383 Residential Development
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ORDINANCE NO. 383
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 9-615, TITLE IX, CHAPTER 6, REVISED and COMP[LED
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO, ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOP-
MENT, EMERGENCY INTERIM- ~10RATORIOM, AND PROVIDINGilA NEW SECTION 9-615 TO BE ENTITLED
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING STANDARDS.
WHEREAS, the City Council and the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho have
concluded that it is in the best interest of said City to repeal Section 9-615, Title
IX, Chapter 6, Revised and Compiled Brdinances of the City of Meridian, Ada County,
Idaho, which section relates' to a residential moratorium which was to have lapsed 120
days after it~ enactment but was included in the Revised and Compiled Ordinances
of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, and replace said Section with a new
Section 9-615 to be entitled Residential Housing Standards.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AND THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO,
Section 1. That Section 9-615 shall be and hereby is repealed.
Section 2. That the following Section 9-615 is hereby adopted and shall read
as follows:
9-615
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING STANDARDS:
1) All new residential housing built in the City of Meridian shall comply
with the most recent edition of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Minimum property standards, the Uniform Building Code, standards of the County of
Ada, and the State of Idaho regulatory agencies and the Ordinances, Resolutions
and policies of the City of Meridian.
2) All new residential housing developments in the City of Meridian shall
be designed to insure compatability with adjacent existing and/or proposed
developments.
3) There shall be dispersed among all new residential developments houses
of varying sizes and the following schedule shall set the percentages and ac-
companying sizes that shall exist in all new residential develooments, it being
understood that the below schedule is a minimum schedule and houses of larger
sizes may occupy a larger percentage than as set forth below:
A. No houses may be constructed which are less than 999 square feet;
Ten percent (10%) of the houses in a residential development may
be between 1000 and 1099 square feet;
Twenty percent (20%) of the houses in a residential development
deve 1 opment may be between 11 00 and 1199 square feet; _ ~_'-
Forty percent (40%) of the houses in a residential development may
be between 1200 ahd 1299 square feet;
E. Thirty percent (30%) of the houses in a residential development-may
be larger than 1300 square feet. ~
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4) All houses below the 1300 square foot size shall be interspersed uniformly
throughout the entire development.
5) All new residential housing developments in Meridian shall be subject to
design review to insure that the proposed housing units are within an established
area of community housing need as defined by the Meridian City Housing Plan which
includes the HUD Housing Inventory and Housing Goals and the objectives of the
Meridian Comprehensive Plan.
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6) All new residential housing development plats shall have the individual
lots marked showing the minimum size house that will be constructed thereon and no
plat shall be recorded henceforth without such indication clearly shown thereon.
7) That, prior to the enactment of this Ordinance, most residential devel-
opments and plats were approved by the City of Meridian with a minimum housing size
of 1350 square feet being contained in the restrictive covenants of the subdivision.
This Section shall not have the effect of removing that 1350 square foot restric-
tion. If an owner or owners of a subdivision desire to have this section apply to
their subdivision, they shall come before the City Council with an amended plat show-
ing each lot and the minimum size house that can be built thereon clearly shown.
Said change in the plat shall not be considered as a new platting for purposes of
Platting procedure and only the City Council need act on such request, but one
hearing must be held on such request within fifteen (15) days prior to notice being
published in the official City newspaper and with notice being forwarded by certi-
fied mail return receipt requested to all property owners within 300 feet of the
subdivision.
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8) This Section shall not apply to any residential housing development that
was not initially restricted to a minimum house size.
Section 3. WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefor, which emergency is
declared to exist, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council and approved by the Mayor of the City of Meridian,
Ada County, Idaho, the 5th day of January, 1981.
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