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Home My Public Portal AboutResolution 14-95 Summary of Ordinance 670RESOLUTION NO. 14- 95 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, APPROVING A SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 670. WHEREAS the Idaho Code permits publication of ordinances by publication of a summary of the ordinance; and Ordinance 670 is extremely lengthy, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of McCall that: Section 1. The attached summary of Ordinance 670 is approved and shall be published in lieu of publication of the Ordinance. Passed and approved June 30, 1995 Dean A. Martens Mayor ames H. Henderson, City Clerk RESOLUTION APPROVING SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 670 June 30,1995 during early AM portion of meeting of June 29th. Ordinance 670, is an Ordinance of the City of McCall, Idaho, RELATING TO ZONING; AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS TO PERMIYTED, CONDITIONAL, AND PROHIBITED USES, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, IN ZONES R-10, R-5, AND R-1; AS TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN ZONE A; AS TO CONDITIONAL USES IN ZONE I; AS TO FENCES, AND DRY CABINS; AS TO TECHNICAL MAr1ERS RELATING TO WATERFRONT SETBACKS, SCENIC ROUTE DISTRICT PROPERTY ALTERATION REVIEWS, RECORD OF SURVEY ELIGIBILITY, STREET STANDARDS, AND SIGNS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Copies of such Ordinance are available for inspection at: McCall City Hall front desk, 216 E. Park Street, McCall, Idaho. The Ordinance addresses the topics set out as follows: Section 1. Zone R-10 is amended to add home occupations as a permitted use. Section 2. Zone R-10 is amended to modify prohibited uses so as to clarify that certain machinery and vehicles intended for use on site only will not be prohibited, and that up to two inoperable motor vehicles may be kept if being made operable. Section 3. Zone R-10 is amended, so as to set out in full the development standards that were previously cross-referenced; and to make technical changes: to compute the ten -acre lot size requirement as net acreage, rather than overall gross acreage, to increase lot width requirements to 300 feet minimum and 375 feet average, to make from -the -right-of-way setbacks a 30 foot minimum, to clarify building -to -building setback measurements, clarify driveway width maximums, to limit the four -foot height restriction on frontage fences to sight -obscuring fences, and to delete certain waste collection requirements. Section 4. Zone R-5 is amended to add home occupations as a permitted use. Section 5. Zone R-5 is amended to clarify that certain machinery and vehicles intended for use on site only will not be prohibited, and that up to two inoperable motor vehicles may be kept if being made operable. Section 6. Zone R-5 is amended, so as to include development standards previously cross- referenced; and to make technical changes: to compute the five -acre lot size requirement as net acreage, rather than overall gross acreage, to increase lot width requirements to 200 feet minimum and 250 feet average, to make from -the -right-of-way setbacks a 30 foot minimum, to permit accessory building wall heights to be 15 feet rather than the present 10, to clarify building -to -building setback measurements, clarify driveway width maximums, to limit the four -foot height restriction on frontage fences to sight -obscuring fences, and to delete certain waste collection requirements. Section 7. Zone R-1 is amended to permit accessory uses to be on commonly owned land near the residence, to make certain animal keeping a permitted use, and to add home occupations as a permitted use. Section 8. Zone R-1 is amended to make that same kind of animal keeping no longer a conditional use. Section 9. Zone R-1 is amended, so as to include development standards previously cross- referenced; and to make technical changes: to compute the one -acre lot size requirement as net acreage, rather than overall gross acreage, to increase lot width requirements to 100 feet minimum and 120 feet average, to make from -the -right-of-way setbacks a 30 foot minimum, to permit accessory building wall heights to be 15 feet rather than the present 10, to clarify building -to -building setback measurements, clarify driveway width maximums, to limit the four -foot height restriction on frontage fences to sight -obscuring fences, and to delete certain waste collection requirements. Section 10. Zone A is amended to make technical changes respecting lot width requirements, i.e. to make what appeared to be a fixed width a minimum width. Section 11. Zone A is amended to provide for accessory buildings in the high -density residential zone to have colors and textures similar to the residence, unless otherwise approved by the Commission or necessary to meet fire -protection standards. SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 670 page 1 of 2 Section 12. Section 3-13-030 is amended to add certain retail uses as a conditional use in the Industrial zone, the adequacy of the remaining amount of undeveloped industrial land in the Planning Jurisdiction to be taken into consideration. Section 13. General Development Standards are amended to make barbed wire fences a permitted fence in the R-10, R-5, and R-1 zones where used as pasture or perimeter fencing, and for adjacent landowners to work out other fencing where denser residential development occurs, to regulate higher -wattage antennas, to clarify that accessory building bunkhouses adjacent to dwellings are not prohibited as dry cabins, and prohibiting occupancy of dry cabins. Section 14. The Shoreline and River Environs overlay District, is amended to provide for the method of measuring setback from the water and certain other technical amendments to terminology used for lake and river setbacks. Section 15. The Scenic Route District is amended to simplify procedures in more routine situations, and to delegate certain decisions to the Administrator. Section 16. The record of survey approach to City approval of divisions of land that do not merit application of full subdivision procedures is amended to clarify certain existing eligibility requirements and to add a provision for combination of nonconforming lots of record, and a provision for minor changes to plats; and is further amended to provide that the Administrator need not ask the Commission for permission to use this procedure. Section 17. Section 3-21-260 (E), relating to Subdivisions, is amended to require use of the ISPWC standards and materials specifications in the construction of streets. Section 18. Section 3-24-020 (A) is amended to remove ambiguities by providing for the method of measurement of non -rectangular signs. Section 19. Section 3-24-060 is amended to correct grammar, to permit landscape lighting and holiday decorations subject to approval of the Administrator, to clarify the relationship between the prohibited signs section and the temporary signs section, and to prohibit use of a motor vehicle as a sign. Section 20. Section 3-21-180 is amended to make a technical change to the prohibition of lot sale closing prior to recording of the plat. Section 21. Section 3-21-190 is amended to correct a cross-reference. Section 22. Section 3-21-270 is amended to clarify approval authority respecting subdivision improvements, and to clarify for whose benefit the Subdivision Agreement is given and for whose benefit security for its performance is posted. Section 23. Section 3-27-020 (A), relating to Health and Safety Requirements, is amended to prohibit waste matter dumping on the ground except where otherwise lawfully done inside a building or sight -obscuring fence, and defines waste matter. STATEMENT OF CITY ATTORNEY The above summary of Ordinance �� is true and complete and provides adequate notice to the public. Dated: June 30, 1995 Edward G. Burton, City Attorney SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 670 page 2 of 2