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8-2-27: AREA OF MILITARY INFLUENCE (AMI) OVERLAY DISTRICT:
A. Purpose: The Area of Military Influence (AMI) Overlay District:
1. Implements the goals, objectives, and policies of the applicable comprehensive plan as it relates to the areas of military influence;
2. Provides for notification areas to ensure the Idaho National Guard officials are made aware of land use applications within the AMI; and
3. Promotes the public health, safety, and welfare by having regulations and standards for new development within the AMI to ensure compatibility with military activity occurring in the AMI.
B. Applicability:
1. The Area of Military Influence Overlay (AMI) District consists of:
a. A one-fourth (1/4) mile buffer along either side of the centerline of Pleasant Valley Road that extends from Gowen Field to the Orchard Combat Training Center to be known as the Military Tank Trail, the limits of which are adopted by the Zoning Map (see Section 8-2-4); and
b. A buffer area surrounding the Orchard Combat Training Center, the limits of which are adopted by the Zoning Map (see Section 8-2-4).
2. This Section applies to development as herein defined within the adopted AMI.
3. This Section does not apply to:
a. Uses occurring within structures that are listed on the national register of historic places;
b. Structures identified by the Ada County Historic Preservation Council as having historical significance; or
c. Structures identified as contributing in an archeological or historical survey or study accepted by the State Historic Preservation Office.
C. Process: Applications shall be transmitted to the appropriate agency, including, but not limited to, the following: National Guard, Mountain Home Military Base, and the Boise Airport Director.
D. Standards:
1. Uses that require a conditional use, master site plan, planned community or subdivision application located within the AMI shall address compatibility issues such as intermittent noise, dust, traffic, and other development design issues.
2. For subdivisions located within the AMI the following statement shall appear on the final plat:
"This development recognizes that it is in an Area of Military Influence (AMI) and as such there will be times during the course of the year that properties could be subject to intermittent dust, noise, and military traffic."
3. Development shall conform to Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) part 77 height limits (as may be amended) as not to pose a safety hazard to air traffic.
(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)
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