Grangeville City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 4
RESIDENCE DISTRICTS
10-4A-1: PERMITTED USES:
A. Permitted Uses Listed: Permitted uses in the residence A zone are as follows:
Apartment houses.
Boarding or lodging houses, or bed and breakfasts.
Doublewide manufactured housing parks as defined in section 10-8-1 of this title, shall be allowed provided that the individual units placed in such park each qualify with the dimensional definition as provided in subsection E1 of the definition of "manufactured home" in section 10-2-1 of this title.
Dwellings.
Home occupation as herein provided.
Nursing or rest homes.
Truck gardening and other horticultural uses, where no building is involved and not operated for profit.
B. Incidental And Accessory Uses:
1. Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, including permitted home occupation as provided herein.
2. Accessory buildings, provided they shall be located as required in section 10-3-9 of this title.
3. Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes for a period not to exceed one year. (Ord. 685, 7-8-1996; amd. Ord. 694, 1-6-1997)
10-4A-2: CONDITIONAL AND PROHIBITED USES:
A. Conditional Uses: Conditional uses are allowed, subject to the provisions of section 10-10-1 of this title.
B. Prohibited Uses: No livestock or poultry shall be raised or maintained in zone A. (Ord. 685, 7-8-1996)
10-4A-3: BUILDING HEIGHT:
No building or structure within this zone, nor the enlargement of any building or structure, shall be hereafter erected or maintained to exceed thirty five feet (35') in height. (Ord. 769, 2-17-2004)
10-4A-4: LOT AND AREA REQUIREMENTS:
No building or structure, nor the enlargement of any building or structure, shall be hereafter erected or maintained unless the following described yards and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure, or enlargement:
A. Yard Requirements:
1. Front Yard: Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than twenty feet (20'). Where lots comprising forty percent (40%) or more of the frontage between two (2) intersecting streets are developed with buildings having front yards with a variation of not more than twenty feet (20') in depth, the average of such front yards shall establish the minimum front yard depth for the entire frontage. In no case shall a front yard of more than fifty feet (50') be required.
2. Side Yard:
a. On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of a main building of not less than five feet (5'). Apartment houses, wherever erected or established as such, shall have a side yard of not less than one-fourth (1/4) the height of the building to the eaves or top of coping.
b. On corner lots the side yard requirements shall be the same as for interior lots, except that there shall be maintained a side yard of not less than ten feet (10') on the side adjacent to the street which intersects the street upon which the building or structure maintain frontage.
c. On a reversed corner lot, there shall be maintained a setback from the side street of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the front yard required on the lots in the rear of such corner lots, but such setback need not exceed twenty feet (20'). No accessory building on a reversed corner lot shall project beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot to the rear, nor be located nearer than five feet (5') to the side lot line of an adjacent lot.
B. Lot Coverage: Not more than forty five percent (45%) of the area of a lot may be covered by main buildings, structures or accessory buildings.
C. Accessory Buildings: Accessory buildings shall not encroach upon the front yard. They may encroach upon the side yards; provided no buildings are closer to the lot lines than five feet (5'). Provided further, that on a corner lot, accessory buildings shall not encroach upon the front side yards adjacent to the abutting streets. (Ord. 880, 10-15-2012)
10-4A-5: MANUFACTURED HOME REQUIREMENTS:
Manufactured homes, as defined in subsection E1 of the definition of "manufactured home" in section 10-2-1 of this title, shall be permitted within residence A zone, provided all the site construction criteria, as defined more specifically in subsections F through J of said definition, have been complied with. (Ord. 685, 7-8-1996)
10-4B-1: PERMITTED USES:
The following are permitted uses within residence B zone:
A. Any use permitted in the residence A zone.
B. Manufactured homes of all widths as defined in section 10-2-1
of this title or multi-sectional mobile homes if constructed after June 15, 1976, or multi-sectional mobile homes if constructed prior to June 15, 1976, that have been rehabilitated in accordance with the provisions of title 44, chapter 22 of the Idaho Code may be permitted in residence B zone.
1. No pre June 15, 1976, mobile homes, unless specifically allowed in this section, even if rehabilitated, may be located within residence B zone unless they are located in mobile home courts or parks as are defined in section 10-8-1
of this title.
2. Provided that in respect to individual homes all setback and yard requirements must comply as stated in this code. Placement and use of manufactured and properly sized mobile homes of any character occupied by any person on other than approved public or private trailer courts must be so arranged as to not interfere with the rights and privileges of adjacent property owners. Each manufactured home or multi-sectional mobile home shall be considered as a separate dwelling house under the laws of the city.
3. Any single-wide mobile homes, as defined in this title, in place and installed as of the date of this amendment shall be permitted to continue in place, but may not be moved to any other place in the city unless they are: 1) rehabilitated as required by state code, and 2) moved to qualifying mobile home parks or courts as described above.
