10-1439 City Code UDC Text AmendmentCITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 10- I y 39
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: BIRD, HOAGLUN, ROUNTREE, ZAREMBA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11 OF THE MERIDIAN CITY CODE
REGARDING ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS CODIFIED AT TITLE
11, ENTITLED THE UNIFIED 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 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 the best 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 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:
Section Text
11-1A-1 ACCESSORY STRUCTURE: A detached structure in a residential base zonin4 district that is
incidental and subordinate to the principal structure and is located upon the same property. The term
accessory structure shall include, but not be limited to, the following: private garage, storage
structure, workshop, and/or greenhouse. The term shall not include additional structures for
a roved ublic, commercial, or industrial uses.
11-1A-1 PATHWAY: Pathway shall include, but not be limited to, micropathways and multiuse pathways as
herein defined.
11-2A-2 Recreational vehicle park
Table
11-2A-3E.1 The maximum height limitations shall not apply to the following architectural features not intended for
human occupation: wife-eF steeple, belfry, cupola, chimney. Such architectural features shall have a
maximum hei ht limit of twen feet 20' as measured from the roofline.
11-2A-3E.2 The maximum height limitations shall not apply to the following: spire' amateur radio antenna; bridge
tower; fire and hose tower; observation tower; power line tower; smokestack; water tank or tower;
ventilator; windmill; wireless communication facility, or other commercial or personal tower and/or
antenna structure; or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the level of the
round and not intended for human occu anc .
11-2B-2 Home occupations "A" (Accessory Use) in C-N, C-C, C-G, and L-0 districts and =" (Prohibited)
Table in the M-E and H-E districts.
11-2B-3 M-E H-E
Table Landsca a buffer to residential uses in feet s see-gate-4 25 25
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Notes:
11-2B-3A.3a The maximum height limitations shall not apply to the following architectural features not intended for
human occupation: spire-eF steeple, belfry, cupola, chimney. Such architectural features shall have a
maximum hei ht limit of twen feet 20' as measured from the roofline.
11-2B-3A.3b The maximum height limitations shall not apply to the following: spire, amateur radio antenna; bridge
tower; fire and hose tower; observation tower; power line tower; smokestack; water tank or tower;
ventilator; windmill; wireless communication facility, or other commercial or personal tower and/or
antenna structure; or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the level of the
round and not intended for human occu arc .
11-2C-3 Landscape buffer to ~enind~strial residential uses (in feet) 25 I-L and 40 I-H
Table Landsca a buffer to nonindustrial uses in feet 0 I-L and 40 I-H
11-2C-3A2a The maximum height limitations shall not apply to the following architectural features not intended for
human occupation: spire-eF steeple, belfry, cupola, chimney. Such architectural features shall have a
maximum hei ht limit of twen feet 20' as measured from the roofline.
11-2C-3A2b The maximum height limitations shall not apply to the following: s ire amateur radio antenna; bridge
tower; fire and hose tower; observation tower; power line tower; smokestack; water tank or tower;
ventilator; windmill; wireless communication facility, or other commercial or personal tower andlor
antenna stricture; or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the level of the
round and not intended for human occu arc .
11-2D-3B1 The maximum height limitations shall not apply to the following architectural features not intended for
human occupation: spin-eF steeple, belfry, cupola, chimney. Such architectural features shall have a
maximum hei ht limit of twen feet 20' as measured from the roofline.
11-2D-362 The maximum height limitations shall not apply to the following: spire' amateur radio antenna; bridge
tower; fire and hose tower; observation tower; power line tower; smokestack; water tank or tower;
ventilator; windmill; wireless communication facility, or other commercial or personal tower andlor
antenna structure; or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the level of the
round and not intended for human occu arc .
11.2D-3C2 Block length: No block face shall have a length greater than five hundred feet (500') without
an dedisa#~ intersecting street or alley, ^~ M^ "'^^~ a°^° °".,11 ".~~~° ~ ~°°..+" ..~°.,•°..".,.. ^,..
' except as allowed in 11-6C-3F3. ~s
11-3A-4 The accumulation of junk on any property is prohibited, except as
rovided in section 11-4-340 of this titre "
11-3A-7A3 Barbed wire fencing shall be prohibited, except in the C-C, C-G, M-E, I-L, and I-H districts .. .
11-3A-7A7 Regulations for fences along ~isrepat~s athwa s and common open space areas are set forth
below:
11-3A-7A7b Fences ad'acent to all ~-isfe athwa s and common o ens ace shall be:.. .
