Resolution - 1994 - 03 - Promoting Compatability Between Zoning Districts Located In The City Of Eagle Impact Area And Locations In Ada County - 04/26/1994
RESOLUTION NO
3-94
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EAGLE PROMOTING COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN
ZONING DISTRICTS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF EAGLE IMPACT AREA AND
LOCATIONS IN ADA COUNTY, OUTSIDE THE EAGLE IMPACT AREA
WHEREAS, in order to identify lands lying in those
unincorporated portions of Ada County which are agricultural
lands and have some basic public services such as public
street access and fire protection which are not suitable for
urban development, and will allow limited residential
development which maintains a rural environment, the following
two options are for development are provided:
8-4B-2
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - RESIDENTIAL (PDR)
Subdivisions of land, which result in more than
five (5) lots, where the minimum lot size is (10)
acres, may be permitted in this Zone, only through
the planned development (PD) procedure established
in Chapter 9 of this Title.
8-4B-7
NONFARM DEVELOPMENT - RESIDENTIAL
Within the RR Zone, nonfarm development which
includes residential use, may be allowed at a gross
density of one dwelling unit per five (5) acres,
provided that the applicant complies with the
provisions of this Section.
Purpose: The purpose of this Section is to
encourage the designation and maintenance of open
space area, which enhances the rural environment,
by authorizing the applicant to decrease building
lot sizes in a limited portion of the development.
The resulting increase in gross density is intended
to serve as an incentive for creative site
planning, the maintenance of rural character and
the efficient use of rural land, in areas which
have basic public services such as public street
access and fire protection.
2. No lot within the proposed development shall be
smaller than one acre.
Findings: In order to approve a nonfarm
development application, the Board and Commission
must find that the application:
1. Is compatible with adjacent farm uses, and does
not seriously interfere with farming practices on
adjacent lands;
2. Utilized innovative site
preserves a rural environment;
planning
which
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3. Does not unduly disrupt prime agricultural land;
4 . Does not cause
environmental impacts;
any
serious
detrimental
5. Does not require excessive expansion of public
services; and
6. Protects all gravity flow irrigation systems.
WHEREAS, the proposed development shall achieve a minimum open
space ration of seventy five one-hundredths (.75) and the open
space area shall meet the following requirements:
WHEREAS, the Greenways linking residential areas with other
open space areas, which may contain bicycle paths, footpaths,
and bridle paths.
WHEREAS, typically open space will be preserved by deed-
restricted private ownership for a period of not less than
fifteen (15) years.
WHEREAS, the City of Eagle Comprehensive Plan (Plan) was
approved by the Ada County Commissioners on January 11, 1993.
The Plan's purpose is to:
Protect property rights and enhance property values.
Encourage urban and urban-type development... that is in
harmony with the rural character of the area.
Avoid undue concentration of population and overcrowding of
land.
Develop and enhance.. . pathways within the City of Eagle and
its impact area.
Under the Community Design portion of the plan it calls for
the city "to establish and maintain a development pattern and
design criteria in keeping with the rural transitional
identity of Eagle. This includes growth within the Impact
Area that discourages or precludes the establishment of other
City centers."
The plan also calls for:
Buffer and transition zones
conflicting types of land use.
to
be
developed
between
Managing growth and channeling it into orderly community
development.
Promote compatibility between zoning districts.
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EAGLE, IDAHO, THAT:
Section 1: The City Council of Eagle requests that when
development within the 'RR' Rural Residential Zone comes before the
Ada County Planning and Zoning Commission or the Ada County
Commissioners that the development be at a minimum of ten (10)
acres rather than the option of one (1) acre lots in order to
provide more compatibility and harmony between the 'RR' and 'RT'
Rural Transition Zone in the Eagle Impact Area.
Section 2: The Greenways or pathways through the development
should also be included to allow access to public lands (BLM).
DATED THIS c '?~ day of
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, 1994.