HomeMy WebLinkAboutHE Minutes 10-22-24HEARING EXAMINER REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, October 22, 2024 @ 1:30 pm Caldwell City Council Chambers Room, 205 S. 6th Avenue, Caldwell, Idaho
CALL TO ORDER – Hearing Examiner, Ms. Sabrina Durtschi opened the meeting for the public hearing at 1:30 p.m.
REVIEW OF PROCEEDINGS (OPENING STATEMENT) – Ms. Sabrina Durtschi outlined the procedures for the public hearing.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Sarah Davis (Planning Tech.); Joe Dodson (Planner III)
CONSENT CALENDAR: The Hearing Examiner approved the September 24, 2024, Hearing Examiner Meeting Minutes as drafted.
OLD BUSINESS: None
NEW BUSINESS: 1.ACTION ITEM: Public Hearing Quasi-Judicial: Case Number: SUP24-000018: The applicant,Angela Hansen of Cushing Terrell, on behalf of Caldwell Housing Authority, is requesting a special
use permit for multi-family land use within the T-N (Traditional Neighborhood) zone. The project is
an adaptive reuse of a historic single-family dwelling into a mixed-use project consisting of
retail/restaurant commercial space on the 1st floor with one (1) apartment unit on the 1st floor, two
(2)apartment units on the 2nd floor, and two (2) apartment units on the basement level. Apartments
are one and two-bedroom units ranging between 500-900 square feet. The proposed site is addressed
as 321 N Kimball Avenue (R0482200000) and is located on the corner of N Kimball Avenue and E
Chicago Street, in Caldwell, Idaho.
Joe Dodson (Planner III) 205 S. 6th Avenue, provided the staff report by outlining its contents by use of a PowerPoint presentation.
In response to the Hearing Examiner’s questions, Mr. Dodson agreed that typically alleyway improvements must be done. He stated that he believes that there is going to be a general shift of policy because they are seeing more individual sites being improved in this neighborhood. Engineering is just trying to work with applicants to get improvements as well as reuse the appropriate sites. He also agreed that the applicants will be improving the alley that abuts the property.
In response to the Hearing Examiner’s questions, Mr. Dodson stated that the applicants would need to apply for an administrative determination for parking for the commercial part of the project.
Angela Hansen (Applicant) 702 W Main St., signed in favor of the application and provided a description of the application.
In response to the Hearing Examiner’s questions, Ms. Hansen stated:
•A neighborhood meeting was held at Cushing Terrel’s office in downtown Caldwell.
•A few community members attended and there was no real concern about the project.
•They were more curious about the timeline and schedule of moving the house to the property.
•There will be signage dedicating parking for the tenants only.
•For the commercial, the intent is for neighborhood scale commercial that will primarily attractpedestrian traffic. They are hoping to have leniency on street parking for the project when they areready to apply for commercial uses.