ACCESS:

See subsection A, “Legal Access”, of the definition of Street.

ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE:

A use or structure on the same lot and of a nature that is incidental and subordinate to the principal use or structure.

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT:

See definition DWELLING UNIT, ACCESSORY.

ADMINISTRATOR:

An official having knowledge in the principles and practices of planning and zoning, who is appointed by the board to administer this title. Also, the planning director.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT:

Any adult bookstore, adult hotel or motel, adult motion picture arcade, adult motion picture theater, cabaret, sexual encounter center, or any other business or establishment that offers its patrons services or entertainment characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, but not including those uses or activities, the regulation of which is preempted by state law.

AGRI-EDUCATION:

The teaching of agriculture, harvesting, culinary skills, dairy product production, farm animal slaughter and other skills and processes in a farm or ranch setting.

AGRICULTURAL BUILDING:

A structure that is designed and constructed for one or more of the following purposes, including but not limited to: livestock shelters or buildings, including shade structures and milking barns; poultry buildings or shelter; horticultural structures, including detached greenhouses and crop protection shelters; grain storage; or stables.

AGRICULTURAL DIRECT MARKETING ACTIVITIES:

Those accessory activities associated with the retail sale of agricultural products produced on and off the premises. This includes the sale of nonagricultural products (e.g., crafts, antiques, kitchen goods, etc.), educational classes and tours, commercial farm rides on premises, and temporary food services.

AGRICULTURE OR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES:

Agricultural uses include forestry, cultivation of the land, storage of related agricultural products and equipment, floriculture, horticulture, nurseries with wholesale and/or retail sales of agricultural products and incidental sales of related products, greenhouses with wholesale and/or retail sales of agricultural products and incidental sales of related products, vineyards, truck gardening, beekeeping, animal and poultry husbandry, grazing or pasturing of livestock, general farming and agribusiness activities.

ALIQUOT PART:

A precise description of a tract or other parcel of land definitely located by reference to the division of a United States government survey township into exact portions of the section (640 acres), half sections (320 acres), quarter sections (160 acres), half quarter sections (80 acres), quarter quarter or 1/16 sections (40 acres), 1/32 sections (20 acres), 1/64 sections (10 acres), 1/128 sections (5 acres) or 1/256 sections (2.5 acres).

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY:

The raising of domesticated farm animals.

ANIMAL SHELTER:

A facility which is used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted animals and which is owned, operated or maintained by a public body, an established humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals or other nonprofit organization or person devoted to the welfare, protection and treatment of animals.

ANIMAL UNIT:

A unit of measurement calculated by adding the number of each type of animal multiplied by the multiplier specified in the table below:

Cattle

Chickens

Domestic fowl (turkeys, ducks and geese)

Goat

Horses, mules

Llama, alpaca, burro, donkey, miniature horses (less than 4 feet in height measured at withers)

Sheep

Swine, weaned, weighing under 55 pounds

Swine, weighing over 55 pounds

BED AND BREAKFAST:

A detached single-family residential structure, occupied and operated by the owner or a resident manager, where five (5) or fewer rooms are available for rent for a period not to exceed two (2) weeks per guest, and where meals are served from a central kitchen only to overnight guests.

BEDROOM:

Any room principally used, intended, or designed to be used for sleeping.

BLANK WALL:

Any wall or portion of a wall that has a surface area of four hundred (400) square feet of vertical surface without a window or door, or any ground level wall surface or section of a wall over four feet (4') in height at ground level that is longer than fifteen feet (15') as measured horizontally without having a ground level window or door lying wholly or in part within that fifteen foot (15') section.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOARD):

The elected local legislative body.

BOAT:

Anything that can be used as transportation on the water, with the exception of inner tubes and inflatables.

BOAT STORAGE:

An area used for the commercial storage of boats and related equipment. Also includes services incidental and subordinate to the storage of boats.

BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT:

A change in location of the property line between two (2) or more existing adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel. Further defined as a combining of one or more parcels to create fewer parcels and where no greater number of parcels than originally existed is thereby created. No boundary adjusted parcel may be reduced below the minimum parcel size for the zoning district in which the parcel is located, except that if a parcel is already below the minimum parcel size, the boundary line adjustment shall not create any parcels that are smaller than the smallest original parcel in the subject configuration.

