIR COMMON SPACE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE THERE, WHETHER THAT'S TO PROVIDE AN AMENITY THAT TIES IN AS A AS AN AMENITY, A USABLE SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL LIVE HERE. OR SOME OTHER LANDSCAPING. BUT REALLY EASY IS ESPECIALLY ALONG THIS MAIN EAST WEST CHANNEL TO MAINTAIN THAT BUFFER. BUT WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE, THERE WOULD BE UP TO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE. SO STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION FINDINGS THAT A COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PUD.
WITH THOSE CONDITIONS THAT THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER BE KEPT WHERE FEASIBLE, AND THAT ANOTHER AMENITY THAT TYPE IN WILLOW CREEK IS PROVIDING AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
I HAVE JUST ONE. SORRY. REALLY? YEAH. WITH THE HOMES THERE ON THE SOUTH, BECAUSE THESE ARE I
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ACTUALLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS BECAUSE THESE ARE FOUR UNIT PROPERTIES. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR A WALL OR FENCE OF SOME KIND SEPARATING FROM THIS UNIT, THESE THIS DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EXISTING HOMES TO THE SOUTH. SO WILLOW CREEK IS SEPARATING THEM ALREADY. BUT YES, THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE PERIMETER. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, I DON'T KNOW HOW I SEE THE TREES, BUT IS THERE MORE THAN TREES THERE OR SO? THERE ISN'T A REQUIREMENT FOR SOME KIND OF A WALL OR FENCE, SO IT'S A TEN FOOT BUFFER OR A SEVEN FOOT BUFFER WITH A FENCE. OKAY, SO IT WAS MORE THAN TEN FEET THERE THAN THE LANDSCAPING. AND THEN ALSO. YEAH OKAY. AND THEN ARE THESE UNITS INDIVIDUALLY OWNED. YES. THEY WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED AND INDIVIDUALLY OWNED. EACH UNIT IN THE FOUR BUILDINGS.YEAH. OR INDIVIDUAL OWNERS EACH EACH UNIT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP. WHETHER A SINGLE PERSON BUYS ALL FOUR OR NOT IS. YEAH. NO, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS CURIOUS IF EACH ONE WOULD BE PLATTED AS INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY. THERE WOULD BE SHARED WALL, SHARED SHARED ROOF. OKAY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ISLER. SO YOU SAY THAT WILLOW CREEK CREEK WOULD BE AN AMENITY, IS THAT CORRECT? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD, YOU KNOW, SO THE IDEA IS THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO USE WILLOW CREEK TO COUNT TOWARDS THEIR COMMON SPACE, BECAUSE THEIR MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF COMMON SPACE IS 25%, AND THEY'RE USING WILLOW CREEK TO GET TO THE 33% THAT'S PROPOSED THAT WILL BE USED AS AN AMENITY OR AMENITY IS PROPOSED THAT WILL TIE WILLOW CREEK INTO THE COMMUNITY AS A USABLE SPACE. OKAY, SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THEN IT'S SAYING PROPOSED DITCH TO BE TO BE RUN UNDERGROUND. SO WILLOW CREEK WOULD JUST BE UNDER GRASS. NO, I DON'T NO I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE'S AN INTENT TO. TO PIPE.
OKAY. ANY OTHER DITCHES THAT HAVE A NOTE LIKE THAT. IT'S PROBABLY NOT ACTUALLY MILITARY.
ITSELF. IT'S JUST MAYBE SOME. BUT. AND I CAN ASK THE ENGINEER TO WRITE, YOU KNOW. OKAY. BUT THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, COMMISSIONER. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. IT'S AN ENGINEERING QUESTION. OKAY. SURE. OKAY. SO IF WILLOW CREEK IS, YOU KNOW, STAYS IN ITS CURRENT FORM AND IT'S A CANAL, RIGHT. AND IT'S, I BELIEVE, ULTIMATELY THE PROPERTY OF THE CANAL COMPANY RATHER THAN THIS DEVELOPMENT. IS THAT CORRECT OR.
NO. SO WILL THERE WAS AN ACTUAL CREEK. YES. THE WILLOW CREEK IS AN ACTUAL. SO IF YOU GO TO FREEMAN PARK. YEAH, THAT'S WILLOW CREEK, THAT'S THIS. SO IT IS USED FOR IT IS PART OF AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM, BUT IT IS ACTUAL CREEK FLOWING INTO THE SNAKE RIVER. YEP. SO THERE ARE THINGS THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE. YEAH. THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO MODIFY OR CHANGE A. OKAY. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IT'S NOT REALLY USABLE LAND, RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. SO THAT'S AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ON THE DRAWINGS HERE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT TAKES UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED THAT COMMON AREA. RIGHT. IF ALL THIS BLUE AREA IS THE COMMON ZONE OR GREEN ON THE CHART, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, RIGHT. AND WILLOW CREEK CUTS RIGHT THROUGH ALL OF THAT. IF I'M WRONG, I THOUGHT WILLOW CREEK WAS JUST ALONG THE BOTTOM, THAT THE UPPER PORTION WAS CANALS. IS WHERE AM I, WILLOW CREEK? I THINK IT'S LIKE. IT FOLLOWS THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GOES. LIKE UP HERE.
YEAH. OH, BECAUSE SO FISHES DID BURY IT. SO. YEAH. OKAY. SO IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE COMMON AREA THAT'S NOT REALLY COMMON AREA. CORRECT. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY THE RECOMMENDATION THAT ANOTHER AMENITY BE PROVIDED. YEAH. AND TO KEEP THE TEN FOOT BUFFER WHERE FEASIBLE TO MAKE UP FOR THE COUNTING ALL OF WILLOW CREEK WHEN NOT ALL OF IT'S ACTUALLY USABLE. AND YOU SAID WITH THE WITH WILLOW CREEK INCLUDED, THE MATH GETS TO 33%. YEAH. SO I'VE SHOWN THAT THE LIGHT GREEN IS WHAT IS SHOWN FOR THEIR COMMON GREEN, THEIR COMMON OPEN SPACE, INCLUDING THE WILLOW CREEK AREA.
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AND IF WE DID NOT COUNT WILLOW CREEK AS THAT, THEN WHAT'S WHAT'S THE MATH? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE MATH WOULD BE ON THERE, BUT IF THEY IF THEY NEED. AND SO IF WE STEP BACK A MINUTE, IF WE DO DECIDE TO COUNT ALL THE WILLOW CREEK AS IS, THEY'RE THEY'RE OVER BY QUITE A BIT.YEAH. SO THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A REASON WE DON'T INCLUDE THE BUFFERS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T COUNT THE BUFFERS TO TOWARDS COMMON SPACE. AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE REASON TO REMOVE THEM IS SO THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE ENOUGH COMMON SPACE. SURE. BUT WITH THE COUNT WITH INCLUDING WILLOW CREEK, WE HAVE THIS EXCESS BY QUITE A BIT. YEAH. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO JUSTIFY ALLOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT USABLE, THEN THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO PROVIDE SOMETHING ELSE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. I DON'T MEAN TO QUIZ YOU. I AM SOMEONE WHO LIVES ADJACENT TO WILLOW CREEK PERSONALLY. LIKE, I CAN SEE IT OUT THE WINDOWS OF MY HOME, BUT I ALSO LIVE ADJACENT TO FREEMAN PARK, AND I'M LOOKING AT A MAP HERE THAT'S A VERY DENSE DEVELOPMENT, AND WILLOW CREEK IS PRETTY EVEN. IT'S NOT USABLE SPACE AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF USABLE SPACE HERE OTHERWISE. YEAH. RIGHT. SO THAT. RIGHT. SO THE TRADE OFF WOULD BE TO INCLUDE THE BUFFERS FOR POSSIBLE AND INCLUDE ANOTHER AMENITY THAT WOULD HELP INCORPORATE WHAT COULD BE USED. SURE. IS USABLE ON THAT SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD OR AROUND CREEK. OKAY. TO BRING IT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN IT'S JUST THERE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES. THAT'S THE IDEA. BUT AS THE COMMISSION THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION WITH THE CONDITION IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER THAT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. BEFORE WE MOVE TO DISCUSSION, THEN WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR CREEKSIDE. AGAIN SAME ITEMS. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO TAKERS, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION OR DESIRE TO INCLUDE THAT CONDITION OR. MOTION? CAN I HAVE MY ENGINEER QUESTIONS? OH, YES. NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE ALL GOOD, I JUST. WOULD YOU MIND COMING BACK TO THE PODIUM? YEAH. THANK YOU. SO I GUESS TO REITERATE, SO WILLOW CREEK IS NOT COVERED. CORRECT? IT'S NOT BURIED. IT'S OPEN. IT'S A CREEK. IT WILL BE IT WILL REMAIN OPEN. IT HAS TO REMAIN OPEN EXCEPT FOR WHERE WE CROSS THE ROADS. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THE DITCH THAT THERE'S TWO DITCHES THERE, ONE IS AN IRRIGATION DITCH. THE OTHER ONE IS WILLOW CREEK. GOTCHA. AND SO THAT'S THE BURIED, THE ONE THAT'S CALLED IT TO BE BURIED.
