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Rezone (CUP —Reduce Parking)
Ivy - #17 00756
649 S 2" W
1. October 4, 2017, Adam called City Hall to identify what would be needed to modify the Ivy's current CUP
for parking. The city ordinance had changed since their CUP to reduce the amount of visitor parking
required. After speaking with Stephen Zollinger, the city attorney, it was communicated a new CUP request
would be requited.
2. November 14, 2017, a letter was sent the City of Rexburg Planning & Zoning department requesting the
change for a CUP. At this time, it was communicated with Adam, an official application would be needed
and fees would need to be paid.
3. November 17, 2017, Adam's contact information was passed to the Economic Developer to advocate for
Adam through the process. Scott, the Economic Developer, called Adam and left a message to have Adam
fill out a new CUP request.
4. December 6, 2017, Adam submitted an application to the Planning & Zoning department and paid
associated fees.
5. Scheduled for Planning & Zoning meeting on January 4, 2018.
6. December 13, 2017, Notice was sent to the newspaper, Rexburg Standard Joumal, to publish on December
19, 2017 and January 2, 2018.
7. December 19, 2017, Notice was mailed to adjacent land owners.
8. December 20, 2017, Staff report was sent to applicant.
9. January4, 2018 Application was presented before the Planning & Zoning Commission.
6:45 p.m. (#12&0-756) Conditional Use Permit — Ivy — Adam Montietth to reduce visitor parking to 3%
as allowed by the Rexburg Development Code in the Pedestrian Emphasis District (PED). The zoning for
the property is high Density Residential One (HDR]). The said parcel is located at the comer of S. 2" W.
and W. 7`s S in Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho.
Adam Montierth — 251 N 4520 E - Rigby. He is an employee of Ball Ventures who owns the Ivy
Apartments. His job is to make sure the people in the Ivy have a good and positive experience. He is
hearing the complaint that there is visitor parking, why can't we park there? A reduction from 10% to 3% is
being requested. He has read the staff report and he understands their concerns. After meeting with staff, a
reduction to 6% was determined to reduce visitor parking from 90 to 54 stalls. The managers have a good
relationship with the booting company, but do not encourage predatory booting. The Ivy has a
management plan in place to manage parking. The Conditional permit is conditional, and can be revoked at
any time.
Chairman Christensen asked for any other clarifying questions. None.
Kristi Anderson is confused, based on the narrative statement that was provided to Planting & Zoning.
clarified the visitor numbers in the submitted application. Adam answered the numbers were incorrect.
Currently there are 90 visitor parking stalls, and the applicant is requesting a reduction to 54 visitor parking
stalls. The applicant would probably reduce by 32 visitor puking stalls, based on how the parking stalls are
set up in sections of 32. 36 stall reduction gives the Ivy the flexibility to add more, should they find a need.
John Bowen asked, when a person rents an apartment in the Ivy, can they park in my of the stalls
they want? Adam said, yes, the stalls are designated as "tenant". Adam says, they never oversell their tenant
parking stalls. The puking stall permit is sold with an apartment contract, if needed. The current visitor
packing stalls being transitioned to tenant stalls will allow more revenue for the Ivy. Visitors can park in
tenant spots. John wants to take the visitor parking spots and charge extra for the use of those spots. A
huge chunk of the Ivy's parking for their 900 beds remains empty, because they are designated as visitor
parking. The Ivy's previous CUP had the current conditions of 10% visitor puking. The CUP was seven
years ago. The City ordinance has changed since the Ivy's original CUP to 3% and this is what prompted
the request. If the Ivy was building brand new, today, they would not have the 10% requirement they do
now. Kristi asked what the initial Conditional Use Permit required? 17% for tenants of 900 was the
Percentage. Steve asked if tenants are parking in the street. People who are not tenants of the Ivy come to
use the visitor parking for the day and walk to the campus. Nauvoo Houses' visitors park at the Ivy, when
Nam oo Houses' visitor parking is full, and walk over to Nauvoo. Confronting these offenders, has not
been successful. Melanie Davenport said part of the agreement was parking off site. The. off site is part is
in the L -Lot of the school, the tenant gets a permit from the school, and the school communicates to the
Ivy the permit has been purchased, and the Ivy provides a discount on their contract The Ivy has the
correct number of visitor parking stalls, but not enough tenant parking stalls. Another parking lot was
anticipated at the time of the original CUP to be built by the University and it would provide part of the
Ivy's parking, but that lot was never built. The Ivy has a shuttle to help with puking. The open space
designated to be the parking lot is now filled with something else. Greg Blacker asked about parking
overnight for visitor puking. Visitors cannot park in visitor stalls without an emergency or overnight pass.
