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o e p suppor and cause development patterns to be cooperatively developed.
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IPlanning and
Members_ resentn1 Rober
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Char
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Roberts
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Benne
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Ja M'er
ane W
lliams. Statesman Re
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Carter
Ada
Shuyl
Ada Development Council
-Develoinent Counci
r
_Clint
IRoa_c
Carter_ was prpq�xit
A prepared brochure en
itled;"Reginal
Land Use Goals
and
Policies"
"Guidelines for the Future"
Copy on file wit thes
Mr. Carter urged the Merid
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nsivgi
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missiQn_ip_ferm__a__ o
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(present
it to the Co nty,
hold the
necessary public h
arinSs,
in orm all
peoQle involved so t at th'
a regional program can be
an,
ecure.
add their suggeati om-
andlideas4-sa_
that
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p e
regularly,
aessi
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es made in order
andchanges
than
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tolkeel _abrhoeastdo -pro
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gadevelnimentsed
p
nity.
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Clint Shuyler was present
and at
this time presented a
rou
h ack tch
drawing to show that
of his property placed
a _60 --foot
in
roadway
front
could be provided
of his proposed du lex
the
ins
full
allat
length
on. He
does not wish to develop
all
of
this area now.
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--Mr,
Shuyler left the
continued the discussion
meeting
cf
and
the
after a short recess
long range plans under
the commission
the
direction
of
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r. Carter.
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suggested'that,th_e
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fora long range plan
plan,
Present
and1move
Population
res Residential
Es-_si
Co
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mgle-f
mission lace em has
ward adopting a long
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comprehensive
of areas
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218.1 a
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7 acres
Mobile
Homes
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Duplex
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40 ares
of
Commercial wiTa
for a
3500
Mr. Carter suggested
that:
Nothing be d
velo
ed Sou
h o£ the inte
crossing
over
the interstate
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water and se
with
er d
only
livery,
one avenue of
by travel
and
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Mr, Skiver stated t
t wi
h any
it will
plan proposed by the
ity,
be
necewsary for cooper
tion
with t
e County Planning an
Zon
ng Co
mission
o e p suppor and cause development patterns to be cooperatively developed.
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June 14, 1971
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2 the areas along
development -,of
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3. less dense
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use and zone problem
for
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and
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the area
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could
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g a detriment.
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de assistance
County
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rowth patterns and �
Cit with further dr
A meeting next week
the Engi
a ion spec Ia
us
er to
area
pin.
to firm up this mat
f this
prow
of Ada
(CH2 M Engineers)
ue t
June 28th was set as
The matter of constructing
The drawing presented
zema±ndeT-of-theA7an&-.---
The Zoning and Pian
next
night
to meet at 7:00 P.M,
conf
iots newe -
to develop
construction
-tile
shoed
n F,-Ccmmission
a dup
that
ex by Clint Shuyler
a 601 road -way could
could see no_ob'ec
was again
be
ion
discussed.
provided
o the
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of this building providing
he conforms
to all other problems
tha
exist.
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The Motion was made
th�builaing si e o
for Clint Shuyler as
restrictions that s
Motion passed:
b Ray Pitman
es Pine
requE sted,lproviding
u e con
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kive , yea;
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and seconded by
n e esPine Anneca
he complies!
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Glaisyer, yea; Roberts,
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DonRobertsthat
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with
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a appriaved
all other
a;Pit
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an, yea; and
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Chairman
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Comm
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REGIONAL LAND USE GOALS
AND POLICIES
"GUIDELINES FOR THE FUTURE"
Prepared By
ADA DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
April, 1971
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INTRODUCTION
"The moving finger writes; and having writ moves on:
nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel
half a line nor all they tears wash out a word of it."
The role of a general plan is to anticipate the future. The anticipation
of the future is the hope for tomorrow. The quality, perhaps even the existence
of tomorrow, depends on what is done today. As the above quotation from the
Rubaiyet of Omar Khayam points out, the decisions that are made today are very
important and permanent.