11-3A-7A7c These restrictions are intended to apply to fencing along interior common open space areas and
~tisrepatl}s atp hways. They are not intended to apply to street buffers or entryway landscaping strips.
These restrictions are not intended to re uire fencin on interior common o ens ace.
11-3A-7A11 Where screening is required in this title, chainlink fencing with or without slats does not aualify as a
screenin material.
11-3A-7B Additional standards in the C-N, C-C, C-G, M-E H-E I-L, and I-H districts:.. .
11-3A-7B2 ~ .Rear vard of alley accessed properties and alley
side vard properties: All fences adjoining an alley shall be open
vision. ~°°^°^ °"°" and be set back a minimum of five feet (5') from the allev (measured from
roe line .
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11-3A-8 PATHWAYS:
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86 The design and construction of multiuse pathways shall be consistent with the guidelines contained
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- in Chapter 3 of the Meridian Pathways Master Plan
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11.3A-10A Fire Hazard: Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials
shall be protected by adequate firefighting and fire prevention equipment and by such safety
devices as are normally used in the handling of any such materials. Such hazards shall be
kept removed from adjacent activities to a distance that is compatible vrith the potential
danger involved as specified in the +fflifer+w international fire code, title 5 of this code and the
National C°-,~~en Fire Protection Association publications.
11-3A-101 Safety: Any development or activity that creates a public safety hazard, as determined by the police
department, that is potentially harmful to the health, safety, and/or welfare of persons and/or property
shall be rohibited.
11-3A-19A2 6eleFaAd Materials:
11-3A-19A3 Parking Lots: ,
a. For properties greater than two (2) acres in size, ono more than fifty percent (50%) of the total off
street parking area for the site shall be located between building facades and abutting streets.
b. For properties two (21 acres or less in size, a maximum of a single drive aisle with parking on one
or both sides shall be allowed between the building facades and abutting streets. All other off street
arkin areas shall not be located between the buildin facades and abuttin streets.
11-3A-20 TRAVELING SLEEPING QUARTERS: °°^~°°"^^ ~~°"~^'°~ °^~' °^~~~^m°^+, No motor vehicle or
trailer including, but not limited to, travel trailers, fifth wheels, recreational vehicles, and/or motor
coaches, ark-tents; shall flat be used as a residence or as living quarters onless eXCept within an
approved sarflpgFet~fld-eF recreational vehicle park. No recreational equipment, including but not
limited to tents tee- ees urts and/or huts shall be used as a residence or as livin uarters.
11-3B-7C1c Width Reduction: In a development where the required street buffer width results in an otherwise
unavoidable hardship to the property, a written request for a buffer reduction may be submitted
through the altemative compliance process in accord with chapter 5, "Administration", of this title.
The request shall demonstrate evidence of the hardship caused by the required street buffer and
propose a specific altemative wig landscape plan that meets or exceeds the intent of the required
buffer. In no case shall the width be reduced to less than ten percent (10%) of the depth of the lot,
except in the Old Town district. A reduction to the buffer width shall not affect building setbacks; all
structures shall be set back from the property line a minimum of the buffer width required in the
a licable zonin district.
11-3B-7C3 ~+~°~,~ Buffer Landsca in Materials:
11-3B-7C6 Impervious Surfaces: Allowed impervious surfaces within the landscape buffer include driveways,
outdoor seating, signs and walkways. Vehicle display pads ~~ ^+hnr r°h+°r! ;m.,°.,~,,,,~ ~,,.~".°~ are
rohibited in the re wired buffer.
11-3B-8B2 For parking lot ~~ reconstruction, exclusive of sealing, striping, or re-paving `"°+ °ea+~
+a~., ~a., ..°~.°.,+ r~noi ~ „~ +ti° ..~.i,c.,., ~.°~
all current landscape standards of this section shall be
met unless a roved as set forth in 11-1 B-4.
11-3B-9A Purpose: The requirements in this section shall apply to the landscape buffer to residential and/or
non-industrial uses in table 11-2B-3, section 11-2B-3, and ^f +hin fi+I° .,.,,+ +ti° ~.,.,.+~...,.,° ~„~°. +,.
nnn°^~'~~~+^°' „~°c'^ table 11-2C-3, section 11-2C-3 of this title.. .
11-3B-9B Applicability: The landscape buffer is required in the GN, C-C, C-G, ark L-0, M-E, H-E, and I-L
districts on any parcel sharing a contiguous lot line with a residential land use. The landscape buffer
is required in the I-~-afld I-H districts on any property sharing a contiguous lot line with a
nonindustrial use.