4. Any "mobile home" as defined in this title constructed prior to June 15, 1976, which could otherwise be installed and located within a mobile home court or park as defined in subsection B3 of this section shall not be brought into the city of Grangeville, nor used in any fashion within the city of Grangeville until the same shall have been rehabilitated in accordance with the provisions of title 44, chapter 22 of the Idaho Code, now in full force and effect.
D. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any chickens, rabbits, horses, cows, llamas, sheep or goats within residence B zone, except as provided in this Chapter.
1. Chickens: A person may lawfully keep and maintain up to six (6) chickens per lot of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet and one (1) additional chicken for each additional twelve hundred fifty (1,250) square feet per lot up to a total of eighteen (18) chickens.
a. It shall be unlawful for a person to keep or maintain male chickens within residence B zone. Hatchlings less than twelve (12) weeks old shall not violate the provisions of this chapter.
b. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain a coop, hutch, and/or run constructed for containing chickens in the front yard of a residential lot. Any coop, hutch, and/or run must be located in the rear or side yards of a residential lot and must comply with existing setback requirements. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain a coop, hutch, and/or run less than fifteen feet (15') from any existing residence, including but not limited to garage, deck, patio, gazebo, swimming pool, hot tub, or fire pit, other than that of the person keeping or maintaining the chicken, without the express written consent of the residence owner.
2. Rabbits: A person may lawfully keep and maintain up to twenty-five (25) rabbits per lot of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet.
a. It shall be unlawful for a person to keep or maintain uncastrated male rabbits within residence B zone. Uncastrated male rabbits less than twelve (12) weeks old shall not violate the provisions of this chapter.
b. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain a coop, hutch, and/or run constructed for containing rabbits in the front yard of a residential lot. Any coop, hutch, and/or run must be located in the rear or side yards of a residential lot and must comply with existing setback requirements. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain a coop, hutch, and/or run less than fifteen feet (15') from any existing residence, including but not limited to garage, deck, patio, gazebo, swimming pool, hot tub, or fire pit, other than that of the person keeping or maintaining the rabbit, without the express written consent of the residence owner.
3. Other livestock: A person may lawfully keep and maintain up to one (1) cow, or one (1) horse, or one (1) goat, or one (1) sheep, or one (1) llama, per lot of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet. A person may lawfully keep and maintain an additional animal for each additional five thousand (5,000) square feet of real property.
a. It shall be unlawful for a person to keep or maintain other livestock in the front yard of a residential property when a dwelling is also on the same lot.
b. It shall be unlawful for a person to keep or maintain an uncastrated male cow, horse, goat, sheep, or llama within residence B zone. Sucklings less than three (3) months old shall not violate the provisions of this chapter.
c. Animal locations, structures, pens, corrals, and any other premises or structures used for the keeping of or maintenance of animals permitted within residence B zone must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, free from obnoxious odors and substances. All persons who keep or maintain any animals permitted within residence B zone shall keep them confined at all times in enclosures strong enough, or staked out, or picketed on the premises, or in such a manner as to prevent said animals from going upon the premises or property of another. It shall be unlawful for any person keeping or maintaining any animal permitted within residence B zone to allow the same to create a disturbance by noise, odor or damage to the adjacent property, and the keeping and maintaining of said animals shall not interfere with the peaceful and quiet enjoyment of such property by such adjacent owners and/or residents. All structures used for the keeping and maintenance of animals permitted within residence B zone, including but not limited to stalls, coops, corrals, and runs, shall be cleaned at least twice per week such that they provide a healthy living area for the animal and do not cause offensive odors, rodents, pests or insect nuisance to neighbors. Pastures less than one acre shall be cleaned at least once per month, and maintained in such a manner as to not be offensive or interfere with the peaceful and quiet enjoyment of adjacent property by such adjacent owners and/or residents.
4. Fences: Fences enclosing animals permitted within residence B zone shall be so constructed as to prevent the animals from leaving the lot of the person keeping or maintaining such animals.
5. Cumulative Space: When more than one (1) type of animal permitted within residence B zone are kept on a single lot, the amount of area required to keep or maintain said animals shall be equal or greater to the minimum areas required by this chapter.
6. Penalties: Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished pursuant to this Code and the Idaho Code. The imposition of any violation of this chapter shall not excuse such violation or permit such violation to continue. (Ord. 800, 5-15-2006; amd. Ord. 962, 11-7-2022)
10-4B-2: BUILDING, LOT AND AREA REQUIREMENTS:
Area and height requirements for zone B shall be the same as those set forth in this chapter for zone A. (Ord. 685, 7-8-1996)