06-1241 City Code UDC Amendment
CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO.
(/6 -/2-4-1
BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
BIRD, BORTON, ROUNTREE, WARDLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11 OF THE MERIDIAN CITY CODE
REGARDING Zt)-N-I~G AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS CODIFIED AT
TITLE 11, ENTITLED T~-I3:~_~!E.f.:D DEVELOPMENT CODE, OF THE
MERIDIAN CITY CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF THE
READING RULES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Unified Development Code is the official zoning ordinance for
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-- - the City of Meridian and provides an opportunity to better support the Comprehensive
Plan and provide a tool that is relevant and contemporary to the needs of the City; and,
_- - WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Meridian deems it to be in tht: bt:st
interest of the health, safety and welfare of its citizens to incorporate changes to the
Unified Development Code within the City of Meridian to provide for orderly growth and
development and to carry out the policies of Meridian's Comprehensive Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
Section 1. That Title 11, Unified Development Code, of the Meridian City
Code is amended to read as follows:
11-1A-1:
(DEFINITIONS)
DENSITY. NET The ratio of the total number of dwellinq units within a
development divided bv the total area. excludinq streets;
allevs; easements; waterways; common spaces. and any
other area not devoted to the residential lots.
ENTERTAINMENT, ADULT Adult entertainment shall be as defined in Title 3 Chapter
10 of the Meridian City Code and shall include adult
theaters. establishments with adult arcade machines. and
cateQorv A adult stores.
STREET, COLLECTOR ^ stroot dosi€lAJtee as a m::ijor or miFlsr colloctor on tho
mest recent Rogional TrSlAcpertatien Plan for ^da County
adoptod by tho Cemmunity Planning J\sGociation of
Southwoct Idaho or tho City of Moridian Comprehonsivo
Plan that carriec traffic from local stroets to artorials A
street desiqnated as an urban collector or proposed urban
collector on the most recent Reaional Transportation Plan
for Ada County adopted by the Community PlanninQ
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Association of Southwest Idaho or the Citv of Meridian
Comprehensive Plan that carries traffic from local streets
to arterials.
11-20-1: (PURPOSE STATEMENT) C: TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (TN-R): The purpose of the TN-R District is to provide for a
variety of residential land uses including attached and detached single-family residential,
duplex, townhouse, and multifamily. A TN-R District includes open spaces and promotes
pedestrian activity through well-designed and varied streetscapes that also provide for
the safe and efficient movement of vehicular traffic. Most dwelling units should be
accessed from alleys. The maximum density of the TN-R District is fifteen (15) units per
acre. The minimum density is six (6) eiaht (8) units per acre. Density should decrease
away from the center and closer to conventional residential districts. The TN-R District
should be generally located: adjacent to a TN-C District, along a transit corridor, or
within a mixed use neighborhood. For the purposes of this Title, the term residential
district shall also include the Traditional Neighborhood Residential District.
11-20-6A: The existing table in Section 11-2D-6A is deleted and replaced
with the following:
A Dimensional Standards:
TABLE 11-20-2: DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS IN THE TN-R DISTRICT
Minimum densit
Maximum densit
Minimum front setback
for alley accessed properties1 (in feet)
for street accessed properties1 (in feet)
Minimum rear setback
for alley accessed properties1 (in feet)
TN.R
10
20 to aaraae
10 to livin area
20 to aaraae if alley width 16 feet
18 feet to qaraqe if alley width 20 feet
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with Class II trees and 5' sidewalk
with Class II trees and 5' sidewalk
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E. Options for Street Sections in the TN-R District:
1. For alley accessed properties. the followina options shall apply:
a. Standard ACHD street sections.
b. Fire lane chicane option as shown in Fiaure 11-2D-1.
2. Although street accessed properties are allowed in this district. it is anticipated that
onlv properties on the perimeter of a TN-R development would be street accessed. The
applicant shall demonstrate that the design meets the purpose statement of the TN-R
district. Standard ACHD street sections shall applv.
3. Block lenaths shall meet the standards as set forth in Section 11-6C-3F2.
F. Liahtina. In addition to the standards as set forth in Section 11-3A-11. the followina
standards shall applv within the TN-R district: All dwelling units shall have a minimum of
two (2) lights at the front of the unit. All dwelling units on alley accessed properties shall
have a minimum of two (2) liQhts alonQ the allev. AllliQhtinQ reQuired in this section shall
prevent upliahting and shall be on a photocell that activates the liahtina at dusk and
turns it off at dawn.
11-3A-6B3: Except as allowed above, all other open irrigation ditches, laterals, canals,
and drains shall be fenced with a chain link an open vision fence at least six feet....
11-3A-7C:
Additional standards in the R-2, R-4, R-8, R-15, R-40, L-O, O-T, TN-R,
and TN-C Districts:
1. The maximum fence height shall not exceed six feet (6'), subject to the
provisions set forth in Sections 2 and 3 below.