BUILDING HEIGHT:

The vertical distance from the average elevation of the finished grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or the average height of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof, excepting chimneys and steeples.

BUILDING SITE:

Any lot, tract, parcel or subdivision of land, whether public or private, upon which a building is placed or is to be placed.

BULK, BULK REGULATIONS:

The size of buildings or structures and their relationship to other structures and features, including, lot area, open space, yards, lot coverage, height, impervious surface ratios and floor area ratios.

CARETAKER’S RESIDENCE:

A dwelling unit accessory to a professional, commercial or industrial use for occupancy by the owner caretaker.

CEMETERY:

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for said purposes.

CLEARING:

The destruction and/or removal of vegetation by manual, mechanical or chemical means, except that for the purposes of this title, the term shall not include agricultural and silvicultural practices, gardening, landscaping, snow removal and other incidental practices not associated with vegetative removal as a precursor to actual construction to which this title is applicable.

CLINIC:

A building or portion of a building containing offices for providing medical, dental or psychiatric services for outpatients only.

CLUSTER LOT:

A lot in a conservation subdivision (typically smaller than the minimum lot size for the applicable zoning district) in which residential development can occur.

CLUSTER OR CLUSTERING:

Refers to a site planning technique that concentrates buildings and structures in specific areas on a lot, site or parcel to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, open space and/or preservation of features and/or structures with environmental, historical, cultural or other significance. The techniques used to concentrate buildings may include, but shall not be limited to, reduction in lot areas, setback requirements and/or bulk requirements, with the resultant open space being devoted by deed restrictions for one or more uses.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY:

A business use involving retail or wholesale marketing of goods and services. Examples of commercial activity include offices, retail shops, services offered for money, manufacturing and value added processing, and wholesale sales.

COMMON OPEN SPACE:

A part of a conservation subdivision or planned unit development that is set aside in perpetuity as open space. This area may include freshwater wetlands, floodplains or flood hazard areas, stream corridors, recreational areas, prime agricultural lands, wildlife habitat, scenic views, historical or cultural features, archaeological sites, or other land to be protected from development, as well as easements for public utilities.

COMMUNICATION TOWER:

A structure specifically designed, constructed and/or erected for the purpose of attaching, mounting or otherwise affixing antennas at a height or elevation which is located above the base of the structure. Antenna support may include guyed wire support towers, lattice towers or monopole towers. A “lattice tower” consists of a vertical support structure consisting of a network of crossed metal braces, forming a tower that may be three (3) or more sided. A “monopole tower” consists of a vertical support structure consisting of a single vertical metal, concrete or wooden pole, typically round or square, and driven into the ground or attached to a foundation. “Communication towers” do not include dish antennas used for residential purposes; amateur and public safety communication radio towers, CB radio and radio transmitters with a tower height less than seventy five feet (75'); and VHF and UHF receive only residential television antennas.

COMMUNITY DOCK AND MARINA:

A structure or structures that provide moorage facilities, together with accessory facilities, operated as a business and open to the public or operated as a private club for members.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:

An official statement of growth policies, adopted by the board, including such things as the general location and extent of present and proposed land uses, including residential densities, commercial and industrial uses, major transportation, parks, schools and other community facilities.

CONDITIONAL USE:

A use or occupancy of a structure, or a use of land, permitted only upon issuance of a conditional use permit and subject to the limitations and conditions specified in this title.

CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT:

A permit issued by Bonner County Zoning Commission stating that the conditional use complies with the conditions and standards set forth in this title and authorized by the Zoning Commission.

CONDOMINIUM PROJECT:

A residential development consisting of condominiums. A condominium consists of an undivided interest in common in a portion of real property, together with a separate interest in space, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final plat or recorded survey in sufficient detail to locate all boundaries thereof.

CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION (CAFO):

 

 

 

 

 

CONSERVATION LOT:

That part of a conservation subdivision that remains dedicated to agriculture, open space and/or natural resource protection and is devoid of any structures other than those for the benefit of agricultural uses (including, but not limited to, barns, well houses, irrigation structures, hay sheds) or conservation purposes, but may include a primary residential dwelling unit (and any accessory employee housing as allowed).

CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION:

A subdivision where lots are clustered in specific areas to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, open space, agriculture and/or preservation of features and/or structures with environmental, historical, cultural or other significance.

CONVALESCENT CENTER:

A facility, other than a hospital, that provides nursing services and custodial care on a twenty four (24) hour basis for compensation for individuals who, for reasons of illness, physical infirmity or advanced age, require such services.

CONVEYANCE:

A mechanism for transporting stormwater from one point to another, including pipes, ditches and channels, but not including agricultural ditches for irrigation.

CORNER LOT:

See definition of Lot Types.

COTTAGE HOUSING:

A housing type designed and built in a manner consistent with section 12-480 of this title, or as hereafter amended. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016; amd. Ord. 661, 3-18-2022)

DAYCARE CENTER:

Refer to Idaho Code sections 39-1202 and 39-3306.

DESIGN PROFESSIONAL:

A qualified person with the requisite education and experience to design a stormwater management system. “Design professionals” may include, but are not limited to, engineers, landscape architects and soil scientists for various components of a grading/stormwater management plan.

DESIGN STORM:

A rainfall event of specific return frequency and duration which is used to calculate stormwater runoff volume and peak discharge rates. For the purposes of this title, the “design storms” are:

 

A.   25-year design storm shall mean a rainfall event of one-tenth inch (0.1") per hour for a twenty four (24) hour duration;

 

B.   100-year design storm shall mean a rainfall event of one hundred twenty five thousandths inch (0.125") per hour for a twenty four (24) hour duration.

DETENTION:

The temporary storage of stormwaters to provide for settling of suspended solids, infiltration, velocity reduction or a combination of these.

DEVELOPABLE LAND:

Land that is suitable as a location for structures and that can be developed free of hazards to, and without disruption of, or significant impact on, natural resource areas and not located within a floodway.

DEVELOPMENT:

The physical extension and/or construction of land uses. Development activities include subdivision of land; construction or alteration of structures, roads, utilities and other facilities; installation of septic systems; grading; deposit of refuse, debris or fill materials; and clearing of natural vegetative cover (with the exception of agricultural activities). Routine repair and maintenance activities are exempted.

DISTRICTS:

See definition of Zones Or Districts.

DORMITORY:

See definition of Group Housing and Guestroom.

DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT:

See definition of Lot Types.

DRIVEWAY:

A private easement or roadway that provides access to two (2) or fewer single-family residential lots or parcels.

DUPLEX:

A detached residential building containing two (2) dwelling units only.

DRIVEWAY:

A private easement or roadway that provides access to two (2) or fewer lots or parcels.

DWELLING:

A building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family, two-family and multi-family dwellings, but shall not include hotels, boarding and lodging houses.

DWELLING, MOBILE HOME:

A detached residential dwelling structure greater than thirty feet (30') in length, designed for transportation after fabrication; and meeting those mobile home standards set forth by the latest published edition of the “Federal Mobile Home Construction And Safety Standards”. A “travel trailer” is not to be considered as a mobile home.

DWELLING, MODULAR:

A detached residential dwelling unit, manufactured and assembled to latest published uniform building code standards off site, designed to be transported to the site and placed on a permanent foundation.

DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY:

A detached residential building containing three (3) or more dwelling units.

DWELLING, PARK MODEL:

See definition of Park Model.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY:

A detached residential building, designed exclusively for and occupied exclusively by one family.

DWELLING UNIT:

Space within a building providing complete, independent living facilities for one family only, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

DWELLING UNIT, ACCESSORY:

A dwelling unit located on the same lot as a single-family dwelling, either within the same building as the single-family dwelling or in a detached building, consistent with section 12-490.

DWELLING UNIT, RECREATIONAL VEHICLE:

A recreational vehicle used in the same manner as a single family dwelling or an accessory dwelling unit. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016; amd. Ord. 598, 1-22-2020; Ord. 607, 7-22-2020; Ord. 696, 7-12-2023; Ord. 714, 7-24-2024)

FACADE:

The front of a building facing a street. It may also be referred to as the apparent width of the structure facing the street.