There is no point in establishing community goals which are easily attained
because they require no committment. Nothing short of full dedicated committment
can bring about solutions to the problems of urban sprawl: high taxes, urban
blight, air and water pollution, traffic congestion, the destruction of irreplacc
able farmland. Nothing short of full committment can reverse the trends of
man -caused destruction and waste of our resources; polluting our rivers and
fouling our air.
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REGIONAL GOALS
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I. URBAN DEVELOPMENT SHOULD OCCUR ONLY IN WELL-DEFINED AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN
SET ASIDE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL FORESEEABLE GROWTH.
II. LAND OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN AREAS SHOULD REMAIN PREDOMINANTLY RURAL IN
CHARACTER, AND TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
CROPS.
III. ALL RESIDENTS OF ADA COUNTY SHOULD BE PROVIDED THE BEST POSSIBLE LIVING
ENVIRONMENT -- WITH PLEASANT, HFALTHFIJL, RF_4TnFNTTAi, NFTGIIL30RHOODS; CON-
VENIENT, ATTRACTIVE SHOPPING AND BUSINESS CENTERS; AND SUITABLE LOCATTONS
FOR INDUSTRY -- ALL SUPPORTED BY A HIGH STANDARD OF URBAN SERVICES AND
FACILITIES.
To attain these regional goals, the policies on the following pages are
recommended by the Ada Development Council to its member agencies and to the
people of Ada County.
The members of the Ada Development Council feel that with adoption of
these goals and policies and with dedicated committment to them that the
entire region can accept further urban development without sacrificing
those amenities which the area now possesses.
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RURAL POLICIES
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1. To avoid premature curtailment of agricultural production, portions of
urban areas which cannot be provided with central water and sewer facili-
ties should not be developed for intensive residential, commercial or in-
dustrial purposes until central facilities can be provided,
' 2. Subdivision of land outside the identified urban areas for other than
fl� true agricultural pursuits should be discal_
3. Land reserved for agrioil.tural. purposes should receive beneficial property
tax treatment to assist the voluntary expansion and combination of farms
into economic units,
4. A visual and physical separation of urban areas should be maintained to
preserve community identity.
URBAN POLICIES
Residential
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1. The use of modern development methods and techniques should be encouraged
to bring about a more efficient use of land without resulting in over-
crowding.
2. Urban areas should develop in an orderly manner not only in terms of the
location of various land uses and facilities, but also in regard to the
rate of growth in all directions from the core area.
3. A mixture of housing types should be developed to create balanced residen-
tial neighborhoods.
4. Residential neighborhoods should be bounded by major streets or natural
barriers. Streets within neighborhoods should be minor access streets.
5. Development of the Boise Front should occur according to carefully drawn
guidelines designed to prevent excessive run-off, erosion, unnecessary
scarring of the hill mass, and indiscriminate location of roads and houses.
6. Central water and sewer facilities, other utilities, adequate street
improvements, school and park sites should be provided for all types of
urban uses at the time of development.
7. Land should be allocated and reserved in the urban areas for permanent,
very low density "estate" residential uses.
8. Multi -family residential areas should be located functionally convenient
to major streets and adequate utility systems.
9. Multi -family residential areas should be located near shopping centers,
cultural centers, or other centers of intensive activity.
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Residential (cont.)
10. The mixture of individual mobile homes and conventional dwellings should
be avoided until the construction methods and appearance of the two more
closely coincide.
11. Mobile home parks should generally be located according to the same criteria
as multi -family dwellings. That is, they should be located with convenient
access to major streets, primary utility branches and neighborhood social
and commercial facilities.
la_ mho dcvnl.ojAueiit of mobile home subdivisions should be encouraged to accommo-
date those people who desire to locate their mobile home on their own
property.
