The HD residential zone classification is designed to provide for apartments, townhomes, condominiums, multiple-family dwellings, and to be utilized in appropriate locations within the areas designated high-medium density residential with a density range of twelve (12) to twenty-five (25) dwelling units per gross acre. (Ord. 1554, 10-7-2024)

Except as otherwise provided in this title, no main building or premises in a HD residential district shall be erected, altered, used, arranged or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for uses other than set forth in this chapter unless they comply with all the provisions set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 1554, 10-7-2024)

Permitted uses in HD residential are as follows:

All uses permitted in A and B residential districts (see section 17.24.020 and 17.28.020 of this title).

Townhomes.

Condominiums.

Apartments.

Multiple-family dwellings are permitted on parcels of not less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet in size with 60 feet of street frontage. There shall be a ratio of not less than eighteen hundred (1,800) square feet of land per dwelling unit. (Ord. 1554, 10-7-2024)

The following uses may be permitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission after public notice has been given in accordance with Idaho Code section 67-6509 and a public hearing is held. The Planning and Zoning Commission may require appropriate safeguards and special conditions as said commission deems necessary. Such uses and buildings must be appropriately located and designed to meet a community need without adversely affecting the neighborhood.

All special uses permitted and regulated in an A residential district or B residential district (see section 17.024.030 and 17.28.030 of this title).

Child care centers.

Manufactured home parks.

Public safety facilities.

Public utility complex facilities.

Residential care facilities.

Transitional group housing facilities (Ord. 1554, 10-7-2024)

   A.   There shall be a setback of at least twenty feet (20') from the front property line. The front setback may be reduced to fifteen feet (15') for the living area of the structure; the front setback for a garage shall be a minimum of twenty feet (20') from the front property line.

      1.   There shall be a side yard of not less than five feet (5').

      2.   There shall be a rear yard setback of ten feet (10') from the rear property line.

      3.   On a corner lot, the minimum setback on the street upon which a majority of the building fronts shall be twenty feet (20') from the property line or fifty feet (50') from the street centerline, whichever setback is greater; the setback on an intersecting street shall be not less than ten feet (10') from the property line or forty feet (40') from the centerline of the intersecting street; provided, however, that in the event the majority of the buildings on both streets comply with the minimum setback for fronting streets, the minimum setback on both sides of the corner lot may be required to be the setback of the fronting street.

   B.   Minimum lot size shall be as follows:

      1.   Multi-family housing: One thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet per living unit.

      2.   Single-family home: Three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet.

      3.   Corner lots for single-family homes: Five thousand five hundred (5,500) square feet.

   C.   A lot shall have at least sixty feet (60') of frontage onto a public street unless it is a corner lot, which shall have at least seventy-five feet (75') of frontage onto a public street. (Ord. 1554, 10-7-2024)

   A.   Buildings permitted shall provide parking facilities required by chapter 17.72 of this title.

   B.   No billboards of any kind shall be permitted. However, signage of not more than two (2) square feet may be permitted, and signage under this chapter shall be regulated as signage for home occupations as more fully set forth in section 17.64.150 of this title. (Ord. 1554, 10-7-2024)

The off-street parking requirements for the HD residential districts are referred to in Chapter 17.72 of this title. (Ord. 1554, 10-7-2024)