FAMILY:

An individual or two (2) or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a single dwelling unit.

FARMERS’ MARKET:

A temporary or periodic market held in the open or within a structure, where groups or individuals sell fresh produce, flowers, arts and crafts, dairy products or other agricultural produce raised, produced or crafted by them.

FEEDLOT:

See definition for Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO).

FLOODPLAIN:

The relatively flat area of lowland adjoining the channel of a river, stream, lake or other body of water which has been or may be covered by water of a flood of one hundred (100) year frequency. The floodplain includes the channel, floodway and floodway fringe, as established per the engineering practices as specified by the army corps of engineers, as follows:

 

A.   Flood: The temporary inundation of land adjacent to and inundated by overflow from a river, stream, lake or other body of water.

 

B.   Flood Of One Hundred Year Frequency: A flood magnitude which has a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

 

C.   Channel: A natural or artificial watercourse or perceptible extent, with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water.

 

D.   Floodway: The channel or watercourse and those portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the floodwater of any watercourse.

 

E.   Floodway Fringe: That part of the floodplain which is beyond the floodway. Such area will include those portions of the floodplain which will be inundated by a flood of one hundred (100) year frequency.

FLOOR AREA:

The sum of horizontal areas of each floor of a building, measured from the interior faces of the exterior walls or the centerline of walls separating two (2) buildings.

FRONT YARD:

See definition of Yard, Front. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016)

LABORATORY:

A place devoted to experimental study, such as testing and analyzing. Manufacturing of a product or products is not to be permitted.

LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY:

Any activity which results in a change in the existing soil cover, and includes clearing, grading, filling and excavation.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL:

A qualified person with the requisite education and experience to design and supervise a landscaping plan. The individual must have an in depth knowledge of native and drought tolerant plant materials and installation of irrigation systems. Design professionals may include, but are not limited to, landscape architects and certified nursery persons.

LARGE SOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEM:

A subsurface sewage disposal system designed to receive two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons of wastewater or more per day, including where the total wastewater flow from the entire proposed project exceeds two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons per day, but the flow is separated into absorption modules (a subsurface sewage disposal system designed to serve 3 or more connections) which receive less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons per day.

LEGAL ACCESS:

See definition of Street.

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL:

Research and development activities, the manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, storage, assembly and/or treatment of finished or semifinished products from previously prepared materials, which activities are conducted wholly within an enclosed building. Finished or semifinished products may be temporarily stored outdoors pending shipment.

LITTORAL:

Of or on a shore.

LIVESTOCK:

Cattle, horses, sheep, hogs or goats raised for home use or profit.

LOADING SPACE, OFF STREET:

Space logically and conveniently located for bulk pick ups and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles, accessible to and expected to be used by such vehicles. All off street loading spaces shall be located totally outside of any street or alley right of way.

LOCAL ROADS:

See definition of Street.

LOT:

A platted piece of land which is part of a subdivision recorded in the book of plats in the office of the county recorder.

LOT COVERAGE:

The percentage of the area of a lot which is occupied by all buildings or other covered structures.

LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT:

A reconfiguration of property as set forth in subchapter 6.6 of this title.

LOT MEASUREMENTS:

A.   The depth of a lot, parcel, or tract shall be a measurement of the distance between the furthest two points along the boundary of the lot, parcel, or tract.

 

B.   The width of a lot, parcel or tract shall be calculated in feet by dividing the area of the lot, parcel or tract measured in square feet by the depth of the lot, parcel or tract, as measured according to the depth calculation instructions above.

LOT OF RECORD:

A lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the clerk, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded.

LOT SIZE:

The area contained within the boundaries lines of a Lot including Easements.

LOT TYPES:

A.   Corner Lot: A lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets. A lot abutting on a curved street or streets shall be considered a “corner lot” if straight lines drawn from the foremost points of the side lot lines to the foremost point of the lot meet at an interior angle of less than one hundred thirty five degrees (135o).

 

 

 

 

MAJOR COLLECTOR:

See definition of Street.

MANUFACTURED BUILDING:

Any building which is of closed construction and which is made or assembled in manufacturing facilities, on or off the building site, for installation or assembly and installation on the building site.

