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VanTrust industrial annexation and requested flex-space code change continued to June 16 after long debate on traffic and UDC timing

Meridian City Council · April 15, 2026
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Summary

Council continued VanTrust’s annexation request (roughly 23.13 acres) and a companion UDC text amendment (seek to reduce office requirement for IL flex space from 20% to 10%) to June 16, 2026, directing staff to coordinate with ACHD and adjacent property owners and prepare findings and potential conditions.

Staff recommended denial of both VanTrust’s annexation and the narrow UDC text amendment, citing inconsistency with the 10-Mile specific-area plan’s design and concerns about freight and truck traffic on Franklin/Black Cat/10-Mile corridors. Staff noted ACHD input limiting driveway access and raised concern that the requested UDC change is a citywide code change that should be considered through the staff-led code-update process…

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