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11-3B-9C1a Mix of Materials: All buffer areas shall be comprised of, but not limited to, a mix of evergreen and
deciduous trees, shrubs, lawn, or other vegetative ground cover. Fences, walls and berms may also
be into orated into the buffer area as set forth in 11-3B-7C2c.
11-3B-9C1c Buffer Wall and/or Fence: Where existing or proposed adjacent land uses cannot be adequately
buffered with plant material(s), the city may require inclusion of a wall, fence, or other type of screen
that mitigates noise and/or unsightly uses. If a wall or fence at least six feet (6') tall is provided, the
planting requirement may be reduced to "~st a minimum of one tree per thirty five (35) linear feet,
lus shrubs, lawn, or other ve etative round cover.
11-3B-9C2 Minimum Buffer Size: The size width of the buffer is determined by the district in which the property
is located, unless such width is otherwise ~uai~rett modified by city council at a public hearing with
notice to surrounding property owners. The tables of dimensional standards for each district in
accord with chapter 2, "District Regulations", of this title establish the minimum buffer size. A
reduction to the buffer width shall not affect building setbacks; all structures shall be set back from
the roe line a minimum of the buffer width re uired in the a licable zonin district.
11-3B-9C5
11-3B-10C7 Incentives: The director may allow a reduction up to ten percent (10%) of the required parking
spaces to accommodate existing trees through the altemative compliance process in accord with
chapter 5, "Administration", of this title. Approval of the an altemative compliance application for a
reduction in re uired arkin shall be obtained riot to submittal of tans.
11-3B-12 ~A16R9PATHWAY LANDSCAPING:
11-3B-12A Purpose: The purpose of this section is to promote trees and other landscaping along ~isrepathways
developed within the city. The required landscaping will provide shade and visual interest along the
r~-isfepathways.
11-3B-126 Applicability: Wher+rever spathways are installed and/or required, the landscaping standards
within this section shall a I .
11-3B-12C1 Planter Width: A landscape strip a minimum of five feet (5') wide shall be provided along eitl~ each
side of the misrepathway. Designs are encouraged in which the width of the landscape strip
.,'+ varies °'^^^ °°+"°~ °°~'° ^'the-a~ie~epatttway ark to provides additional width #s-aAew trees
to be planted trees farther from the pathway, preventing root damag° +^ +`~- "~;. The minimum
width of the landscape stria shall be two feet (2') to allow for maintenance of the pathway. Alternative
compliance as set forth in 11-5B-5 shall not be required to meander the pathway as long as a total
width often feet 10' of landsca in is maintained alon the athwa .
11-3B-12C2 Required Plants: The landscape t~#efs strlpS shall be planted with a ~ mix of er{e~esidaeas
~ +";~„ ~„° ~z~- r.,°,~ f°°+ ^f °;+"°~ ~,.+° ^f +"^ m;^m.,,+"....,., ^.,.+ des, shrubs, lawn, and/or
other vegetative ground cover. There shall be a minimum of one (1) tree per one hundred (1001
linear feet of pathway. If this calculation results in a fraction of five (5) or greater, round up to an
additional tree' if the calculation results in a fraction less than five 5 round the number down.
11-3B-12C3 Improvements: The pathways shall be paved with taus three inches (23") of asphaltic concrete or
e uivalent.
11-3B-12C8 Fences: See section 11-3A-7 of this chapterformisre athwa fencin standards.
11-3G-3A1 The total land area of all common open space that meets the standards as set forth in subsection B
shall equal or exceed ten percent (10%) of the gross land area of the development.
11-3G-3A2 One additional site amenity that meets the standards as set forth in subsection C shall be required
for each additional twen 20 acres of develo ment area.
11-3G-3B5a The parkway ~s-a meets the minimum ^' °°^"+'°°+ ~Q'` °n width
standard as set forth in 11-3A-17E.
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11-3H-4D Noise abatement shall be required for residential and other noise sensitive uses including but not
limited to, education institutions, churches or places of religious worship, libraries and/or hospitals
ad'oinin state hi hwa s:
11-4-3-1A All animals shall be indoors at all times, except when being exercised. At such times, animals shall
be under the supervision and direct control of a caretaker.
11-4-3-11A Adrive-through establishment shall be an accessory use where the drive-through facility (including
stacking lanes, speaker and/or order area, pick up windows, and exit lanes) is: 11 not within three
hundred feet (300') of another drive-through facility eF a residential districts or an existing residences
or 2) separated by an arterial street from any another drive-through facility, a residential district or a~
existin residence. Otherwise a conditional use ermit is re uired.