2, In the TN-R District, fences in the required front yard including the front and side
yard property lines shall be open vision and no areater than three feet (3') in
heiaht. For all other districts. t+he maximum fence height in the required front
yard including the front and side yard property lines shall be three feet (3') for a
closed vision fence and four feet (4') for an open vision fence. See Figure 11-3A-
2.
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3. On corner properties, the maximum fence height in the required street side yard
shall be six feet (6') above the grade (as measured at the property line), and the
minimum setback shall be ten feet (10') from the street side property line. See
Figure 11-3A-3.
4. Where the rear yard of one property adjoins the front yard of another property,
the fence along the rear and side yards where they adjoin the adjacent front yard
shall be flush or angled at forty-five (45) degrees to provide continuity with the
adjoining fence and property line. See Figure 11-3A-3.
5. Side yard fences that follow the side yard propertv line shall only be allowed
where the side setback is five feet (5') or greater.
6. Side yard fences that extend from one building to an adioininq buildinq are
allowed where the adioininQ houses have use easements on the side yard area.
Such fences shall be set back a minimum of two feet (2') behind the enclosed
portion of the front of the buildinq adioininq the fence.
7. Side yard fences that extend from one buildinq to an adioinina building that are
qreater than 3 feet in height and constructed of wrought iron or similar material
shall provide a gate for emerqencv access to the side vard.
8. Rear vard of alley accessed properties and alley side yard properties: All fences
within the required rear shall be open vision. Fences shall be setback a minimum
of five-feet (5') from the allev (measured from propertv line).
9. Additional helqht shall be allowed for arbors. arches and/or other architectural
appurtenances extending over gates and/or other entrvways Such
aopurtenances shall not exceed five feet (5') in width and/or eiQht feet (8') in
heiaht.
10. Additional heiaht shall be allowed for qate posts. Such qateposts shall not
exceed eight feet (8') in height.
11-3B-5M: Where screening is required in this Article and/or this Title. chainlink fencina
with or without slats does not qualify as a screenina material.
TABLE 11-3C-1: REQUIRED STALL WIDTH AND LENGTH BY PARKING ANGLE
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450
600
900
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9'-0"
12'-0"
13'-0"
17'-0"
9'.0"
19'-0"
25'-0"
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This Figure 11-3C-1 replaces the existing figure 11-3C-1
FIGURE 11-3C-1: PARKING SPACE MEASUREMENTS AND DRIVE AISLE DESJG.'\'
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11-3C-6B: The following standards shall apply for off-street vehicle parking for
nonresidential uses: In all Commercial Districts, Residential Districts, and Traditional
Neighborhood Districts the requirement shall be one (1) space for every five hundred
(500) square feet of gross floor area. In all Industrial District the requirement shall be
one (1) space for every two thousand (2,000) square feet of gross floor area....
11-3C-8A: (including tho tablo)
A. Off-street loading spaces for commercial and industrial uses shall be provided-iR
accord with Tabla 8 1G 3. to prevent deliverv vehicles from blockinq travel lanes.
TABLE IJ 1G 3: REQU!RED LOI\DING SPACES BY GROSS FLOOR ARE.'\
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B. Typo ^ spacos Eh:all bo not loss than twolvo foot (12') in width and thirty five f-eet
(35') in length. Typo B spaces shall be not leGS than fifteen foet (15') in width and
Eixty fivo feet (65') in longth. All Ep:aCOE Eh:all have fourteen feet (11') of vortic31
cleamnce.
G~. Parking and loading areas shall be designed so vehicles shall not back out into
the street.
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Q.C. No off-street parking loading space shall be located closer than fifty feet (50') to
an abutting rural or residential district unless wholly enclosed within a sound
attenuating structure, such as masonry block. No off-street loading space shall
face an abutting residential district.
ED. Any off.street loading space located within fifty feet (50') feet of a residential
district shall not operate between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
11 3D 4A3: Fom: for Eign permit applic3tionc Ehall bo p3id to the Building Dopartmont
at tho timo of ~i€ln pormit i~lSuanco. Foe~ for tomporary lSigFl~ requiring pormitBshall be
paid to tho Planning Dopartment.
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11-4-3.9A1: In determining the type of day care facility, the total number of childron
clients cared for during the day and not the number of children clients at the facility at
one time, Is the determining factor. In the case of a child dav care, +!he operator's
children are excluded from the number.
11-4-3.9C: Additional standards for familv dav care facilities conducted as home
occupations:
1. In no wav shall the familv dav care cause the premises to differ from its
residential character in appearance. liahtina. sians. or in the emission of
noise, fumes. odor, vibrations. or electrical interference.
2. Off-street parking shall be provided as set forth in Section 11-3C-6 of this
Title. in addition to the reauired off-street Darkina for the dwellina.
