PZ - Draft Phase 2 UDC Text Amendments REV 3
Proposed UDC Text Amendments
(Phase 2)
UDC SectionTopicReason for ChangeProposed Change
11-2A-3E Standards Increase the maximum height limit for education
3. Notwithstanding other height limitations as set forth in this chapter, the maximum height for education
institutions
facilities shall be fiftyorty feet (540’)
Table 11-2B-2 Allowed use table in Medical centers are identified in the M-E zone but
commercial districts hospitals are a prohibited use in the table.
Use C-N C-C C-G L-O M-E H-E
1
Hospital - C C C C P
11-3A-5 Bikeways ACHD has a master plan specific to bikeways that
“Bikeways shall be constructed in accord with the city’s comprehensive plan and the Ada County highway
supplements the Master Street Map.
district master street map and Roadways to Bikeways Master Plan.”
11-3B-7C.2c Location of fences/walls 11-3H-4D requires a berm or berm/wall combination for
“Except where fences and walls are used as decorative landscape elements or as noise abatement, fences
on interior edge of noise abatement for residential and other noise sensitive
and walls are permitted only on the interior edge of the street buffer.”
street buffers uses adjoining state highways.
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11-3B-14 Installation Coincides with the changes requested below to the
11-3B-14: INSTALLATION:
surety standards.
A. Certificate Of Completion: A written certificate of completion shall be prepared by the landscape
architect, landscape designer or qualified nurseryman responsible for the landscape plan upon
completion of the landscape installation. The certificate of completion shall verify that all landscape
improvements, including plant materials and sprinkler installation, are in substantial compliance with
the approved landscape plan.
B. Installation Schedule:
1. All required landscaping, irrigation systems, fencing and site features shall be installed
according to the approved landscape plan prior to issuance of a final certificate of occupancy.
2. Private site improvements that are above and beyond the requirements placed on the
development do not require completion prior to occupancy. (For example a clubhouse in a
residential development need not be completed prior to occupancy of residences in the
development.)
3. For final plats, all landscape buffers along streets, with the exception of local streets, shall be
installed prior to signature on the final plat. Street buffers on local streets may be installed at the
time of the lot development; installation of such improvements shall not be required at the time
of plat approval. (Ord. 05-1170, 8-30-2005, eff. 9-15-2005)
C. Extension Of Time For Installation:
1. Non-Residential: The building official, upon recommendation of the director, may issue a
temporary certificate of occupancy for non-residential projects for a specified time period, not to
exceed one hundred eighty (180) days when:
1a. Due to inclement weather or other extenuating circumstances, the landscaping or other
required site amenities cannot be completed.; and
2b. The applicant has provided surety to the city for the required improvements consistent with
the provisions of chapter 5, article C, "Surety Agreements", of this title.
2. Residential: The building official, upon recommendation of the director, may issue certificate of
occupancy for residential dwelling units when:
1a. Due to inclement weather or other extenuating circumstances, the landscaping or other
required site amenities cannot be completed.; and
2b. The applicant has provided surety to the city for the required improvements consistent with
the provisions of chapter 5, article C, "Surety Agreements", of this title.
c. Within ninety (90) days of the first certificate of occupancy being issued, all required
landscaping, irrigation systems and site features shall be installed, or additional certificate of
occupancies will be withheld.
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Table 11-3C-6 Required parking Revisit the parking ratios for multi-family developments.
Studio 1 per dwelling unit
spaces for residential
1.5 per dwelling unit; at least 1 in a
use
1
covered carport or garage
2 per dwelling unit; at least 1 in a covered
2/3
3
carport or garage
Dwelling, multi-family (triplex, fourplex,
apartments, etc.)
3 per dwelling unit; at least 2 in a covered
4+
carport or garage
Guest
1 per 10 dwelling units
spaces
11-4-3-18 Flex space Provide an avenue for an applicant to incorporate
A. Office and/or retail showroom areas shall comprise a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the
loading docks in the commercial districts.
structure and/or tenant space.
B. Light industry and warehousing shall not comprise more than seventy percent (70%) of the tenant
space.
C. In the C-C, C-G and M-E Districts, roll-up doors and loading docks shall not be visible from a public
street.
D. Except in the I-L and I-H Districts, loading docks are prohibited.
DE. Retail use shall not exceed twenty five percent (25%) of leasable area in any tenant space.
11-4-3-43C.8 Lattice or guyed We have considered a lattice structure to fall into the
Lattice or guyed designed structures are prohibited unless approved through the conditional use process.
designed structures category of “other wireless communication facilities that
do not meet the standards set forth in this section shall
require conditional use approval in 11-4-3-43C.10”
although 11-4-3-43C.8 specifically prohibits these type
of structures. (i.e. Ada County Dispatch Center CUP-14-
018; Day Wireless CUP H-2019-0115)
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11-5A-6D City takes over posting There have been complaints that properties are not
D. Posting Of Public Hearing Notice:
of 4’ x 4’ signs and being posted in a quality and timely manner. The City
ensures they are affixed should contract out the posting requirements to lessen
1. Required: All applicants for applications requiring a public hearing shall be posted on the subject
to ground the amount of continuations.
property, except posting is not required for a unified development code text amendment,
comprehensive plan text amendment, vacation, comprehensive plan map amendment initiated by the
city, and/or short plat.
