HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES FEBRUARY 22, 19891~q
Planning ~ Zoning
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Acting Chairman:
Members Present:
Councilmember:
City Clerk:
Building Inspector:
Chuck Porter
Barry Genta
Chris Mix
Mike Larson
Glen Pond
Rose Bagley
Glen Bean
A motion was made by Barry Genta and seconded by Mike Larson to
approve the minutes. All Aye
Ellen Genta was at the meeting representing the Hoopes family for the
property at 242 East 2nd North and 252 East 2nd North. She showed
drawings, attached. They are dividing the property. They are going
to have it surveyed. LaVar and Marlene Withers are buying the
property where the rock house sits and the garage behind it. Behind
the red brick house is a metal shed. They would Like to change the
property Line putting the side of the metal shed on the property line.
She submitted a letter from the Wither's stating it would be okay to
have it against their property. The building has a pitched roof and
snow would be coming off the roof onto the other property.The board
also has a duty to protect future property owners. Glen Pond explained
if they were given a variance, it would not be transferable. The board
told her they would have to divide the property to meet the zoning
ordinance and code. How they use the property is up to them. They can
i work it out when they divideit to have an easement between the two
`~ property owners. .That would accomplish the same thing and make it so
we would not need to give a variance.
Jay Fluckiger was at the meeting to request putting an extension on
Harmony House at 151 South Center. He plans to buy the three pieces of
property on the South, 5 East 2nd South,. 23 East 2nd South and 9 East
2nd South. He wants to tear those houses down and extend the apartment
house to the South and add more parking, Glen Pond told him the one
problem that he has is that property is zoned R2 and an apartment house
is not allowed on R2 Property. The present building for Harmony House
is zoned R3 which is okay. In order to do the building he would have
to get the zone changed. Chuck Porter said the thought it would be an
improvement provided there was enough parking. Jay said he presently
has 44 slots for 202 tenants for parking. He said if he narrows it
down and extend it, he would have 50 slots on what he now has. He
could get another 33 spots which is a total of 83 parking slots. They
would be adding 72 .students. Chuck told him according to the new
formula he would have to have 49 new slots for parking, to what he
presently has. He would need a total of 93 parking places and add 10~
for snow removal. He said he would be a little short on parking, but
Red Taylor has talked to him about buying his lot and he would move his
house off, that way he would be able to use that for parking. He would
need to ;make a walkway around the building, because there is no
entrance to the building from the back. Jay said he could cut the
grass down a little to get the additional parking. Mike Larson ask
if we would have to change the zoning for a parking lot. Barry Genta
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said he would have to withdraw from the voting. Without his vote there
would not be a quorum. The board said they would make a recommendation
without a vote to the city council to change the zoning from R2 to R3.
Denise Gibbs from the Association of Idaho Cities was at the meeting.
They had previously made a presentation on the Northwest Energy Code
Program. She called the mayor and told him she would be in the area,
and he told her the P & Z was going to consider it tonight. So she
offered to come tonight with Tim Baker, from Water Resourses to answer
any questions that we might have. Glen Pond explained that the mayor
wanted them to consider it. The city council talked about it, but some
of the council had got negative feed back from contractors so from that
point on we haven`t persued it. The mayor is looking for the input
from the P & Z as to whether you would recommend that the city would go
with it or that we should stay out of it. Chuck Porter said the people
that are knowledgable about it are not here. Glen ask her to explain
the program briefly. She also handed out some information. The board
discussed it and wondered if there was a public interest issue. Glen
suggested that we could put it on the agenda when Chuck Frost and John
Millar are at the meeting to give the council an opinion. The board
will discuss the matter at the next meeting and make a decision
Sohn Watson was at the meeting, after hearing the presentation from the
Association of Idaho Cities, he said he would be interested if their
standards are the same for the Boise Valley as they are for this area.
the board discussed it, most of them said they did not feel good about
• making it mandatory. Building codes was discussed.
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Mr Watson showed the board the plans for the new church house. There
was some questions at the last meeting because it a steep sight. He
pointed out Boyd Holdaway`s house and. Sunrise Drive. The project has
been bid in terms of South 2nd East, and as a part of that is the LId
to put sidewalks and curb and gutter. The road Sunrise Drive has been
submitted with the plans to be completed to the church for approval.
If it is not approved, Mr Watson would. have to come up with another
approach. They would put curb and gutter on the side of the road that
is next to the church property and the other would just be asphalt.
One concern was the run off. He has designed it so it will run down
the road and at the end of the road he is putting a big trench, 10 foot
wide by 4 foot deep, fill it up with washed gravel, and put a grate
across on it. He is putting in gutters to run all. the water down
toward the trench. It is 30 feet wide and will. collect all the water.
It is a great big giant French drain. There should not be any run off
down the hill. Tn normal years it should handle the run off. The
Plannning Board told him it was okay to bid and get a building permit.
Chuck Porter told the board that John Pearson at 154 N 4 West wants to
put a double wide trailer on a permanent foundation behind his mother's
home. There would be enough room to have the set backs according to
the zoning ordinance. The board said there would be no problem. They
would need to present a plot plan and a plan for the footings to the
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The mayor had made a suggestion that 2 substitute members be appointed •
to the planning board. They would come to the meetings if other
members of the board could not come. The board said they were nat
comfortable with that. If members are chronically absent they need to
be replaced. '
Meeting adjourned.
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