11-4-3.211: Off-street parking shall be provided as set forth in Section 11-3C-6 of this
Title, in addition to the required off-street parking for the dwelling.
TA8LE 11-5A-1: DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY BY APPLICATION
CHANGE THE FOLLOWING IN THE TABLE
Vacation, exempt per Idaho Code ~50-1306A(5) NONE 0 A
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Vacation riaht-of-wav 0 CC PM
Vacation all others 0 CC PH
11-5A-382: Prior to the commencement of any substantive changes to the application
requirements, the Director shall submit the changes to the Planning and Zoning
Commission to be considered at a public hoaring as an aaenda item at a noticed
hearina.
11-58-18: Certificates of Zoning Compliance Applicability: These provisions apply to all
requests for permits that involve construction, exterior alterations and/or the
establishment of a new use. These provisions do not apply to tenant improvements
where the footprint of an existing structure is not enlarged. These provisions do not
applv to sinale family attached dwellinas. sinale family detached dwellinas. secondary
dwellinas and/or two familv duplex dwellinas
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11-6B-5A1: A subdivision application for property within an industrial, commercial, TN-C
or 0- T district may be processed as a short plat,. if all of the following exists:
11-6C-3B
a. Allays: !\lIoyt:: in tho T~J R District t::hall ee as sot forth in Tablo 11 202.
^II othor alloys shall have a twenty foot (20') right sf way and shall bo paves.
5. Allevs:
a. Allevs shall have a minimum of sixteen feet (16') of pavina.
b. All alleys shall serve as fire lanes.
c. All allevs shall be concrete or asphalt with a concrete ribbon curb.
d. The entrance to the allev from the public street shall provide a minimum
twentv-eiaht foot (28') inside and forty-eioht foot (48') outside turnino
radius. No parkinq shall be allowed on either side of the street within. fifty
feet (50') of the allev entrance as measured from the centerline of the
alley.
e. Alleys shall be desianed so that the entire lenqth is visible from a public
street.
11-6C-3F
1. In the residential districts, no block face shall be more than seven
hundred fifty feet (750') in length without an intersecting, street or alley, or
no block face shall have a length greater than thirteen hundred feet
(1,300') without a podootrisFl Gonnaotion connecting pedestrian open
space and pathwav. Block face shall be measured from the centerline to
centerline of roadways and/or pathwavs as appropriate.
2. In the TN-C and TN- R Districts, no block face shall be more than five
hundred feet (500') in length without an intersecting street or alley, or no
block face hall have a length greater than Govan six hundred feet (-7Q.00')
without a pedestrian connection. Althouah block lenaths are allowed to
exceed five hundred feet (500'), it is anticioated that most blocks will not
exceed the five hundred-foot (500') requirement. Where and applicant
proposes blocks lenaths areater than five hundred feet (500'), the
applicant shall iustifv whv the proiect cannot accommodate five hundred
foot (500') blocks and shall demonstrate that the desjan meets the
purpose statement of the TN-R district. Based on site design constraints
or considerations, this requirement may be amended by the Director
through the Alternative Compliance procedures set forth in Chapter 5
ADMINISTRATION of this Title.
Section 2.
That all other provisions of Title 11 as they relate to the Unified
Development Code remain unchanged.
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Section 3.
That pursuant to the affirmative vote of one-half (1/2) plus one (1)
of the Members of the full Council, the rule requiring two (2) separate readings by title
and one (1) reading in full be, and the same is hereby, dispensed with, and accordingly,
this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect on <T t<L J (17"1:.. , 2006.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this
day of J t-v( J ' 2006.
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APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this
J /A.J 'j , 2006.
5.f'A
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ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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CITY CLERK
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NOTICE AND PUBLISHED SUMMARY
OF ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO I.C. § 50-901(A)
CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO.06- 1 Z 4
PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT OF THE MERIDIAN CITY
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
An Ordinance of the City of Meridian amending Title 11, Unified Development Code, of
the Meridian City Code. A full text of this ordinance is available for inspection at City
Hall, City of Meridian, 33 East Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho. This ordinance shall
become effective upon the passage and publication.
Mayor and City Council the ity of Meridian
By: William G. Berg, Jr., City Clerk
First Reading: 7— 5— V6 Adopted after first reading by suspension of the
Rule as allowed pursuant to Idaho Code 50-902: YES K' NO
Second Reading: — Third Reading:
STATEMENT OF MERIDIAN CITY ATTORNEY AS TO ADEQUACY OF
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 06- / !�
The undersigned, William L.M. Nary, City Attorney of the City of Meridian,
Idaho, hereby certifies that he is the legal advisor of the City and has reviewed a copy of
the attached Ordinance No. 06- / ? 4-% of the City of Meridian, Idaho, and
has found the same to be true and complete and provides adequate notice to the public
pursuant to Idaho Code § 50-901A (3).
DATED this ? day of July, 2006
C "1
William. L.M. Nary, City Attorne
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