11-4-3-15 EQUIPMENT RENTAL, SALES AND SERVICE: All repair activities (including, but not limited to,
open pits and lifts) shall occur within an enclosed structure. Equipment display areas are prohibited
in the required landscape buffers.
11-4-3-21 K The home occupation shall only be allowed as an accessory use to an allowed residential use.
11-4-3-38E Vehicle dis la ads are rohibited in the re uired landsca a buffers.
11-4-3-40A
' .All
outdoor storage of material, equipment, inventory, and/or supplies shall be conducted in an orderly
manner. It shall be unlawful to conduct outdoor storage of materials, equipment, inventory and/or
supplies in a manner that:
1. Creates a public nuisance, visual blight, or acoustic impacts.
2. Blocks im edes or oveaa s an sidewalks and/or vehicular traffic.
11-4-3-40C .Outdoor
storage of materials, equipment, inventory, and/or supplies shall be incoroorated into the overall
design of buildings and site landscaping so that the visual impacts of these functions are fully
contained and screened from view of adjacent properties and/or public streets by a solid fence
and/or wall with a maximum height of 8 feet (8'1. Such fence and/or wall shall be constructed of
complimentary or of similar design and materials of the primary structure. No ~~°"'~;~ materials
e ui ment invento and/or su lies shall be stored so the exceed the hei ht of the fence or wall.
11-5A-6C e~+°~ .°,.°,.,+ „{ ° ~°..,,°~+ All requests for review of the action of the director or commission, the
sedtasil shall held require a de novo public hearing before the city council as set forth in section 11-
5A-5 to reach a decision to u hold or overrule the action.
11-5B-3F3 A modification to the development agreement may be initiated prior to signature of the agreement by
all parties and/or may be requested to extend the time allowed for the agreement to be sianed and
returned to the ci if filed rior to the end of the one ear eriod.
11-5B-5 Blesl~ lerfgfh inz,Te~~~d-T"~:s~s=' ~-
Table
11-5B-5C2 An application and fees, in accord with Article A, °General Provisions", of this chapter, shall be
submitted to the director on forms provided b the tannin de artment.
11-5B-5E Required Findings: In order to grant approval for an alternative compliance application, the director
shall determine the followin
11-56-6F2 For conditional use permits that also require platting, the final plat must be feserded signed by the
Ci En sneer within this ei hteen 18 month eriod.
11-5B-8B1 Administrative design review shall be required for all new commercial, industrial, institutional, public
orquasi-public development subject to :conditional use, certificate of zoning
compliance and/or building permit; approval, except development meeting one or both of the
following standards shall be exempt:
a. The structure and/or addition is fully screened from view from all abutting property lines; and/or
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b. The stricture and/or addition is less than one hundred and twenty (120) square feet in area and is
not visible from a public street, private street, or abutting residence.
11.58.8C2 For projects requiring only certificate of zoning compliance approval, the applicant shall
submit a written application for administrative design review pFier~e-eF concurrent with the
certificate of zoning compliance application.
11.88.8C3 Upon determination by the director that the final property boundary adjustment is in
conformance with this article, a letter of approval shall be
issued.
11-6C-3F F. Blocks Face: Block face shall be measured from the centerline to centerline of roadways and/or
pathways as appropriate.
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,
appr~iate except as allowed in subsection 3 below.
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, ^~ n^ hlnnL f~nn ~h~u ha.,e ~ ien„+h „~e,+e~ +h.~n civ
' except as allowed in subsection 3 below.
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3. Where block design is constrained by an abutting arterial street. limited access street, steep
slopes, a large waterway and/or a large irrigation facility, the City Council may approve a
pedestrian connection in lieu of a connecting street or alley at the time of preliminary and/or final
plat approval. The pedestrian connection shall provide access from within the subdivision to one
or more of the following: a common open space area, pathway, or street within the subdivision; a
common open space area, pathway, or street within an abutting subdivision; a public open space
or meeting area; or a street landscape buffer (excluding such buffers along a limited access
hi hwa s .
4. Although block face lengths are allowed to exceed the maximum as set forth in this section, it is
anticipated that most blocks will not exceed the requirement. Where an applicant proposes block
faces that exceed the allowed length, the applicant shall provide written justification as to why the
project cannot accommodate the smaller block faces as required in this section.
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 ~~ 2010.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this ~ a~- day of
2010.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this ~ off- day of
2010.
APPROVED:
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TAMMY~E WEERD, MAYOR
ATTEST: ` ~~~~~... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~,,,~~
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JAYCE . HOLMAN, CITY CLERK ~I~AL
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