MINE, SURFACE:

An area where surface mining is conducted of two (2) acres in size or larger, or a volume in excess of one thousand (1,000) cubic yards of minerals or overburden are extracted.

MINERAL:

Coal, clay, stone, sand, gravel, metalliferous and nonmetalliferous types of ores, and any other similar, solid material or substance of commercial value to be excavated from natural deposits on or in the earth.

MINING:

The removal for commercial purposes of minerals, ores, sand, gravel, oil or gas from a naturally occurring deposit. “Mining” shall include surface mining, underground mining, oil and gas wells and dredge mining, but shall not be deemed to include the incidental removal of minerals, ores, sand or gravels which occurs as a part of, or accessory to, any permitted use or unrelated excavation on the same parcel.

MINING, SURFACE:

The activities performed at the surface of the ground related to the extraction of minerals from the ground, including the excavation of pits, removal and/or storage of minerals, disposal of overburden, and the construction of haulage roads, for the purpose of sale, or use of such extracted minerals in a different parcel. Operations within the right of way of a public highway conducted by a public agency for maintenance, repair or construction of a public highway which disturb less than two (2) acres shall not be deemed “surface mining”. The extraction of minerals from within the right of way of a public highway by a public or governmental agency for maintenance, repair or construction of a public highway shall not be deemed surface mining operations under this title; provided, that the affected land is an integral part of the public highway.

MINOR ARTERIAL:

See definition of Street.

MINOR COLLECTOR:

See definition of Street.

MINOR NOTATIONAL CHANGE:

A type of note change for the purpose of entering corrections, endorsements, dedications, easements and similar minor changes to an existing recorded plat.

MITIGATION:

Compensatory actions to restore natural functions and values lost through development and human alterations.

MIXED USE:

A development involving a combination of residential and nonresidential uses. For example, a mixed use structure may have nonresidential uses at street level with residential uses on the second floor.

MOBILE HOME PARK:

A site specifically designed to accommodate, with or without compensation, two (2) or more mobile home units on the same property (contiguous ownership), providing stalls or spaces for each mobile home unit. This term shall not include mobile home subdivisions or recreational vehicle parking.

MOBILE HOMES:

See definition of Dwelling, Mobile Home.

MODULAR DWELLING:

See definition of Dwelling, Modular.

MOTEL:

A group of attached or detached buildings containing individual sleeping or living units where a majority of such units open individually and directly to the outside, and where a garage is attached or a parking space is conveniently located to each unit, all for the use by automobile tourists or transients.

MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING:

See definition of Dwelling, Multi-Family. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016)

An unplatted piece of land which is uniquely described within a legal instrument of conveyance.

PARENT TRACT:

A lot, lots of record, parcel or parcels proposed to be developed either as a standard lot subdivision and/or as a conservation subdivision and used for calculating the density allowance for said subdivisions.

PARK:

A noncommercial facility designed to serve the recreational needs of the residents of the community.

PARKING SPACE:

A.   An off street parking area, located totally outside of any road right of way, for motor vehicles and having access to a public street or alley or private road or driveway.

 

B.   In determining the gross area required for an off street parking lot requiring a specified number of parking spaces, including driveways and aisles, two hundred fifty (250) square feet per parking space shall be used.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD:

Criteria outlined in this title for specific conditions for various uses or classifications of uses.

PERSON:

An individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association or governmental entity. A “person” shall include a trustee, receiver, assignee or similar representative of any of the above.

PLANNING COMMISSION:

The Bonner County Planning Commission, herein further referred to as the Planning Commission. Appointed by the Board of County Commissioners per BCRC 12-122.

PLANNING DIRECTOR:

An official appointed by the board who has knowledge in the practice of planning and zoning or his or her designee or appointee.

PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL:

See definition of Street.

PRIVATE ROAD:

That road which is to be constructed, reconstructed or renovated within a private easement or private right of way, and which is not a driveway as defined herein.

PRIVATE SCHOOL:

See definition of Schools, Public Or Private.

PROHIBITED USES:

See definitions of Use and Use, Prohibited.

PROPERTY LINE:

Shall mean any line bounding a lot or parcel.