13. Mobile home subdivisions should contain a minimum of eight acres and at
least fifty lots so as to create a homogenous neighborhood. Mobile home
subdivisions should be locatod and treated in the same manner as conven-
tional. subdivisions.
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URBAN POLICIES
Commercial
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1. The central business districts of the separate urban areas should be re-
cognized as the commercial, social, and civic centers of the communities
and emphasis placed on their preservation and upgrading.
2. Commercial centers should be designed to provide a pleasing environment for
shoppers as well as being compatible neighbors to adjoining land uses.
Adequate buffering should be provided in those areas next to residential
properties. In community and regional centers and central business districts
the design should effectively separate vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
3. Residents of the urban areas should be provided with convenient, attractive
neighborhood shopping centers.
4. Neighborhood commercial areas should consist of day-to-day convenience
shopping and service needs. Intensive commercial uses, large users of
space, residential and industrial uses are not considered compatible within
neighborhood commercial areas.
5. Neighborhood commercial areas should be located on major streets with a
service radius of one-half mile to one mile.
6. Neighborhood and community shopping centers shall be planned and developed
as architectural units with permanent parking areas rather than as assemblages
of miscellaneous stores and shops.
7. Commercial centers may be located where two or more neighborhoods adjoin,
or within neighborhoods if designed as a total unit.
8. Commercial areas should be functionally separated from school facilities.
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Commercial (cont.)
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9. "Strip" commercial activity should not be allowed to occur except along
streets which have the right-of-way and capacity to handle the additional
traffic movements. Wherever possible, ingress and egress should be
provided from side streets rather than from the major street.
10. Commercial areas located on highways should be limited to those uses which
are oriented to the traveling public.
11. Highway commercial uses and strip commercial uses should have well defined
points of ingress and egress through cuts in vertical curbs and gutters.
These curb cuts should be no less than 150 feet from major street inter-
sections.
URBAN POLICIES
Industrial
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1. Available space for industry should be slightly more than the demonstrated
demand and need to assure an adequate supply of industrial sites.
2. Generally, industrial sites should be located on large level properties
with ready access to major transportation and utility systems.
3. Productive_ agricultural land should not be developed for industrial purposes
in view of the vast areas of desert land which meet the locational criteria
above.
4. Industrial areas which might be located within or adjoining residential
areas should be carefully designed to avoid adverse effects to nearby
ownerships. This design should apply both to the types of industrial uses
allowed in the area and the physical and aesthetic appearance of sites.
5. Land uses other than industrial or industrial related uses should generally
be prohibited from industrial areas. Exceptions might be restaurants,
banks, post offices, offices, supply houses and other special convenience
uses.
6. Extractive industries should be permitted to utilize needed minerals or
building materials in areas where they are known to exist where this
practice will not adversely effect existing development. Areas should be
allocated on the Land Use Plan which are large enough to fulfill the
anticipated demands for at least 50 years. As a working site is depleted,
the site should be rehabilitated for another use. In the case of materials
processing pits along the river, they could become a part of a Greenbelt
running the length of the river through the urban area.
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Performance Standards
1, All types of land use should be required to be developed according to
reasonable performance standards to assure the best possible development,
2. In developing areas the complete range of urban facilities should be
installed at the time of development: central water; central sewers;
underground power, gas, telephone; conduit for future fire alarm and traffic
control systems; paved streets with concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks
where needed; neighborhood park and school sites all done accnrding to a
plan for the overall area.
3. In areas where utilities are not available or are inadequate, plans and
priority systems for improving or adding to existing utilities should
be promulgated by the appropriate public or private agencies. These plans
and priorities should have as a goal completely pollution free systems,
regardless of their location,
4. Where pollution sources now exist, all possible steps should be taken to
correct such conditions,
5e All utility buildings and structures should be designed to fit in with
existing and potential surroundings,
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Public Facilities
1. Public agencies should regulate themselves as well as private developers
by adopting attainable goals and reasonable standards to reach the goals.
