HomeMy WebLinkAboutSheery & Ray Marsicola_2024-09-01September 1, 2024
Planning and Zoning Department
CITY OF CALDWELL
621 Cleveland Boulevard
Caldwell, ID 83607
RE: Soterra Subdivision
Case Number CPM24-000001, DEV24-000001, PUD24-000002, SUB24-000011, ZON24-000002
We own property adjacent to the above proposed development. The developer is requesting to change the
zoning from Community Commercial (C-2) to commercial lots and two and three-story townhouse apartments
for rent.
We are opposed to the rezone and plan amendment. Caldwell is becoming a “City of Apartments”. They are
going up everywhere and a lot of them are very much an eyesore, for example, the ones just constructed at
South Tenth Avenue and Ustick. They look like a bunch of army barracks and there is hardly any parking,
which is going to impact the surrounding neighborhood, as well as the dentist’s office parking lot that is right
next to the apartment complex parking lot.
Caldwell is growing and we need to keep our already zoned commercial properties just that, zoned commercial.
For one thing, the City needs the revenue, but the biggest reason is for the residents of Caldwell so we have
places to shop instead of spending our dollars in surrounding cities. The only commercial on this side of town
is a Walmart Neighborhood Market, a Maverick gas station and a Walgreens! Anyone living on this side of
town has to “travel” to do any shopping or dining.
We are not objecting to the previously approved commercial for this site, however we are very against changing
from Community Commercial to a mixed use of commercial and two and three-story townhome rentals. To
access the Soterra Subdivision, which the infrastructure is currently underway, residents will have to drive
through the middle of the apartment complex, or access their new homes through the Cumberland Estates
Subdivision. The traffic for our neighborhood is going to become a major issue, as well as the additional noise
generated by that traffic! Most of the traffic and noise from commercial development would be limited to
business hours, whereas the noise and traffic from apartments would be 24/7.
We request that these proposed changes be denied by the Planning and Zoning Department and stay with the
already approved C-2 zoning.
Sincerely,
Sherry & Ray Marsicola
107 Appalachian Street, Caldwell, ID