OKAY. THE SECONDARY IRRIGATION DITCH IS OKAY. GOTCHA. AND THEN THIS EMERGENCY ACCESS THING, ARE PEOPLE JUST ABLE TO USE THAT WHENEVER OR ONLY EMERGENCY VEHICLES? HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT HAS TO REMAIN OPEN. OKAY. PER THE FIRE CODE. SO PEOPLE COULD USE IT. BUT ITS INTENT OBVIOUSLY IS TO BE USED FOR VEHICLES. OKAY. AND THEN I THINK I PROBABLY SHOULD SPEAK TO WILLOW CREEK A LITTLE BIT, HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE THAT TO MAKE IT MORE USABLE. SO WHEN WE HAD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING BACK IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS CAME OUT AND EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO KEEP WILLOW CREEK IN THE TREES AND THE THINGS THAT ARE THE NATURAL FOLIAGE THAT'S THERE CURRENTLY TO MAINTAIN THAT, AS OPPOSED TO COMING IN AND KNOCKING IT ALL OUT AND PUT NEW TREES OR DOING WHATEVER THEY LIKE, THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS CURRENTLY. AND SO OUR THOUGHT WAS TO CREATE THE NATURAL AMBIANCE, I GUESS, OF A MORE OF A NATURAL CREEK BED. TO BE INCORPORATING THE DEVELOPMENT IS TO MAKE A NATURAL PATHWAY THAT GOES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, WHILE MAINTAINING WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE TO APPEASE THE NEIGHBORS IN SOME WAY, AND ALSO TO INCORPORATE IT SO THAT PEOPLE COULD UTILIZE IT AS A NATURE TRAIL. RIGHT. AND THE AND THE CREEK OBVIOUSLY CONTINUES TO GO TO THE GO TO THE WEST. AND SO ALL THAT PORTION CAN BE INCORPORATED AS KIND OF A NATURE TRAIL WITH A NATURAL AMBIANCE THAT WE THINK WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE IT MORE USABLE AS, AS AN AMENITY. SO, SO WHEN YOU SAY NATURE TRAIL, MORE OF JUST LIKE A DIRT TRAIL. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT LIKE AN ACTUAL PATHWAY ALONG WITH THIS, WITH THIS CONCEPT DRAWING, BECAUSE IT'S A DIRT ONE VERSUS
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SIDEWALK ONE. OKAY. AND IF WE'RE IF WE'RE TO GO IN AND PUT SIDEWALK IN AND DO THE FLAT WORK, WE ARE DEFINITELY RIPPING OUT A LOT OF WHAT'S NATURALLY THERE. AND SO TO MAINTAIN THAT, PUTTING IN A DIRT PATH SEEM TO BE A GOOD MIDDLE GROUND TO INCORPORATE IT AS WELL AS MAINTAINING IT. OKAY, NICE. AND THEN WITH SO IN ORDER TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS CONDITION. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE THE CONDITION OF INCLUDING WILLOW CREEK. SO WILLOW CREEK IS THE ADDITIONAL AMENITY PER SE, IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SMALLER BUFFERS IN SOME AREAS. CORRECT.THAT'S THE CONDITION. I THINK THAT WHAT THEY WANTED WAS SO THAT THE WILLOW CREEK COULD BE COUNTED AS PART OF THE OPEN SPACE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A DIRECT AMENITY FOR THE REDUCTION IN THAT OKAY, LANDSCAPE BUFFER. THE OTHER THING, THE OTHER CONDITION WAS TO RECOMMEND THAT, WHERE POSSIBLE, THAT TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER COULD BE MET. OKAY. YEAH. SO THERE WAS TWO CONDITIONS I THINK THEY FOUND ONE WAS OKAY, COOL. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW.
SORRY. I WILL HAVE TO SAY I COMMEND YOU FOR KEEPING WILLOW CREEK AND MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS, ESPECIALLY THE WHEN WE. ANNEXED IT, I WAS VERY NERVOUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DID THE PRELIMINARY PLAT. I WAS VERY NERVOUS. I'M LIKE, THIS JUST LOOKS SUPER DENSE AND WE'RE JUST NOT INCORPORATING ANY OF THE AWESOME CREEK THERE AND WHATEVER. BUT SO I COMMEND YOU FOR ADDING THAT IN. I THINK THAT'S A HUGE BENEFIT. YEAH, IT'S NOT FLAT GRASS THAT YOU CAN RUN AROUND ON, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN THE CITY. AND I THINK FOR MOST PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU STILL HAVE THE PLAYGROUND, KIDS CAN STILL PLAY AT THE PLAYGROUND, BUT MOST ADULTS LIKE TO JUST GO FOR A NICE WALK, YOU KNOW? AND SO I LIKE THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH HERE. YOU'RE USING ALL OF THAT. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. EXCUSE HIM. NO I'LL JUST I'LL THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS. I THINK I PROBABLY CAME OFF A LITTLE MORE NEGATIVE THAN I MEANT TO BE, BUT I'M JUST I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW YOU'RE USING WHAT I ALSO CONSIDER TO BE A GREAT AMENITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT IT FLOWS INTO THE PROPERTY. AND I WAS SIMILARLY CONCERNED BY THE ITEM THAT SAID PROPOSED ADDITION. YOU RUN UNDERGROUND AND WORRIED THAT THAT WAS THE PLAN. SO THANKS FOR ADDRESSING IT ALL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I INVITE STAFF BACK JUST SO THAT WE HAVE CLARIFICATION ON LANGUAGE FOR THE CONDITIONS. IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE THOSE. SO WE SAID THERE'S TWO CONDITION WHERE POSSIBLE. WE NEED THE TEN FOOT BUFFER. YES. AND THEN THE SECOND CONDITION BEING IF WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE WILLOW CREEK AS PART OF THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT, THEN WHY. SORRY. SO THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL AMENITY. SOMETHING TO HELP INCORPORATE. OKAY. RIGHT. SO THE PLAN AS PRESENTED DOESN'T HAVE A TRAIL. IT JUST HAS THE THREE AMENITIES. SO LIKE IF A NATURE TRAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE A FOURTH AMENITY THAT'S INCORPORATING WILLOW CREEK, HOW THE APPLICANT EXPLAINED IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT THERE. BUT IT'S NOT ON THE PLAN AS PRESENTED TONIGHT. SO THAT BUT BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND QUESTION. SO THE SECOND CONDITION IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING.
INCORPORATE. INCORPORATE WILLOW AS AMENITY IN SOME WAY IN ORDER TO HAVE THE BUFFER. YES. IF THAT. WELL, IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO COUNT IT AS THEIR COMMON SPACE, COUNT IT THAT INCORPORATE THAT INCORPORATE IT SOMEHOW AND HOW HOW THE APPLICANT EXPLAINED IT TONIGHT IS CERTAINLY A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST NOT ON THE PLAN AS PRESENTED WITH THE WALKING.
YES. OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER SCOTT? GOT A QUESTION FOR STAFF. OH, SORRY. SORRY. YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE A NATIONAL WATERWAY. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE TERMINOLOGY. SO TRAVIS CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN MORE IF YOU NEED IT REGARDING WATER TO THE WEST. BUT ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION OR CHANGE TO THE CHANNEL OF WILLOW CREEK WOULD REQUIRE COOPERATION WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GENERALLY. OKAY. AND DO YOU KNOW, WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED NAVIGABLE WATERS OR IS IT. I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE I, I THINK IT RELATES TO FLOWING WATER THAT FLOWS INTO A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY IS WHERE THAT'S TIGHTENED. SO PRESUMABLY THOSE CONSIDERATIONS
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WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR, FOR DEVELOPMENT. YES. SO FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD THAT CONNECT ENGINEERING IS IN CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYONE THAT THEY NEED TO IN ORDER TO WORK AROUND OR TO GET THE APPROVALS THEY NEED FOR WORKING AROUND WILLOW CREEK. WITH THIS PROJECT AND THE OTHER PROJECTS IN THE DIRECT VICINITY THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. THANK YOU. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. I CAN'T GET AWAY YET. WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING SOME KIND OF CROSSWALK BETWEEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS MAIN ROAD COMING THROUGH IN THE SOUTH SIDE? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF WE'RE HAVING SOME KIND OF TRAIL GOING ALONG THE RIVER HERE, AND THAT'S THE MOSTLY THE MAIN ROAD COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST KIND OF SEEING THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF THINGS, OF A CROSSWALK, OF SOME KIND OF. YEAH, LIKE RIGHT WHERE THE BRIDGE WOULD BE. NO, NO, NO, RIGHT WHERE THE BRIDGE IS. GO UP, UP RIGHT THERE. OH. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NATURALLY WANT TO FOLLOW THE CREEK ALONG. RIGHT. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TAKING YOUR KIDS UP TO THE PLAYGROUND AND YOU LIVE DOWN HERE. YEAH. SO THERE WILL BE A SITE PLAN. OKAY. AFTER THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS FOR BEAUTY, BUT THERE WILL BE A SITE PLAN THAT WILL BE REVIEWED. AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE.BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK. AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT. WHETHER YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION OR NOT. I'M SURE THE APPLICANT IS TAKING NOTES WITH THAT AS WELL, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT SAFE AND GOOD PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE SITE. OKAY, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. NO, IT DOES, IT DOES. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. YOU'RE SAFE. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION OF I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO ADD THE TWO CONDITIONS TO THE APPROVAL. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH BOTH OF THOSE. I THINK THEY'RE VALID CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE POSSIBLE WE MEET THE TEN FOOT BUFFER AND THAT WE INCLUDE WILLOW CREEK AS A AS AN AMENITY SOMEHOW WITH EITHER A WALKING TRAIL OR JUST SOME OF IT INCORPORATE IT AS AN AMENITY, I THINK IS THE EASY WAY TO SAY THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW IT TO BE COUNTED AS PART OF THE 33.5% COMMA SPACE NUMBER.
