8-13C-2: PURPOSE AND INTENT:

   Generally, this Article is enacted with the purpose and intent of promoting, on behalf of the Dry Creek Ranch Planned Community, public health, safety, comfort and general welfare; to conserve and control the population density and to facilitate adequate and economical provisions for public improvements, all in accordance with the Dry Creek Ranch Comprehensive Plan for the desirable future physical development of the Dry Creek Ranch Planned Community; all as authorized by the Ada County Comprehensive Plan, the Ada County Zoning Ordinance, the State statutes and the Constitution of the State.

   Specifically, the purpose and intent of this Article is to set forth the development standards for implementing the land use policies of the Dry Creek Ranch Comprehensive Plan. This Article shall be consistent with the adopted Dry Creek Ranch Comprehensive Plan. Furthermore, it is the purpose of this Article to:

   A.   Provide for the design of quality, mixed use development within the Dry Creek Ranch Planned Community;

   B.   Provide distinctive, efficient, and effective standards to guide development in the Dry Creek Ranch Planned Community;

   C.   Allow flexibility and creativity for reconfiguration of residential and nonresidential uses and/or population density as long as these reconfigurations do not conflict with the Dry Creek Ranch Comprehensive Plan and this Article;

   D.   Provide for the integration and balance of a variety of uses in the Dry Creek Ranch Planned Community; and

   E.   Identify and define standards for uses which may occur in each of the land use categories.

(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)