8-13D-3: PURPOSE AND INTENT:

   Generally, this Article is enacted with the purpose and intent of promoting, on behalf of the Hidden Springs 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 Hidden Springs specific plan for the desirable future physical development of Hidden Springs; and to provide a method of administration, all as authorized by the Ada County comprehensive plan, the Ada County Zoning Ordinance, the state legislature, and the constitution of the state.

   Specifically, the purpose and intent of this Article is to set forth the development standards and administrative procedures for implementing the land use policies of the Hidden Springs specific plan. Furthermore, it is the purpose of this Article to:

   A.   Provide for the design of quality, mixed use development within the Hidden Springs planned community;

   B.   Provide distinctive, efficient, and effective regulations to guide development in Hidden Springs;

   C.   Encourage flexibility and creativity in Hidden Springs' design and development in order to respond to market demand and site-specific conditions while enhancing the economic viability and quality of Hidden Springs;

   D.   Encourage creative and innovative land planning and design processes throughout Hidden Springs which are sensitive to existing environmental conditions;

   E.   Provide for the integration and balance of a variety of uses in Hidden Springs;

   F.   Establish responsibility for the development of essential public services throughout Hidden Springs and the specific mechanisms by which they will be provided, created, and financed;

   G.   Provide for phased and orderly development of Hidden Springs utilizing consistent criteria;

   H.   Provide flexibility for reconfiguration of residential and nonresidential uses and/or population density as long as these reconfigurations do not conflict with the overall intent of the Hidden Springs specific plan and this Article;

   I.   Establish the permitted uses and minimum standards for each category of residential and nonresidential use;

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

   K.   Establish a review and approval process for the development of Hidden Springs.

(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)