THOUGHTS ON THAT? YEAH, I AGREE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN, ESPECIALLY AROUND HERE IN IDAHO, THAT YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CREEK RUNNING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH, A NATURAL CREEK. I MEAN, THE BEST WE GET IS STRAIGHT DEEP CANALS. SO I THINK THE FACT THAT THEY'RE INCORPORATING THAT IS DEFINITELY A NICE TOUCH. I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I'M JUST GETTING NITPICKY HERE, BUT I MEAN, JUST THE AMOUNT OF DENSITY I JUST DON'T LIKE AS MUCH AND THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE ALL SUPER MONOTONOUS. BUT I MEAN, I CAN'T REALLY CONTROL MUCH OF THAT WITH SOME CHARACTER WOULD BE NICE. BUT I DO LOVE THE. INCORPORATING THE TRAIL AND THE AND THE CREEK.
THAT'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, VERY THOUGHTFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. SO I AM ALL FOR IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS QUESTIONS COMMENTS DISCUSSIONS? I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WHOEVER MAKES THE AMENDMENT THAT MAKES THAT AMENDMENT WITH TWO CONDITIONS AND I'LL HEAR. MOTION. THIS WILL DIE FOR LACK OF A MOTION. I JUST DON'T KNOW. COMMISSIONER, WHY DON'T I MAKE A MOTION? I CAN DO THAT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. I PROPOSE THAT WE APPROVE THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR CREEKSIDE TOWNHOMES. WITH THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT WERE POSSIBLE, THE TEN FOOT BUFFER BE MET, AND ALSO THAT WE INCLUDE WILLOW CREEK OR INCORPORATE WILLOW CREEK AS AN AMENITY IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO USE 33.5% COMMON SPACE TO USE WILLOW CREEK AS PART OF THE 33.5 COMMON SPACE. OKAY. SECOND. THANK YOU. WHY DON'T WE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THAT ONE. SORRY, COMMISSIONER SCOTT. I MEAN, I, OGDEN, I CANTU. HI, TYLER, I MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. WE COULD HAVE JUST DONE VOICE BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF
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ANYBODY OPPOSED, SO WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE'LL NOW HEAR ITEM NUMBER FOUR[3.IV. PUD25-001: PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT for Anderson Townhomes Division No. 2. Lot 1, Block 1, Berkshire Apartments Division No. 1. Located north of W Anderson Street, east of US Hwy 20, south of Science Center Drive, and west of N Boulevard. ]
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR ANDERSON TOWNHOMES DIVISION NUMBER TWO. HELLO AGAIN TRAVIS PAYNE 2295 NORTH YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY. UNIT SIX IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO. SO WE'RE HERE AGAIN TO PRESENT ANOTHER PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. THIS ONE IS 30 OR SORRY IT IS 35 UNITS. YEAH THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S ABOUT. 2.3 ACRES WITH A TOTAL DENSITY OF 15 UNITS TO THE ACRE AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS ONE. THIS ONE HAS OUTDOOR PARKING AND NO GARAGES. IT IS RIGHT NEXT RIGHT OFF OF SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE, AND THE PROVIDED AMENITIES ARE A PICKLEBALL COURT AND A GAZEBO. THE REQUESTED VARIANCE ISLANDS AGAIN, INDIVIDUAL LOTS FROM OFF OF A PRIVATE STREET AND THEN ALSO A REDUCTION IN THE TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER OFF OF THE PRIVATE ROAD. THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FOR THIS. DEVELOPED. THIS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WAS HELD BACK IN APRIL AND NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS SHOWED UP. SO I'VE GOT NOTHING TO REPORT ON THAT. BESIDES THAT. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL MAINLY ACCESS OFF OF SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE, BUT IT WILL ALSO CONTAIN AN ACCESS THROUGH A CROSS ACCESS THROUGH ANDERSON TOWNHOMES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE. SO I'LL STAND HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT I HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE.COMMISSIONER SCOTT. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE ACCESS OFF OF SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE. IS IT GOING TO BE ANY SORT OF A DSL LANE OR ANYTHING. NO, THERE'S NO PLANS TO DO THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY IS AVAILABLE FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT SCHOOL THAT'S RIGHT THERE. AND SO BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT WOULD BE. NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL. SO THERE'S NO PLANS. RIGHT? I NOTICED THE VARIANCES. TALK AGAIN ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. WE'RE REDUCING THAT FROM TEN FEET TO 4.5FT. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT REDUCTION OCCURS ON THE SITE. YEAH IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THIS FAR ZOOMED OUT. BUT IF YOU IF WE ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S A 4.5FT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE SIDEWALK AND THE UNITS. SO ALONGSIDE CENTER NO. OKAY. THERE'S A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THERE. RIGHT. OKAY.
SO THIS IS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY TO THE PARKING LOT. CORRECT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT. THERE'S TWO WAYS IN. THERE'S ONE ON THE SOUTH THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT ACCESS IS THROUGH DIVISION TWO OR DIVISION ONE ON BOSTON COURT. YEAH I THINK. WILL BOSTON COURT BE DEVELOPED. THAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED. OH IT IS YEAH. MAP LOOKS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A LANGUAGE BECAUSE THIS PICTURE SHOWS LIKE IT JUST GOT COMPLETED LAST YEAR. SO THE MAP MIGHT NOT BE UPDATED YET. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. ALL RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. WE'LL PROBABLY BRING YOU BACK. THANK YOU. STAFF HERE. SO REQUESTED ACTION FOR THIS AS WELL AS TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PUD FOR ANDERSON TOWNHOMES DIVISION NUMBER TWO TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN MAY OF 1959, WITH AN INITIAL ZONE OF R1, AND WAS REZONED TO R3 IN 2007, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE LIGHT BLUE IS OUR FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES AREAS. URBAN CORE, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL AREA WHICH FUNCTIONS AS THE CITY CORE, AND AREAS WITHIN OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN AND SOUTH DOWNTOWN. SO THIS REALLY IS STILL PART OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY WHERE WE SEE THOSE OLDER. SMALLER LOT DEVELOPMENTS. AND JUST RIGHT ON THE NORTH BORDER OF THE. THE PROPERTY IS SOUTH OF SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE AND NORTH OF WEST ANDERSON, AND WEST OF NORTH BOULEVARD. RIGHT HERE. THE TRIP GENERATION FOR A 35 UNITS DOES
