The GB (Gateway Business) District is established to allow for the consistent development of areas surrounding community gateways or entryways. It is designed to ensure that uses developing in these areas are compatible in nature and appearance and are encouraged to feature high standards of architecture, landscaping and site planning.

The GB District is further subdivided into the GB1, GB2 and GBE (Entertainment) Districts. The GB1 District is intended for mixed use, primarily commercial, development allowing a variety of highest and best land use alternatives with flexible development standards. The GB2 District also allows for a mixing of development types, but is further intended to allow medium to high density residential projects within a mixed use neighborhood with a limiting of allowable industrial uses. The GBE District is designed to encourage a concentration of entertainment uses that complement the Ford Idaho Center. The GBE District is established to strengthen the role of the Ford Idaho Center as a Regional Entertainment District, emphasizing establishments attracting a regional patronage.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021)

Detached accessory buildings shall not be taller than the height of the principal building on the property or 22 feet, whichever is greater. Accessory buildings shall comply with required front, side and rear property setbacks.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021)

Construction of on-site parking or structures shall comply with the following minimum requirements, except where duly increased by the city in conjunction with issuance of a conditional use permit, or decreased in accordance with granting of a variance or planned unit development permit:

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021; Ord. No. 4777, § 1(Exh. A), 12-18-2023)

The following additional conditions shall apply:

A.

Outside uses. All principal uses except private or public parking areas and service station pump islands shall be in an entirely closed building unless otherwise specified by a conditional use permit. Restaurants are permitted to have outdoor dining areas. Temporary uses may be allowed subject to regulations cited in subsection 10-1-12.B of this title.

Accessory exterior storage affiliated with principal uses shall not be allowed in any area in front of the principal building(s) on a property and shall be otherwise screened from view with a sight obscuring fence, wall or hedge not to exceed eight feet in height. Materials so stored shall be kept below the top of the fence.

B.

Nuisances. All operations conducted on the premises shall not be allowed to constitute a nuisance by reason of smoke, fumes, odor, steam, gases, vibrations, noise, hazards or other causes, beyond the property boundary lines, and shall comply with the performance standards of chapter 1 of this title.

C.

Pedestrian pathways. Pedestrian pathways shall be required within the GB District to provide connectivity of adjacent residential uses to schools, parks, shopping areas, public lands, transportation or other community facilities.

D.

Access control. Where possible individual property access to arterial streets shall not be allowed. Property owners and developers of parcels within GB Districts shall coordinate access with adjoining parcels so as to jointly share public and/or private approaches in an attempt to reduce the number of access points along the length of arterial streets. Specific access standards shall be as adopted by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021)

All uses shall conform to the parking, parking lot landscaping, property landscaping and sign provisions of chapters 22, 23 and 33 of this title.

A.

Landscaping adjacent to residential uses. All non-residential development sites having a common boundary line with a residentially used property shall have erected and maintained a view obscuring wall, fence or coniferous hedge not less than five feet, nor more than six feet in height for screening purposes and access control. This screening provision shall not eliminate the requirement to provide pedestrian pathways or neighborhood street connections within the GB District to provide access of residential areas to schools, parks, shopping areas, public lands, transportation or other community facilities.

However, where the wall of a pre-existing non-residential building (i.e., already on site and incorporated into a new development plan and/or use for the property) is on such common property line, no separate wall or fence need be installed along that portion of the boundary occupied by the building. Public utility installations need only fence and screen with appropriate materials such as base planting of coniferous shrubs or trees and climbing coniferous plant materials on the fences to minimize the industrial character of such installations, with the area surrounding the fenced and screened enclosure landscaped and planted to create a park-like atmosphere.

B.

Berming. Along all properties (excepting those whereon a new automobile dealership is established as the lot's/parcel's primary use) that front rights-of-way within a GB zone, there shall be provided a continuous landscaped berm. Berms shall be located within the required landscape strip which is itself contained within and fills the entire required setback area. The berm shall be built up so as to be adjacent to the lot's or parcel's property line which abuts the public right-of-way.

1.

Berming standards.

a.

A twenty-foot wide landscaped berm area (one-foot rise to three-foot run for a 3.3-foot height) shall be provided adjacent to arterial streets; the groundcover provided shall be drought tolerant turf grass as stated in chapter 33.

b.

A fifteen-foot wide landscaped berm area (one-foot rise to three-foot run for a 2.5-foot height) shall be provided adjacent to collector streets; the groundcover provided shall be drought tolerant turf grass as stated in chapter 33.

c.

A seven-foot wide landscaped berm area (one-foot rise to three-foot run for a 1.17-foot height) shall be provided adjacent to local streets; the groundcover provided shall be drought tolerant turf grass as stated in chapter 33.

d.

A landscaped street median berm shall be provided in the design and construction of arterial streets situated within GB2 zoned areas. Within medians, one city approved low growing deciduous tree at least 2.5 inches in caliper shall be placed on average, at least every 25 feet on center.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021; Ord. No. 4702, § 1(Exh. A), 12-5-2022; Ord. No. 4777, § 1(Exh. A), 12-18-2023)

Design review is required in certain instances for projects developed in the GB zones (see chapter 34 of this title).

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021)