PUBLIC BUILDING:

A building or structure used as offices for conducting official business of government entities or political subdivisions.

PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY:

Any land dedicated and open to the public and under the jurisdiction of a public highway agency, where the public highway agency has no obligation to construct or maintain said right of way for vehicular traffic. A public right of way includes land accepted by Bonner County on behalf of the public by deed or fee simple title; authorized easement in favor of Bonner County or the state of Idaho; eminent domain; recorded final plat; or prescriptive use by Bonner County. “Public right of way” shall not include federal lands, as provided in Idaho Code section 40-204A, that resulted from the creation of a facility for the transmission of water.

PUBLIC SCHOOL:

See definition of Schools, Public Or Private.

PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITY:

A public, private or community utility facility, including, but not limited to, station houses or station grounds; pumping stations; power substations; dam structures; solid waste transfer stations; fire stations; telephone transmission stations; telegraph stations; sewage disposal, treatment or storage stations and subsurface sewage disposal systems serving ten (10) or more residential dwelling units or designed with a capacity of two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons or more per day; public community water systems designed for fifteen (15) or more connections or regularly serves at least twenty five (25) year round residents; public libraries; railroad transportation lines or spurs; railroad classification lines; or structures used in interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas or fuel. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016; amd. Ord. 606, 7-14-2020; Ord. 661, 3-18-2022)

RACETRACK:

A commercial facility, whether private or public, indoor or outdoor, configured and used to conduct events involving animals or machines competing against one another or against time. A racetrack may include seating, concession areas to serve patrons of the facility only, restrooms, parking facilities and storage facilities. The definition of racetrack shall include motocross, mud bog tracks, horse and dog racetracks, demolition derby courses, upland accommodations for water based racecourses, auto racetracks and other similar courses. Commercial, for the purposes of this definition, includes the charging of any fee or other compensation.

REAR YARD:

See definition of Yard, Rear.

RECONNAISSANCE:

An inspection or exploration of an area.

RECREATION VEHICLE:

A vehicular or portable unit designed to be mounted on a chassis and wheels, designed and constructed to be installed with or without a permanent foundation for human occupancy as a residence not more than nine hundred (900) square feet in total floor area. The term “recreation vehicle” shall include, but is not limited to, travel trailers, park models, camping trailers, truck campers, and motor homes and tiny houses.

RECREATIONAL FACILITY:

A place designed and equipped for the conduct of small scale and low intensity sports, leisure time activities and other customary and usual recreational activities. Activities may include, but are not limited to, recreational uses such as rafting, canoeing, tent camping, swimming, cross country skiing, hiking, hunting and fishing, horseback riding and snowmobiling, together with accessory facilities, operated as a business and open to the public or operated as a private club for members.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) PARK:

Any premises designed for the rental of three (3) or more recreational vehicle parking stalls or spaces.

RESIDENTIAL:

Describes the use of a structure by a family (or families) as a dwelling unit (or units) and may also include home occupation, accessory uses, or structures. Residential is also used to describe a geographic area where permitted uses are typically residential in character.

RESIDENTIAL CARE OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY:

Refer to Idaho Code 39-3302.

RESORT, COMMERCIAL:

An area privately owned, devoted primarily to outdoor recreational uses conducted for profit, which may include, but are not limited to, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, camping, picnicking, winter sports and similar uses. A “commercial resort” may also include facilities for seasonal or overnight living quarters for guests. Such seasonal or overnight living quarters shall be clearly subordinate to the on site outdoor recreational uses.

RETAIL SERVICES:

Establishments engaged in the sale of goods or services directly to the consumer.

RETENTION:

The holding of stormwater runoff within a contained area in such manner that the stormwaters so contained can leave by means of evaporation, infiltration or emergency overflow or bypass structures.

RETREAT:

A facility used for professional, educational, health or religious meetings, training, conferences or seminars which by its design is low intensity and small scale. A “retreat” provides an opportunity for groups to congregate temporarily on a site for such purposes as education, enlightenment, contemplation, renewal or solitude. “Retreats” may include, but are not limited to, corporate retreats, ashrams, meditation centers, weight reduction camps, or other similar facilities. Retreat facilities are permitted only for those who are engaged in retreat activities, and shall not be used by the general public for meals or overnight accommodations.