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NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR REQUIREMENT FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY, AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FROM THE CITY ENGINEER REGARDING ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR A DECELERATION. IN THE IN THE REVIEWS AND COMMENTS OR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. SO FOR NOW, IT IS AS IT IS SHOWN RIGHT HERE, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN WITH HOW FAST PEOPLE COME OFF OF HIGHWAY 20 RIGHT THERE. BUT SO FAR THAT HAS NOT COME UP AS A WHAT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS. THE PUD CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 2.3 ACRES WITH 35 TWO STORY ATTACHED DWELLING UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED ON THAT WILL BE PLATTED ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS. EACH DWELLING UNIT REQUIRES TWO PARKING STALLS. THERE ARE 71 PARKING STALLS PROVIDED IN A PARKING LOT LAYOUT, INCLUDING THE REQUIRED ADA ACCESSIBLE PARKING STALLS. THERE'S ONLY ONE AMENITY REQUIRED FOR THIS DIVISION, BUT TWO ARE PROVIDED THE GAZEBO AND THE PICKLEBALL COURT. THERE IS, THE PD IS PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN TWO PHASES. THE PHASE ONE INCLUDES 1212 ATTACHED DWELLING UNITS AND THE GAZEBO, AND THEN THE EXTENSION OF BOSTON COURT IS INCLUDED IN THAT PHASE ONE RIGHT HERE. THE GAZEBO IS RIGHT HERE DOWN THE SOUTH. ALL AREAS OF THE PD NOT COVERED BY A BUILDING OR DRIVE AREA WILL BE LANDSCAPED THAT ALSO ACCEPTS THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOLLOWING VARIANCES TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOTS TO FROM PRIVATE STREETS. REDUCE THE REAR YARD BUILDING SETBACK FROM TWO TEN FEET, WHICH IS NORMALLY 25FT DOWN TO TEN FEET, AND REDUCE THE TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG PRIVATE STREETS TO 4.5FT IN EXCHANGE FOR ENHANCED LANDSCAPING FOR THE REST OF THE SITE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY DID KEEP SOME ISLANDS THAT THEY'RE NOT COUNTING TOWARDS THEIR COMMON SPACE TO TRY TO HELP MAINTAIN WHAT WOULD BE THE BUFFER. AND THEY'RE ALSO ADDING MORE TREES AND OTHER LANDSCAPING AROUND THE SITE. THIS IS THE ELEVATIONS FOR THIS ONE. IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS BUILT IN DIVISION ONE, JUST SOME TWO STORY, TWO STORY TOWNHOMES, NO GARAGES. JUST LIKE SHOWN HERE. THIS IS THE SITE OFF OF SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE RIGHT HERE. THIS IS DIVISION ONE. SO THOSE ARE BUILT OUT WITH WITH BOSTON COURT. THEY HAVE A TEMPORARY TURNAROUND JUST AT THE VERY SOUTHERN END OF WHERE THE SITE BEGINS. AND SO STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION, FINDS THAT IT COMPLIES WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PD FOR ANDERSON TOWNHOMES DIVISION NUMBER TWO. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL FOR THE VARIANCES OR IF IT'S APPROVED, THE VARIANCE IS JUST GET OUT OF THAT AS PRESENTED. SO THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. AND SO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DECIDE WHETHER BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND THE PRESENTATION, WHETHER THOSE VARIANCES ARE APPROPRIATE OR NOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT I HAVE ONE. YES, COMMISSIONER. I KNOW YOU ADDRESSED THE TRAFFIC IMPACT AND THAT THE NUMBER OF UNITS WOULD NOT INDUCE MUCH DEMAND ALONG THAT ROAD. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE USING THAT NEW ROAD AS A CUT THROUGH TO BYPASS GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO NORTH BOULEVARD, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH I THINK IS THE NEXT AVAILABLE EXIT OFF OF SCIENCE CENTER. SO I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT HAS COME UP. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE. IT IS A STRENGTH, STRAIGHT CONNECTION, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY A DIRECT CONNECTION. SO YOU KIND OF HAVE TO KNOW IN ORDER. YOU EITHER HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND IT'S A PRIVATE STREET. THAT DOESN'T MEAN OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T USE IT. BUT WITH THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED, THERE'S THERE IS TRAFFIC CALMING WITH THE PARKING LOT, THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND THE CURVES IN THE ROAD. YEAH. SO HOPEFULLY THERE ISN'T TOO MANY[00:55:04]
ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE IF THEY COME UP.OKAY. I'M JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF LIKE MODERN MEANS OF GETTING AROUND WHERE GOOGLE MAPS TELLS YOU THE FASTEST WAY TO GET TO SOMEWHERE. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC MIGHT GET ROUTED THROUGH HERE, AS OPPOSED TO GOING UP TO, YOU KNOW. RIGHT. SO AS A PRIVATE STREET, I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE HOW THE GOOGLE ROUTING WORKS. YEAH. BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY. GOOGLE, DON'T USE MY PRIVATE STREET FOR ROUTING THROUGH TRAFFIC. YEAH. PRETTY INTERESTING. OKAY. GOOD. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE MAY CALL YOU BACK, BOTH OF YOU. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OF ANDERSON TOWNHOMES. AND WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANDERSON. YOU. BEAUTY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COMMISSION? I'LL JUST GIVE CONTEXT TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION ON WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT. CURRENTLY, THE NEXT AVAILABLE EXIT FROM SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE OR LINCOLN ROAD. THERE IS WE WANT TO PUT IT UP ON THAT. SURE. CAN WE. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S A GOOD SHOT. MAY WE BORROW YOUR POINTER? OH I DON'T KNOW. YEAH OKAY. SURE.
YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT. SO EVEN WORSE. WELL THE TOP ONE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR POINTER. OKAY. SO. YEP. OKAY. SO THE NEXT AVAILABLE EXIT OFF OF HERE IS NORTH BOULEVARD WHICH IS KIND OF A IT CURVES AROUND. AND I'M WORRIED THAT ANY EASTBOUND TRAFFIC TRYING TO GET INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST GOING TO INSTEAD GET ROUTED THROUGH HERE, DOWN INSTEAD OF BEING PASSED AROUND AND THEN COMING BACK IN. WE'RE WE'RE INTRODUCING A NEW ENTRY POINT ONTO A MAJOR ROAD THERE. I THINK THAT AND THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE KIND OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND ANECDOTAL.
THERE'S NO HARD EVIDENCE HERE. BUT MY OPINION IS, IS THAT BECAUSE TURNING INTO THIS, LET'S SAY YOU ARE HEADING EAST DOWN SCIENCE CENTER, RIGHT? THE ENTRANCE TO THAT IS A VERY HARD RIGHT HAND TURN AND THEN A LEFT HAND TURN. AND IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN BACK IN HERE. AND THEN IF YOU'RE FROM THE STREET, YOU LOOK BACK IN THERE AND IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A PARKING LOT, AND THERE IS TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN THERE. SO VISUALLY, I WOULD SAY IT JUST KIND OF DETERS PEOPLE ON A ROUTING WAYS WITH LIKE GOOGLE AND STUFF. YEAH. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING GOOGLE MAPS ACTUALLY LIKE PUTTING IN A DESTINATION AND TRYING TO GO ON HERE IS PROBABLY ONE OUT OF 200, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST DRIVING JUST TO BECAUSE IT'S THEIR NORMAL ROUTE ANYWAY. AND SO MAYBE YOU MIGHT GET 1 OR 2 COME THROUGH. AND THAT'S EVEN IF GOOGLE ROUTES THEM THROUGH THAT WAY. GOOGLE MIGHT SEE THAT IT'S A PRIVATE. I JUST I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION. I'LL, I'LL GO THAT WAY. BUT OTHERWISE. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK AS THEY, YOU KNOW, COME EAST, HONESTLY, IT ALMOST STILL SEEMS FASTER TO JUST CONTINUE ON SCIENCE CENTER AND TURN RIGHT ON NORTH BOULEVARD AND MOVE AROUND BECAUSE IT'S ALL RIGHT HAND TURNS THERE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. I'M NOT A GOOGLE TECH BRO, SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT WHAT GOOGLE MAPS WOULD TELL YOU. BUT VISUALLY, AS JUST A NORMAL DRIVER, I THINK IT DETERS PEOPLE FROM SKIPPING THROUGH THERE. AND I THINK IT'S A VALID POINT.
HOWEVER, YOU NEED IT IN TWO WAYS TO ACCESS THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ANY TIME YOU HAVE AN INGRESS AND EGRESS AND INGRESS WHATEVER IN AND OUT OF A UNIT LIKE THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY RUN THAT RISK. SO I DON'T SEE IT AS A REASON TO SAY NO. OKAY, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER SCOTT, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER OR ANYTHING, BUT PERSONALLY I AM CONCERNED ABOUT NOT PEOPLE GOING INTO THERE, BUT PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE COME OFF THE 20 AND CRUISING DOWN SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE. SO THEY'RE COMING OUT AND MAKING A LEFT. EXACTLY.