After curfew, no one is able to park in the visitor parking stalls. (fhe tenants are allowed to now, as a result
of new ordinance. Those slots need to be vacated before 10AM.)
® Chairman Heidi Christensen opened the public input portion of the hearing at 6:58 p.m
Favor: None
N ut : None
Qpposed- None
Written Innut• None
Rebuttal: None
Chairman Heidi Christensen dosed the public input portion of the hearing at 6:58 PM. She invited staff
to report.
Stephen Zollinger. The Ivy was a test project in response to the demand for increased capacity of student
housing. If the city would allow the applicants to build these complexes with massive numbers and adjust
the parking requirement inside the Pedestrian Emphasis Zone (PEZ), the university would monitor that and
if at some point helpful, they would construct a parking lot. The University had identified a tentative
location. The agreement was a large puking lot on the South side of the ropes course. Tenants from any
unit would be able to use the lot in the weekends. It would be a remote location. The University decided it
was not effective. The secondary plan was to purchase overnight parking passes. Overnight passes can be
purchased for the I Iot. The city did not anticipate the change, but it seems to have worked. No other
apartments have dipped as low as 17% for their parking. 17% is not adequate. Students bring their can and
don't buy contracts, but park on the street. December 15 -March 1 where you can't park on city streets. The
Ivy proved you can't go down to 17%. The 10% was a residual of that experiment. Over the last 2 years,
the City Council has worked with the University and Off -Campus Housing. 2 surveys have been done and a
reduced number of about 68% of students have a car was found. Based on the surveys, total number of
beds, and proximity of other visitor parking 3% is not a right, it is as low as it can be; an option. The
numbers on the surveys were skewed based on the use of others in their visitor puking. 3% will not work
at the Ivy. 10% is too much leaving an island of empty stalls. Staff were comfortable with a 6%
recommendation.
John Bowen asked if the survey report is in the paperwork. During surveying, not all of the visitor parking
at the Ivy were in use. Steve Oakey requested Melanie's expertise. 10% is a lot of visitor puking, especially
because they are working on a walking campus. Housing located directly around campus; everything is
walkable. She feels 6% is a good compromise. The survey was extensive, done over several months with a
variety of properties and ownership styles. The University, City, and property owners, and police
department were all in collaboration and well done.
® Motion: Motion to approve the request for reduced parking to the 6% recommended by the City and
agreed upon by the applicant as an appropriate amount for visitor parking on the grounds that current code
allows for such a reduction, it would increase the number of parking stalls for the complex for its residents,
and the need for an increase of usable stalls on off -campus packing lots. Action: Approve, Moved by Rory
Kunz, Seconded by Kristi Anderson.
John Blacker is pro -parking. Every time he shows up to do his work, there are many parking stalls to use.
Bruce Sutherland says tons of cats puking out on the street and many empty spaces in the lot.
NVote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yea = 10).
Yea: Chairman Heidi Christensen, Melanie Davenport, Mark Rudd, Greg Blacker, Steve Oakey, John
Bowen, Darrik Fumer, Gil Shirley, Rory Kunz, Krish Anderson.
10. January 17, 2018 at City Council a Conditional Use Permit (#17 00756) to reduce visitor parking to 6% as
allowed by the Rexburg Development Code m the Pedestrian Emphasis District (PED) was reviewed. The
zoning for the property is High Density Residential One (HDR]). The said parcel is located at the comer of
S.2 "d W. and W. 7" S in Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho.
Discussion:
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PROPERTY ID:
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Council President Smith moved to approve Conditional Use Permit to reduce visitor parking to
6% as allowed by the Rexburg Development Code in the Pedestrian Emphasis District (PED) at
approximately S. 2nd W. and W. 7d' S.; Council Member Flora seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill
asked for a vote:
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Council Member Mann
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Council Member Walker
Council President Smith
The motion carried