REVERSED FRONTAGE LOT:

See definition of Lot Types.

RIGHT OF WAY:

A strip of land used for access, or dedicated for use as a public right of way.

ROAD:

See subsection B, “Local Roads”, of the definition of Street.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION:

The building up of the natural land surface within a right of way or easement for the purpose of creating a travelway open for vehicular passage. “Road construction” shall include such activities as initial clearing, alteration of topography, and installation of culverts, filling of low areas, deposition of subbase or base materials, topping, grading and surfacing.

ROAD RECONSTRUCTION:

Any modification of the cross section, subgrade or alignment of a road or travelway within a right of way or easement. Routine grading, resurfacing or repaving shall not be considered reconstruction.

ROOMING HOUSE:

See definition of Group Housing. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016; amd. Ord. 606, 7-14-2020; Ord. 696, 7-12-2023)

SANITARY LANDFILL:

A method of disposing of solid wastes on land without creating a nuisance or hazard to public health or safety, by utilizing the principles of engineering to confine the solid waste to the smallest practical area, to reduce it to the smallest practical volume, and to cover it with a layer of earth at the conclusion of each day’s operation, or at such more frequent intervals as may be necessary.

SCHOOLS, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE:

An institution of learning, public or private, which offers instruction in the several branches of learning and study.

SEASONAL HARVEST FESTIVITIES:

Those temporary and accessory activities associated with the sale of annual harvest crops. These accessory activities may include live music, temporary food service establishments, vendors other than the owners or operators of the farm, commercial farm rides on the premises and recreational activities (e.g., corn mazes, craft booths, etc.).

SEDIMENT:

Fragmented material that originates from weathering and erosion of rocks or unconsolidated deposits, and is transported by, suspended in or deposited by waters.

SETBACK:

The minimum distance by which a building or structure must be separated from a street right of way, easement or property line.

SHORE LAND:

Those lands extending landward for two hundred feet (200') in all directions as measured on a horizontal plane of any applicable natural or ordinary water mark, or the applicable “artificial high water mark”, as defined in this chapter, of any lake, river, stream, channel or other body of public water.

SHORELINE:

The applicable natural or ordinary water mark, or the applicable “artificial high water mark”, as defined in this chapter, of any lake, river, stream, channel or other body of public water.

SIDE YARD:

See definition of Yard, Side.

SIGN:

A device, descriptive display or illustration generally relating in its subject matter to products, persons, accommodations, services or activities on the premises. However, a “sign” shall not include legal notices or informational or directional media erected or required by governmental bodies, nor shall it include residential location indicators.

SIGN AREA:

Shall consist of the smallest rectangle that can contain the sign script, logos, symbols and other graphic elements. Only one side of a double sided sign shall be used to calculate sign area. The area shall not include any structural elements lying outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display.

SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING:

See definition of Dwelling, Single-Family.

SITE:

The land area subject to a land disturbing activity associated with any construction to which this title is applicable. The site shall be deemed to include actual areas of land disturbance and areas designated for stockpiling or storage of excavated earthen materials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEMPORARY DWELLING UNIT:

A residence that is either:

A.   For the purpose of providing adequate housing and care for the aged or handicapped family member who is incapable of adequately caring for himself or herself.

B.   Located on a nonresidential construction site and occupied by persons having construction security responsibilities of such construction site.

THROUGH LOT:

See definition of Lot Types.

TOPSOIL:

The largely organic upper horizon of the soil, down to such restrictions as claypans, hardpans, coarse sand and gravel, or rock.

TOWNHOUSE:

A single-family dwelling unit on a separate lot that is attached to one or more townhomes and having at least one common wall.

TRAIL:

A way designed for and used by equestrians, pedestrians or cyclists.

TREATMENT DEVICE:

A constructed or manufactured area or mechanism designed for the purpose of removing contaminants from stormwaters. “Treatment devices” may include, but are not limited to, detention ponds, oil/water separators, biofiltration swales and constructed wetlands.

TREE:

A woody plant with at least one well defined stem or trunk and normally reaches a height of fifteen feet (15') or more. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016)