YEAH. SO I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. I JUST WANTED TO STATE MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WILL BE ACCIDENTS. IS THAT A HARD CENTER STRIP MEETING ON SCIENCE CENTER? THAT'S A TURN LANE. SO IT'S A CENTER TURN LANE THAT YOU CAN PULL INTO. YEAH, YEAH. THANK
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YOU. OKAY. I ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT NORTH BOULEVARD AND ANDERSON AND SCIENCE CENTER, WE'VE GOT A THOUSAND NAMES OF THE STREET. THAT'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT. SO IT IS PEAK TRAFFIC 5:00. AND YOU'VE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD LONG ENOUGH. YOU'LL PROBABLY START LEARNING. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T TRY TURNING LEFT OUT OF THERE. LET ME LOOP AROUND AND GO USE THAT LIGHT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT A SMART DRIVER WOULD DO. NOT. NOT ALL DRIVERS ARE SMART, BUT THEY WILL START TO LEARN AFTER A WHILE THAT IF TURNING LEFT OUT OF THERE DOESN'T BECOME AN ISSUE AT PEAK DRIVE TIMES, THEY'VE GOT THAT LIGHT AVAILABLE TO THEM RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. SO THAT'S THE LAST THING. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. I THINK WE FIXED ALL THE PROBLEMS. BARRING ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ANDERSON TOWNHOMES DIVISION TWO COMMUNITY. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT GRANT WILSON HOMES, DIVISION NUMBER TWO TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THAT COMES WITH THE PROPOSED VARIANCES IN THE IN THE REPORT. SO THOSE WOULD BE INCLUDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. JUST MAKING THAT COMMENT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THANK YOU. THE VOTES UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT THREE ZONE OF
[3.V. RZN25-008: REZONE from HC, Highway Commercial to LC, Limited Commercial. Portion of Lot 17, Block 4 Westland Heights Addition Division No. 3. Located north of Broadway, east of Hanson Avenue, south of Raymond Drive, and west of N Skyline Drive. ]
HIGHWAY FROM HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL TO LIMITED COMMERCIAL PORTION OF BLOCK SEVEN. LOT 17, BLOCK FOUR, WEST. WEST. WEST. LAMP HEIGHTS ADDITION DIVISION THREE. WE HAVE AN APPLICANT. HELLO, EVERYONE.JAVIER RAMIREZ, ON BEHALF OF BOROX, 2194 SNAKE RIVER PARKWAY. SO JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THIS PROPERTY. IT'S AS YOU I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL, BUT IT'S ADJACENT TO WALGREENS, JUST OFF THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND SKYLINE. SPECIFICALLY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REZONE FOR LOT ONE, LOT ONE OF THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS FOR LOT THERE. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED HC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL. AND THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNER WISHES TO ZONE IT TO LIMITED COMMERCIAL LLC. LOT ONE IS 1.723 ACRES. LOT TWO IN THE BACK IS 0.858 ACRES. THE OWNER CURRENTLY HAS NO DEFINITE PLANS FOR ANYTHING AND SIMPLY WANTS THE TWO LOTS TO MATCH. WITH THAT. THE USE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED AND WE DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH RECOMMENDING OTHERWISE BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH THREE ATTENDEES ON APRIL 21ST AND THERE WERE NO EXPRESS OPPOSITIONS, AND ALSO THERE'S ADHERENCE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE ASK THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS TO BE APPROVED. THANK YOU GUYS. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. SO THE REQUEST HERE FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE REZONED FROM HC TO LC, AS WAS STATED, YOU CAN SEE THE NORTH PART OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED LC. THAT'S THE AREA THERE IN RED.
THERE ALSO IS LC OR LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONING IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET TO THE SOUTH ALONG BROADWAY. IF YOU KNOW THIS PART OF TOWN, THEN WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, KIND OF ON THE SOUTH EDGE, IS THE ALBERTSON'S PARKING LOT, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS AERIAL PHOTO. A LITTLE WAYS BACK. PROPERTIES. IF I GO BACK JUST TO THAT ZONING SLIDE, THE GENERAL ZONING IN THE AREA IS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL, THE PINK THAT YOU SEE AND THEN ALSO THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL, THE RED, THE REQUESTED LC, THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL. THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH CALLS OUT FOR MIXED CENTERS. WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT ABOUT THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL BEING CONSISTENT WITH THAT MIXED CENTER DESIGNATION FROM THE COMP PLAN. SO THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT. IF I ZOOM IN JUST TO THE PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY
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CURRENTLY IS VACANT, UNDEVELOPED LAND. THERE HAS BEEN INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE ARE SOME PARCEL LINE IRREGULARITIES AS ON THE PROPERTY AND THEN HAVING THE TWO ZONING DESIGNATIONS SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING FOR DEVELOPMENT.STAFF WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THAT WE INTENTIONALLY PROVIDE TWO ZONING DESIGNATIONS TO A PARCEL.
SO ACTUALLY ZONING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PROPERTY TO LC AND MAKING IT CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT SHOULD MAKE THAT MORE SIMPLE, BOTH TO SUBDIVIDE BUT ALSO TO DEVELOP. IT'LL MAKE IT SIMPLER TO DEAL WITH ACCESSES OFF OF BROADWAY AND CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE PARCEL AS A WHOLE. WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS, STAFF WOULD SUPPORT THE REQUEST TO REZONE IT. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST THE AIRPORT OVERLAY. WE JUST MENTIONED THAT THE AIRPORT OVERLAY WON'T BE MODIFIED OR CHANGED AS PART OF THIS REZONE, AND WILL STAY IN EFFECT. THE AIRPORT OVERLAY ZONES AND THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED ARE BOTH CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING ZONING OF HC AND LC, AND WITH THE NEW ZONE OF LC AS WELL. SO THERE'S NO CONFLICT THERE. HERE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY. AGAIN, LARGELY IT'S UNDEVELOPED. THERE IS ON THE VERY SOUTHERN END, EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT HAS HAD SOME COMMERCIAL USES IN IT, WITH A SMALL COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT THERE, BUT IN LARGE MEASURE THE PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED. AND WITH THAT, I'D ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY OF STAFF. I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. SO WITH IT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND. SO WITH IT BECOMING LC THAT DOES ALLOW RESIDENTIAL IN THIS ZONE. IF IT WERE TO BECOME ALL LC. CORRECT? CORRECT. LC DOES ALLOW FOR THAT MIX OF BOTH RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, AND THAT WOULD JUST FOLLOW THE R3 ZONE. YES THAT'S REQUIREMENTS OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REZONE OF HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL FOR LIMITED COMMERCIAL ON THIS PARCEL. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO TAKERS, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS AMENDMENT OR ITEM. PROPOSED CHANGE. IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME. SORRY. JUST VOTE NO. WAS SOMEONE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING OKAY. YEAH, IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME. I WOULD HOPE THAT I'M JUST KIND OF PUTTING THIS OUT IN THE UNIVERSE. WHOEVER DOES DECIDE TO DEVELOP IT UTILIZES THAT ALLEYWAY THAT WE CAN GET AS MUCH TRAFFIC TO USE BACK THERE ON THE SKYLINE. THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN ON BROADWAY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PULL OUT ONTO THE AN ACTUAL HIGHWAY THERE RIGHT BY THE LIGHT SEEMS TRICKY. SO USING SKYLINE, I HOPE WHOEVER DEVELOPS THIS, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO. AM I WRONG IN THAT THAT BEING A MAJOR ARTERIAL, THERE IS A 600 FOOT REQUIREMENT BEFORE YOU HAVE ANY DRIVEWAY OR SO, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY DIRECT STREET FRONTAGE IS BROADWAY. WE WILL ALLOW THE PARCEL TO HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS OFF OF BROADWAY. WE WILL WORK TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AS FAR AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION AS WE CAN, AND THAT IT WILL LINE UP WITH OTHER THINGS. WE'LL ALSO, BECAUSE BROADWAY IS AN ITD JURISDICTION, ROAD WILL WORK WITH ITD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ALL FUNCTIONING AND WORKS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR MEDIAN CENTER MEDIAN TO BE INSTALLED IN THIS PORTION OF BROADWAY, JUST TO ENSURE SAFETY AS WELL. RIGHT IN. RIGHT OUT. CORRECT. YEAH. SO IF IT WERE TO ALL BECOME ONE LOT GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO SKYLINE, WOULD IT THEN NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT ACCESS TO BROADWAY OR BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAS THAT ACCESS TO BROADWAY ALREADY HAS THAT RIGHT? ESSENTIALLY, EVEN IF IT DOES GO ALL THE WAY UP TO SKYLINE, IF THE PROPERTY WENT ALL THE WAY TO SKYLINE, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. BUT ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY THAT FRONTS SKYLINE IS UNDER SEPARATE OWNERSHIP. THIS PROPERTY OWNER ONLY OWNS BETWEEN BROADWAY AND THE ALLEY, SO IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE FRONTAGE TO SKYLINE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S TRYING TO. THEY'RE TRYING TO MATCH THE ZONE AS THAT. OKAY, RIGHT. IF I GO BACK TO THAT ZONE, THE NORTH OF THEIR PROPERTY IS ALSO LC.
OKAY. YEAH. WELL, LET'S HOPE THEY CAN BE FRIENDS. WE HAVE ONE BIG PROJECT THAT WOULD MAKE A
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LOT OF SENSE. GREAT. SO IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR POTENTIALLY LIKE A CROSS ACCESS WITH THE PHARMACY THAT'S TO THE EAST? I KNOW THERE'S A DRIVEWAY ONTO SKYLINE FROM THERE. SO THERE WAS A CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN WALGREENS AND THE ATM THERE TO THE NORTH.BUT IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT, THAT ACCESS DOESN'T GRANT ACCESS TO THIS PARCEL, THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD LOOK INTO. IT'S A POSSIBILITY. THANK YOU.