2. Time Frame: Not less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing, the applicant shall post a copy of the
public hearing notice of the application on the property under consideration. Except as noted herein,
posting of the property must be in substantial compliance with the following requirements:
(Keep Exhibit)
3. Sign Placement: The signs shall be posted securely on the land being considered along each roadway
that is adjacent to the subject property boundaries. The sign(s) shall be located on the property, outside
of the public right of way. If the sign cannot be placed on the property and still be clearly visible, the sign
may be placed within the right of way if the applicant can obtain the consent of the owner of the right of
way can be obtained. In circumstances where placing signs per the standards listed herein is not
practical the applicant may request a director's determination to may identify an alternative sign
placement strategy.
4. Proof Of Posting: The applicant shall submit aA notarized statement, map depicting the location(s) of
the sign(s) and a photograph of the posting shall be provided to the city no later than seven (7) days
prior to the public hearing attesting to where and when the sign(s) were posted. Unless certificate is
received by such date, the hearing will be continued.
5. Sign Removal: The signs shall be removed no later than three (3) days after the public hearing for
which the sign had been posted is ended.
11-5A-6G Public hearing process Add a new provision that specifies when revised plans
8. If revised plans are required by director, commission or council, the applicant shall provide those 15
are due to staff for adequate review. Many times
days prior to the scheduled hearing for review and approval. If plans are not received within the
applicants are providing staff with revised plans to close
established timeframe, the project shall be continued to extend the review period.
to the public hearing and staff doesn’t have enough time
to analyze them to ensure that meet city codes.
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11-5C Surety agreements Recently City was issuing CO’s for single family homes
11-5C-1: PURPOSE:
without all of the subdivision improvements being
completed. The City does not issue TCO’s for single
The purpose of this article is to establish procedures that guarantee the completion of improvements
family residences even if surety is in place for such
where City Engineer signature on the final plat or occupancy of a structure is desired, but the
improvements. This section of code is being amended to
improvements required by the City have not been completed. (Ord. 11-1487, 8-9-2011, eff. 1-1-2012)
address this issue.
UDC 11-3B-14 covers the nonlife, nonsafety
11-5C-2: APPLICABILITY:
improvements a project can provide surety for. Remove
duplication in 11-5C-3D.
The provisions of this article shall apply to those improvements that are not needed to protect the public
health, safety and life (including, but not limited to: landscaping, fencing, pressurized irrigation systems
and site amenities) and those improvements that are needed to protect the public health, safety and life
(including, but not limited to, water, sewer, reclaimed water, stormwater facilities or improvements, and
power facilities; parking lot paving and striping; and street paving). (Ord. 11-1487, 8-9-2011, eff. 1-1-
2012)
11-5C-3: PROCESS:
A. The City may withhold building, electrical or plumbing permits, certificates of zoning compliance, or
certificates of occupancy on the lots or land being developed or subdivided, or the structures constructed
thereon, if the improvements required under this title have not been constructed or installed, or if such
improvements are not functioning properly.
B. Where approved by the City Engineer, an owner may post a performance surety for such
improvements that are needed to protect the public life, safety and health including, but not limited to,
water, sewer, reclaimed water, stormwater facilities or improvements, and power facilities; parking lot
paving and striping; and street paving in order to obtain City Engineer signature on the final plat. The
estimated cost shall be provided by the applicant and reviewed and approved by the City Engineer. In
addition to the performance surety, all such improvements shall also be subject to a warranty surety in
the amount of twenty percent (20%) of the cost of improvements for a period of two (2) years. The
amount of the performance surety shall be established by City Council resolution.
C. In the event that an applicant and/or owner cannot complete the nonlife, nonsafety and nonhealth
improvements, such as landscaping, pressurized irrigation, and fencing, prior to City Engineer signature
on the final plat and/or prior to occupancy, a surety agreement may be approved in accord with the
procedures set forth in this chapter. The estimated cost for landscape and fencing sureties shall be
provided by the applicant and reviewed and approved by the Director. The amount of surety called for
shall be established by City Council resolution.
D. Where a surety is accepted for nonlife, nonsafety and nonhealth improvements by the City and
deposited as provided by this article, the City may release temporary occupancy of a structure or
structures. The term of the temporary occupancy shall be determined by the City Engineer and/or
Director. The term shall not exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in length.
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DE. Sureties shall be in the form of a bond, an irrevocable letter of credit or a cash deposit. In all cases
the surety shall be drawn solely in favor of, and payable to, the order of the City of Meridian, in accord
with the regulations contained in the surety agreement by and between the guarantor and the City of
Meridian.
EF. Where a surety is accepted by the City and deposited as provided by this article, the surety shall be
released subject to the following regulations:
1. The owner shall submit a written request to the City to lease the surety. The request shall include the
following documents:
a. A statement from the owner that the required improvements are complete.
b. Two (2) sets of prints of the as built plans and specifications for all improvements.
2. The City Engineer and/or Director shall verify and certify that the required improvements, as
detailed in the surety agreement, have been installed and/or accepted by the City at the end of the
warranty period. The as built plans shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer or Director.
3. Upon certification of the City Engineer and/or the Director, the City shall release the sureties
heretofore deposited in the manner and to the extent as provided for in the surety agreement in accord
with the regulations of this article.
FG. All improvements related to public life, safety and health shall be completed prior to occupancy of
the structures.
11-7-4C.3 Density formula (All The UDC no longer has a maximum number of units
Density Formula: Residential density in a planned development shall be calculated by multiplying the net
PUD Standards) associated with zoning we should remove
residential area (gross acreage less the area of nonresidential uses) by the maximum number of dwelling
units per acre allowed for the district in which the site is located.
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