2. A regional capital improvements program should be compiled, adopted and
followed, with annual revisions, so that the public could be aware of
and anticipate major public expenditures. Additionally, cooperation between
public agencies would be aided and economic benefits would result from
coordinated or joint contract awardings.
3. Public buildings and operation centers should be subject to the same loca-
tional and design criteria as their counterparts in private enterprise.
4. A strip of land should be reserved in perpetuity along the banks of the
Boise River for public access and enjoyment. Generally, the strip should be
a minimum of 100 feet wide. However, in cases of severe difficulty or cost
a narrower strip would suffice to connect areas of greater width. To
lessen the public costs of the Greenbelt, it should be made an integral
part of private development if possible. The limits of the Standard
Project Flood Plain as defined by the U.S. Corps of Engineers should be
established as the boundaries of the future Greenbelt wherever possible.
h<Fome .31-ier, ,t is sma_11 and user' l v e lot; grading
rnd ntInp ^ _s.. _: � �.c , 1 I=,—;ranI=,-;rann prese^. Pm;�ewe5.
!• r �,-. , "."' r - ,-:ali towns use e- i vent :.,r" cve,o .. ings.
�,. .. v .., be ed in, nr .,gat involved.
used Irimrir'1y for Z.oId!I "ir, r. ..ulJ 'ue turned
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c a note should accompany the tens i;'cci t:o show the other
use,,. z ^er zrrar f:e,re , cr_ id be '_hat tYie (runty bol- . _ ake _'t:ie out leave here.
ci_s=c . on no,.; ,se o` eeuipme-r`, could Ile I:r.. ':o defi ni`_e
ac',:ier was tak—, 'aoard wil_L work i.r. cooperatij,i� witt .he cciitical identities
etnd the Ui,,- of 1,er.-idi,,r tc; resolve t ese prohlems.
'Ihe ma r- „r a if set _ce P:✓iso7ine ., aion ordinance and con, rols concerning
service siatioec I., -Ir _ie;r_..;,=,epi.
Var,_n iio: -- , -; Joon Navarro were arroir-ed_ to work on o ordinance for
_ controls and :n .asaling service stations.
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<a,sent,Bi_scu,nrd. t e `'nrrerr t
hat were
,ri ;e,i,was 1r ,
In:, ltiuf ., I,rr �inii ro, -q i,"i, If I ... P -ririrtrtn '1! cn '(1,11 11 Corti' -I 1. FInw7.)nd, li-,v,,:; :md
M.•rr7I Ie 111. I•; tr.n. .,f•: pioj,.e-II ,nI-. 'c,r w:,f r,r , d :.�,IIe1 r,Z,q.iG f;Ir Il,e
cit,i and are»_; i I _.. .;le from 'hr city limits.
Mr. Carton s::]a,;r s 'and use map pro�ecti_ng_'he _populatlon, trends ..and
_ Mand use ?"or 1 i,e ocr.-idena"'rn...- "ore discussion_. and study will Ine r_ecessary as
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the erE aerir ie-. proeeed.
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'�ordmi _ a c ,7,, le`..re "".e council to report tt:at `.oss's -Im .,ove -'railer
Eark has i;=c, .ed ..'tl, .i;a alert ins' 11�nf sewer in a rrcio,ed addition to the
present unrk. ".rade levels,have ,been apce_ta-ned that ai,i allow the annexation
- Nubher 2 to belaced under d'_s osal,
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rd w' informed tnat more detailed plans -rust he presented to the Fonina ��.
commis.,lor. ..'_`.'i, ..roper scale drw,sas to be cc='dered for co nce,II the the present
plant,
�. 7:t was reported tr,at the laeement on tha 3tutzman oropot-ty extending the
- Gast end of f;ta'r,:,trer_t into hist Property,i.. nd recorded with the
pas -been filed a
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