OKAY, WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO ME. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE'RE MAKING ANY BIG CHANGES HERE. AND WE CAN SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS ON DRIVEWAYS WHEN IF WE GET A FLAT. SO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BARRING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR REZONE OF HC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL TO LC LIMITED COMMERCIAL FOR LOT SEVEN, BLOCK FOUR, WESTERN HEIGHTS. PLOT 17 BLOCK. 17.10 27 HERE AND 17 IN OUR AGENDA. WHICH WHICH ONE DO WE HAVE? DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS? IT WOULD BE LOTS OF. SORRY. IT'D BE LOT 17. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR THEIR PAGES. YEAH. OKAY. SO LOT 17, BLOCK FOUR WESTLAND. YEP. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CANTU. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL
[4.I. PLT25-008: FINAL PLAT for Highland Park 2nd Amended. Lots 37-43, Block 45 of Highland Park Addition. Located north of Shelley Street, east of Elmore Avenue, south of US Highway 20, west of Canyon Avenue.]
NOW MOVE ON TO BUSINESS ITEMS. FINAL PLAT FOR HIGHLAND PARK SECOND. LOT 3743. WE HAVE AN APPLICANT. AND THERE WE GO. WE HAVE THIRD AMENDED AND SECOND AMENDED HERE TO. BACK. YEAH.THIS IS SORRY. BEFORE WE HAVE YOU GO OUR PACKET SAYS THIRD AMENDED THE AGENDA SAYS SECOND AMENDED. DO WE HAVE A CORRECT AMENDMENT ON THAT. SO THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH ONE REVIEW. THE INITIAL REVIEW HAS SECOND AMENDED. WE'VE CORRECTED IT TO THIRD AMENDED. BUT THE PLAT HADN'T BEEN CORRECTED BY THE TIME YOUR PACKETS WENT OUT. SO IT'S THERE. SO WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION WE WILL USE THIRD AMENDMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY. COME ON BACK. NO WORRIES.
TRAVIS PAYNE 2295 NORTH HILLSTONE HIGHWAY, UNIT SIX. SO WE'RE PROPOSING THIS SIX LOT FLAT ON 0.458 ACRES. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS PART OF THE 1906 ANNEXATION. AND IT WAS GRIDDED WITH 19 OR. YEAH. AND I THINK IT WAS AT THAT SAME TIME BECAUSE OF HIGHWAY 20 COMING IN. IT BASICALLY MADE THE PARCEL VERY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP. SO TO BE ABLE TO INFILL THIS PROPERTY, WE'RE PROPOSING THE SIX LOT PLAT IN THE TEN ZONE, WHICH MEETS ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN THE MAXIMUM FRONT SETBACK, WHICH WE CLEARED WITH THE WITH THE VARIANCE TO GO BEYOND THAT 20 FOOT SETBACK, AS OPPOSED TO STATING THAT AS THE MAXIMUM. SO YEAH, BESIDES THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. COMMISSIONER SCOTT, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCESS TO THIS. IS THE MAIN ACCESS GOING TO BE DOWN THE ALLEY? NO, THE MAIN ACCESS IS GOING TO BE OFF OF THE CUL DE SAC OFF OF ELMORE AVENUE. SO. SO COULD YOU, I GUESS, MAP THAT OUT FOR US BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO OVERLAY WHAT THE FINAL PLAT LOOKS LIKE TO REAL LIFE. YEAH. SO COULD YOU. YEAH, I GUESS EXPLAIN. SO IF YOU GO TO THAT FINAL PLAT, I GUESS YOU CAN SHOW IT TO YOU A LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY THAT EXTENDS NORTH PAST THE CUL DE SAC AND OUR DRIVEWAY FOR ALL OF THOSE LOTS WILL EXTEND THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW, CAN I USE. YEAH, YEAH. YES, PLEASE. LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S SO COOL. SO IT EXTENDS NORTH AND THEN IT WILL TURN AND GO ALONG THE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY AND GO INTO THE PROPERTY. AND THEN IT WILL COME TO THE ALLEYWAY. AND THEN WE HAVE A PROPOSED FIRE TRUCK TURNAROUND THERE IN THE ALLEYWAY WHICH WILL
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IMPROVE IT TO THE FIRE TRUCK TURNAROUND STANDARDS I THINK IS 20FT WIDE. AND THEN THAT WAY ALL OF THE PROPERTIES WILL HAVE ACCESS VIA I CAN'T SEE WHAT THAT ROAD IS, WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT I DON'T KNOW. ELMORE. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT. AND. THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN ACCESS. I DON'T THINK THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ALLEYWAY WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO WANT TO USE IT VERY OFTEN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PAVED. SO THE MAIN ACCESS IS WE'VE GOT THAT. CAN I USE THE CORNER? SURE.OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS MAP HERE, THE TOP BUTTON. YES. OKAY. COME ON CHIEF WHERE AM I WALKING. MAYBE I GOT TO BE CLOSER HERE. NO. YOU'RE ON MY SECOND SCREEN. WELL, YOU'RE ON MY SCREEN. MINE. LIKE THE CURSED ZONE. SO I'LL JUST GO IN THE AUDIENCE AND TALK. OKAY, GREAT.
SORRY. MAKING A CIRCUS OUT OF THIS. SO FOR US, CAN YOU COME TO THE MIC JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN. IS IT NOT WORKING FOR ME? I'M NOT SURE. I GOT USED TO IT. LET ME TRY. I NEED A POINT AND THEN CLICK. I'LL TRY THAT. THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO JUST SO YOU WERE SAYING, THE ACCESS COMES LIKE THIS AND OVER TO THE ALLEYWAY HERE, AND I WAS CONFUSED. WELL, HOW DOES THIS LOT, IF WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON THE ALLEYWAY? IS THIS THE DRIVEWAY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE? WHAT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ALLEYWAY FROM. WHAT IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO COME THROUGH? THEN THEY ARE USING THE ALLEYWAY TO GET TO THIS LOT AND TO THIS LOT, BECAUSE ELMORE ONLY COMES, LIKE, RIGHT HERE. AND YOU HAVE THE DRIVEWAY COME UP AND THROUGH AND WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY UP THROUGH.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. OKAY. I GUESS I GUESS WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO THAT, MY POINT WAS THAT THE MAIN ACCESS IS GOING TO BE COMING OFF OF ELMORE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE USING THE ALLEYWAY FROM THE SOUTH TO GET TO THE PROPERTY. OH, BUT YEAH, THOSE LOTS WILL USE THE ALLEYWAY TO. YEAH OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH MR. SCOTT YEAH. TO THAT POINT, MAINTENANCE OF THE. IS THAT A. CITY RIGHT OF WAY. AND THE ALLEY BEHIND MY HOUSE DOESN'T GET PLOWED. IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED MOST LIKELY WHERE IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD COMING UP INTO THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT. AND THOUGH THE. YEAH, IT WOULD BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED FOR SNOW, BUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. WE'LL HEAR FROM STAFF. MR. SO THE REQUESTED ACTION TONIGHT IS A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS IS GOING FROM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THREE AND A THREE AND A HALF, LOTS TO SIX BUILDABLE LOTS. IT IS IN THE TEN ZONE AND BACK IN. WELL IT WAS IT WAS ANNEXED AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN SITE BACK IN 1906 WITH AN INITIAL ZONING OF RESIDENTIAL, AND THE ORIGINAL PLAT HAD A GRIDDED PATTERN LOT OR GRIDDED PATTERN OF LOTS AND BLOCKS, JUST LIKE YOU SEE HERE.
