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ITEM DATE SUBMITTED BY
Gary Duvall
222 Felton St
Caldwell, ID 83605
9/24/ 18
Jarom Wagoner
Senior Planner
City of Caldwell
411 Blaine St
Caldwell, ID 83605
Dear Jarom Wagoner:
In regard to Case Number SUP-18-12, requested by Howard Slack and the Church of
God, please accept this written testimony to address my concerns at the Public Hearing.
am a property owner and resident within the 300 foot radius of the proposed church. I am a
Christian, and none of my objections to this are based on religion or prejudice in any way.
do have concerns with the potential parking and vehicle traffic impact of this
proposal. Their application shows them using Off Street Parking at the southeast corner of
Poplar Street and S. Kimball Ave. This parking lot is across the street from the 107 Poplar
St address, and is listed as lots 35, 36, and 46 in your proposal map. So, I question if this
parking would be legal, or if the applicants own those properties or have permission to use
them. I assumed these lots belong to the City of Caldwell or Canyon County, since they
were the primary parking for the now vacant Canyon County High School. If they'd be using
this property by lease or permission, what would be the terms of that agreement? I only ask
this because if they were to lose this off street parking, then the neighborhood's street
parking availability would be greatly impacted. The street parking from the corner of 111
Poplar to S. Kimball Ave is Yellow and Red zones, further limiting street parking. The
applicant stated that they would hold 4 weekly services at the location. Traffic from these
church services alone would be disruptive to our residential neighborhood. But, typically,
churches have many other programs besides worship services, such as child care, senior
citizen activities, youth recreation, social services, band and choir practice, and many other
activities at all times of the day and week. Almost everyone comes and goes by automobile
and needs to park.
also have concerns about potential noise. What is to stop them from playing loud
and disruptive amplified music for their services and activities? The applicant didn't say what
days of the week or hours they would be operating, so this excessive noise could be at early
or late hours throughout the week. This building was not built as a church, so I can only
assume no acoustical sound deadening was used in the construction. I think our quiet
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neighborhood would often be disturbed. Also, Caldwell's Municipal Code 10-07-10 lists
churches as a Class II Land Use, but their application has no landscaping plan and provides
no provision for the required 10 feet of Noise Buffer and Landscaping.
Lastly, the current Warranty Deed filed with the Special Use permit application on file
for this case is an incomplete document. It not notarized, has no signatures and is missing
the address. While this may be a technical oversight, it should be corrected.
Therefore, it is my recommendation that, unless these issues are resolved, this
special -use permit should be denied.
Sincerely,
Gary Duvall