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Council approves Burrow Village rezone and preliminary plat with parking modification
Summary
After staff presentation and public testimony about parking and traffic, the council approved the Burrow Village PUD modification, rezone and preliminary plat (H2025‑0037) with a modification to remove the commission’s 'no parking' requirement on the private access drive and with other staff conditions.
The Meridian City Council on Dec. 16 approved the Burrow Village development (file H2025‑0037) — a proposed conversion of an underused office site at 1250 East Everest Street into a low‑impact residential plan of two single‑family lots and a multifamily lot composed of 9 duplex‑style buildings (18 units total) — with a modification removing a recommended 'no parking' sign condition on the internal access drive.
Staff summarized the project, noting the site’s complicated history (vacated Jericho right‑of‑way and past denials of prior rezones) and that ITD’s Chinden Boulevard improvements removed a previously installed landscape buffer, prompting an approved alternative compliance for frontage landscaping due to utilities under the wall. Applicant Becky McKay described a single‑story, primarily 1‑bedroom duplex product targeted at seniors, emphasized existing parking capacity on the site and proposed to sign an overflow parking easement to benefit an adjacent multifamily development.
Several neighbors testified in opposition or with concerns, highlighting the long history of the property, prior nuisance and parking problems, and uncertainty around whether the units would remain senior‑targeted or become general rental stock. Council discussion focused on parking implementation, private drive widths and how to ensure overflow parking is used rather than pushing vehicles onto public streets.
Councilman Overton moved to approve the application with the modification to strike the plan‑commission condition requiring 'no parking' on the private access drive; the motion passed on roll call. Staff and the applicant said they would work on implementation details including signs, easements and clarifying parking responsibilities.