AND THEN, AS TRASK EXPLAINED, HIGHWAY 20 CAME THROUGH AND THEIR RIGHT OF WAY CUT THROUGH THOSE LOTS. BECAUSE OF THAT, AND THE ODD SHAPED LOTS AND THE FACT THAT ELMORE DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY, THIS THIS IS PLATTED RIGHT OF WAY BACK IN. LET'S SEE, WHEN WAS IT? FEBRUARY. THEY DID APPLY FOR A VARIANCE TO IN THE ZONE YOU HAVE A MINIMUM SETBACK AND A MAXIMUM SETBACK. THEY ASKED TO REDUCE THE OR TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM SETBACK FROM 20 TO 25FT. AND I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT WE HAD. WE'VE GOT THAT. YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL CLEAR UP SOME THINGS WITH THE ACCESS. BUT ELMORE IS A
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PLATTED RIGHT OF WAY. THEN IT WILL TURN INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE. I'LL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REAR LOADED ALLEY, ACCESS TO GARAGES FOR THESE UNITS. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE PLAT, BUT WE'LL SHOW YOU THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE VARIANCE. AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR CUL DE SAC. THIS RIGHT HERE WILL BE IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY. SO IT WILL STILL BE CITY MAINTAINED UNTIL YOU GET OUT OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN IT BECOMES PRIVATE. THE ALLEY WILL BE WIDENED SLIGHTLY AND IMPROVED ALONG THESE LOTS, AND THEY WILL HAVE REAR LOADED GARAGES FROM THE ALLEY. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ALLEY ACCESS AS WELL, BUT IT WON'T BE MAINTAINED QUITE LIKE THIS WILL BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THEIR PRIMARY ACCESS TO THEIR DWELLING UNITS. LET'S SEE IF I CAN COVER ANYTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED YET. I TRAVIS HERE. LIKE I MENTIONED, IT IS IN THE TIME ZONE. IT IS. IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TIME ZONE OTHER THAN THE MAXIMUM SETBACK, WHICH AGAIN WAS A VERY BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT BACK IN FEBRUARY. IT IS IN THE URBAN CORE. SO YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER LOTS, HIGHER DENSITY IN THE TIME ZONE FITS WELL WITHIN THAT. AND OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE FINAL PLAT AND FINDS IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT, AND I WILL JUST MENTION THAT FROM HIGHWAY 20 AND THE END OF ELMORE, THIS IS REALLY WHAT YOU WHAT YOU SEE, IT'S JUST NATURAL VEGETATION. IT'S NOT WATERED. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD USE FOR THAT VACANT LAND. SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR SHOW MY IGNORANCE? WILL YOU REMIND ME WHAT TN TM STANDS FOR? TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SO WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I THINK THIS IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF HOW WE FEEL SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF IOWA FALLS IN THE ZONE. SO IT'S A BIG PLUS FOR ME. SO WE'RE BEING CREATIVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. IT TOOK SOME VARIANCES, BUT WE PUT SOME HEADS TOGETHER.WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. BUT YOU ALL DID. YOU THE DEVELOPER. BUT THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE. AND THE MORE WE DO STUFF THE MORE EXPERIENCED EVERYONE GETS. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO WORK. THANK YOU. YEAH I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. I APPLAUD APPLICANT AND STAFF FOR COMING UP WITH A CREATIVE SOLUTION TO A LIKE YOU'VE ALL ACKNOWLEDGED, A VERY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP LOT. SO NICELY DONE. OKAY. POLICE COMMISSIONER SCOTT I AGREE. I THINK THIS IS THIS IS GREAT TO SEE THE PROPERTY. DEVELOP. I KNOW THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES HERE. I'M STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCESS TO THESE NORTHERN LOTS. WHEN YOU SAY THE ALLEY WILL BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED. BY WHOM? BY THE LOT OWNERS. OR WHO WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE ACCESS IN THAT ALLEY TO THAT? YEAH. SO THE CITY'S GOING TO CITY ALLEYS ARE DIRT, AND WE DON'T REALLY MAINTAIN THEM AS FAR AS PLOWING THEM UNLESS CITY GARBAGE TRUCK GETS STUCK OR, YOU KNOW, NEEDS MAINTENANCE FOR THAT. BUT THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THIS ON THEIR OWN AND WHERE IT'S THEIR ONLY ACCESS INTO THEIR DRIVEWAYS OR EVEN TO PARK. I THINK THAT THAT MEANS THAT IF THEY WANT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THERE, IT'S MAINTAINED LIKE YOU DO YOUR OWN DRIVEWAY. CORRECT? CORRECT. EXCEPT THAT I KNOW OTHER LOT. I HAVE TO GET PAST THE LOTS TO THE SOUTH. THAT'S CORRECT TOO. YOU GOT TO GET PAST TWO OF THEM. BUT WE'RE TALKING I MEAN, THESE ARE SMALL LOTS, 100FT AT MOST. LESS THAN THAT. YEAH, A VERY SHORT DRIVE WAY. I MEAN, EVEN IF YOUR NEIGHBOR DOESN'T WANT TO PLOW HIS PARKING SPOT, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE STUCK. YOU GET STUCK BEHIND MY.
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WELL, YOU BETTER START PLOWING MORE. WELL, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS SECTION OF THE ALLEYWAY WILL BE PAVED. AND WHY? OKAY. YEAH. SO AT LEAST THIS PART OF THE ALLEYWAY THAT FRONTS THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE BEHAVED PROPERLY AND WIDENED. AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S SNOW AND ICE ON TOP OF MUD AND ROCK. AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPER WILL WILL PAY THAT. SO I WOULD SAY CORRECT. YES. HE'S REQUIRED TO IMPROVE THAT, THAT FROM THE TOP OF THE NORTHERN LOT TO THE SOUTHERN ONE. SO EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW REMOVAL IS STILL A RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE THERE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE ALL FRIENDS, AT LEAST UNDERNEATH IT'S NOT MUD. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHILE WE HAVE YOU, SINCE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE PUT UP SINCE WE'RE SEEING, I THINK THESE ARE ATTACHED TOWNHOMES. CORRECT. SO YOU'VE GOT THREE TO THE NORTH THAT WILL BE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. AND THEN THE THREE, IS THIS GOING TO REQUIRE A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION FOR EXAMPLE THAT WOULD ACT? NO. THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE ON THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL LOTS. SO IT'S NOT A PUD. IT'S NOT A EACH LOT. EACH UNIT IS ON ITS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL LOT. SO WHEN WE SAY PRIVATELY MAINTAINED I'M JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS QUESTION.WHEN YOU SAY PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, THAT'S INDIVIDUAL OWNERS THEMSELVES AS OPPOSED TO ONE HOA. CORRECT. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR HIGHLAND. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT TO THE MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL FOR HIGHLAND PARK ADDITION. THIRD AMENDMENT, THIRD AMENDMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCOTT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED. ALL RIGHT. FINAL PLAT FOR LINCOLN PARKWAY, DIVISION
[4.II. PLT25-009: FINAL PLAT for Lincoln Parkway Division No. 2. NE ¼ of Section 16, Township 2 North, Range 38 East. Located north of Kerney Street, east of Quail Drive, south of Lincoln Road, west of S 25th E. ]
TWO. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? YOU'RE BUSY TONIGHT. DEVELOPER. THIS IS NOT THE DEVELOPER. IT'S JUST. I'M JUST LIKE, MAN, WE JUST TIMED OUT. YEAH. SO, TRAVIS PAYNE, 2295, NORTH YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY, UNIT SIX. THIS IS ANOTHER PROPOSED PLAT IN THE ELK ZONE. IT'S 9.62 ACRES WITH 12 LOTS AND 11 BUILDABLE LOTS. IT IS SOUTH OF LINCOLN ROAD AND INCLUDES AN EXTENSION OF JONATHAN AVENUE SOUTH AND THE CONNECTION TO THE EAST TO THAT PROPERTY, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE CURRENTLY UNPLOWED ROADS. THERE ARE ROADS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THAT PIECE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE LC ZONE. THE LOT SIZES VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE EAST SIDE AND THEN ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE. SO ON THE WEST SIDE. SO IF I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE. YES. SO RIGHT TO THE NORTH YOU HAVE ALL THOSE UNITS THERE I'M ASSUMING. HOWEVER THOUGH THESE LOTS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST ARE COMMERCIAL LOTS POTENTIALLY.WE'VE HAD PEOPLE APPROACH US FOR APARTMENTS ON THOSE ON THAT WEST PORTION. IN FACT, WE'VE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING, BUT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE FALLEN THROUGH KIND OF MOVING AND SHAKING. SO THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIAL. SO THAT ZONE IS ADAPTABLE TO BOTH. RIGHT. SO OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU STAFF. OKAY. THROUGH THE MAIN. OKAY. CLEAR REQUEST ACTION TO ME IS RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR LINCOLN PARKWAY. TO WHICH MINUTE TWO TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN 2018 WITH AN INITIAL ZONE OF HC HIGHWAY. COMMERCIAL. ZONED LC LIMITED. COMMERCIAL. IN 2022. THE LC ZONE PROVIDES A COMMERCIAL ZONED FOR RETAIL AND SERVICE USES WITH SUPPLYING DAILY HOUSEHOLD NEEDS OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS. ANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL NEED TO ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE R3 MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THE AREA AS MIXED USE ENERGY CORRIDORS, RELATES TO THOSE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE TEND TO SHOP, EAT AND GATHER WITH COMMERCIAL USES. THE VARYING SCALE FROM LARGE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL CENTERS TO SMALLER COMMERCIAL
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POCKETS. SO THIS IS PROBABLY ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, CONSIDERING WE HAVE COSTCO RIGHT HERE AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IN YEMEN RIGHT THERE. WE DO HAVE POTENTIAL FOR NOT ONLY HOUSING, BUT SOME COMMERCIAL USES. AND AS TRAVIS MENTIONED, THERE IS A ADDITIONAL ROAD NETWORKS BEING PLANNED ALL AROUND HERE TO HELP ENSURE CONNECTIVITY TO THESE OTHER VACANT PARCELS. SO DOWN HERE WE DO HAVE DEVELOPMENT COMING ALONG HERE. THIS IS CALLED RIGHT. AND SO THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT SHOWS FURTHER CONNECTION FROM THIS BENTLEY AVENUE COMING UP TO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THERE IS A MUCH BROADER PLANNED STREET NETWORK THAN WHAT IS SHOWN ON THE FINAL PLAT, JUST FOR YOUR JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SINCE THE NEW ROAD FOR THIS KIND OF PLOT IS SMALL, BUT THEY ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE FOR FUTURE CONNECTIVITY THAT'S BEING PLANNED OUT. SO THIS PROPERTY IS SOUTH OF LINCOLN ROAD, WEST OF. SOUTH OR WEST OF NORTH 25TH EAST. JUST NEAR COSTCO LINCOLN ROAD AND EAST. THE PLAT CONSISTS OF 12 LOTS, 11 BUILDABLE, ONE NON BUILDABLE, THE NON BUILDABLE ONE YOU CAN BARELY SEE IS A VERY SMALL STRIP OF PROPERTY DOWN ON THE SOUTH RIGHT HERE THAT IS DESIGNATED ENTIRELY AS A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT. IT IS NOT A SPIKE STRIP PER SE, BUT ALL OF THE PROPERTY NEEDED TO BE PLATTED. SO TO LEAVE A REMNANT.OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONLY THING THAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER OWNS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT ON PLATTED. THE JONATHAN AVENUE WILL BE EXTENDED SOUTH AS A AS A RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR AND JUST UP TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE. THIS HARRISON STREET IS GOING TO STEP TO THE WEST AGAIN TO FACILITATE FUTURE CONNECTIVITY. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FINDINGS THAT IT COMPLIES WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. ANY DISCUSSION? NO CONCERNS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY. I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR LINCOLN PARK DIVISION NUMBER TWO TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCOTT. SORRY. THAT WAS COMMISSIONER MEEHAN MADE THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER SCOTT SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THE AMENDMENT OR THE FINAL PLAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FINAL PLAN FOR HOME RANCH ADDITIONS,
[4.III. PLT25-010: FINAL PLAT for Home Ranch Addition Division No. 7, First Amended. Lot 6, Block 10 Home Ranch Addition No. 7. Located north of Hartert Drive, east of S Boulevard, south of E 25th Street, west of S Holmes Avenue.]
DIVISION NUMBER SEVEN. WOW. SORRY, GUYS. TRAVIS PAYNE WITH CONNECT ENGINEERING, 2295 NORTH YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY, UNIT SIX. SO THIS IS A 0.446 ACRE TWO LOT PLAT IN THE R1 ZONE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S CURRENTLY BUILDING ON THERE. AND IT'S A DUPLEX. AND WE'RE JUST DIVIDING THE DUPLEX INTO TWO LOTS. IT'S RIGHT OFF OF I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THAT SAYS. WELL IT WOULD BE HOMES ON THE EAST SIDE THERE. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ WHAT THAT SAYS. HOMES ARE HICKORY CIRCLE.I'M GETTING OLD IN MY YOUNG AGE. YEAH. BUT ANYWAYS, THIS IS THE. YEAH, THIS IS THE PLAN I. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT DOES THAT SIMPLY SO THAT THE OWNER CAN SELL OFF ONE OF THE UNITS. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I MEAN, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. HOW IS A DUPLEX ABLE TO BE MADE WITHOUT THE OR TWIN HOME BECAUSE THEY'RE TWIN HOMES, RIGHT. YEAH.
WELL, IN R-1 I UNDERSTAND, BUT HOW IS THERE ABLE TO BE A TWIN HOME WITHOUT THEM BEING SPLIT? SO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME A LITTLE BIT, I THINK. YEAH. GO AHEAD AND MAYBE CITY. YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT. YEAH. TO UNDERSTAND THINGS BETTER. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT.
THANK YOU. WE'LL HEAR FROM STAFF. OKAY. THE REQUESTED ACTION TONIGHT IS TO RECOMMEND
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APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT TO THE CITY, TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS, AS MENTIONED IN AN R1 ZONE. WE'RE GOING FROM ONE LOT TO TWO BLOCKS. THERE'S AN EXISTING DUPLEX. SO IN OUR JURISDICTION, A DUPLEX IS TWO UNITS ON A SINGLE LOT. A TWIN HOME IS TWO UNITS ATTACHED TO, ATTACHED TO ATTACHED ON TWO SEPARATE PARCELS. SO DUPLEX COULD ONLY BE OWNED BY ONE PERSON. CORRECT. AND AS TRAVIS MENTIONED, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THIS BE SPLIT INTO TWO PARCELS SO THAT THEY CAN BE SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. THERE'S A COUPLE CAVEATS TO THAT. WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS AT THIS POINT, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ANSWERS BEFORE THIS GOES TO CITY COUNCIL. BEFORE I GET INTO THAT THOUGH, I JUST WANT TO MENTION AGAIN, THIS IS IN AN R-1 ZONE. IT WAS CHANGED FROM R2 TO R-1 IN THE 2018 CITYWIDE ZONE CHANGE. WHILE WE THE LOTS IN R-1 ZONE HAVE A MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM LOT SIZE MINIMUM 7000FT■S. MAXIMUM IS 13,500FT■!S. SO THE INDIVIDUAL T MEETS THAT STANDARD. AND ALSO THE TWO INDIVIDUAL LOTS WILL STILL MEET THAT STANDARD. THE PROPERTIES AT THE END OF THE CUL DE SAC HAS FRONTAGE ON HIGBEE CIRCLE, WHICH IS CLASSIFIED AS A RESIDENTIAL. AND I'M GOING TO FLIP BACK TO THIS RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE WHEN WE DID THE CITYWIDE ZONE CHANGE, WE REZONED THESE LOTS TO RE, BUT WE KEPT THESE LOTS WITH THE DUPLEXES IN THE R-1 ZONE. THESE LOTS HAVE BEEN SPLIT WITH THE CONDO PLAT. THE THREE SURROUNDING THIS INDIVIDUAL. THEY STARTED OUT AS INDIVIDUAL LOTS WITH THE DUPLEX, BUT THEY'VE SINCE BEEN SPLIT WITH THE CONFLUENT CLOUD. SO.BACK TO THE SITUATION AND THE CAVEATS THAT I WAS STARTING TO EXPLAIN EARLIER. WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM CITY STAFF, MOSTLY PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS. THIS DUPLEX CURRENTLY HAS A SINGLE WATER SERVICE AND A SINGLE SEWER SERVICE. A SINGLE CONNECTION TO IDAHO FALLS POWER.
AND WE'RE ALSO SO, SO FAR WATER SAYS NOT A PROBLEM. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM SEWER BACKWARDS. EXCUSE ME? SEWER SAYS IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. WATER. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM. AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE THAT MAY COME UP. WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE THIS SHARED WALL TIES THESE TWO UNITS TOGETHER, THAT IT HAS A TWO HOUR FIREWALL. SO WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT. SO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN RECOMMEND APPROVAL. YOU CAN RECOMMEND IT WITH CONDITIONS. BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT THOSE WILL BE IRONED OUT PRIOR TO THIS. GOING TO CITY COUNCIL. NOW LET'S SAY PUBLIC WORKS COMES BACK AND SAYS NO. EACH INDIVIDUAL UNIT NEEDS THEIR OWN SERVICES. AND THE. BUILDING OFFICIAL COMES BACK AND SAYS, NO, IT'S ONLY A ONE HOUR FIREWALL. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUSH THIS FORWARD, BUT THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO DO A CONDO FLAT. GREAT ANSWER. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CAN I JUST ADD TO I MEAN, NORMALLY WITH A SUBDIVISION PLAN YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH SORT OF INTERNAL BUILDING ISSUES LIKE I DESCRIBED. I THINK THE MECHANISM THAT WOULD GO FORWARD WITH THIS FINAL PLAT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD OUTLINE THE SOLUTIONS TO ANY OF THE ISSUES AND ISSUES IDENTIFIED, SO THAT THE PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IF NECESSARY. SO JUST BECAUSE NORMALLY IT'S NOT A PLANNING ISSUE, RIGHT? NOT SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH TECHNICALLY THE PLAT CAN BE DONE. IT'S GOING TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. I AGREE, BUT WE CAN MANAGE EVERYTHING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THAT'S FINE. RIGHT. AND THANK YOU, TERRY. AND JUST TO MENTION, EVEN IF THERE ISN'T A CURRENT ONE, OUR FIREWALL DOESN'T MEAN THERE CAN'T BE MODIFICATIONS TO MEET THAT STANDARD. I'M OKAY WITH STICKING TO P AND Z ITEMS AND JUST ABSOLUTELY FLAT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSION? GREAT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A
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MOTION THAT YOU'VE ALL DONE THE HEAVY LIFTING TONIGHT. THE FINAL PLAT. HOME RANCH ADDITION, DIVISION NUMBER SEVEN FIRST AMENDED. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCOTT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S OUR BUSINESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK TONIGHT. ANY UPDATES OR THOUGHTS FOR JULY? WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. WE'LL HAVE A REGULAR MEETING JULY 1ST. IT'S NOT TOO HEAVY OF AN AGENDA SIMILAR TO TONIGHT'S COUPLE HOURS THEN. WELL, PROBABLY AN HOUR. AN HOUR AND A HALF. NOT AS MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT. SO THAT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT OTHERWISE PRETTY