ORDINANCE NO. 1013

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ADA COUNTY IDAHO, THAT ADA COUNTY CODE, TITLE 8, CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE C, SECTION 5(A), LAND USE DISTRICTS, BE AMENDED TO UPDATE THE DEFINITION OF THE MIXED-USE DISTRICT SECTION AND REDUCE THE DENSITY RANGE WITHIN MIXED-USE DISTRICTS AS FOLLOWS:

8-13C-5A   LAND USE DISTRICTS:

Mixed-Use District. The Mixed-Use District provides for a wide range of commercial, office, retail, industrial, and residential uses that allow property owners the flexibility to respond to the long-term evolution of development trends. All uses and structures will be sited and designed to be compatible with one another with a variety of complementary and integrated uses such as: various single-family and multi-family residential uses with gross densities of 1.0 to 20.0 dwelling units per acre. A minimum of twenty five percent (25%) of the Mixed-Use District shall be devoted to multi-family residential uses at a density range of between seven (7) five (5) to twenty (20) dwelling units per acre. Only fifty percent (50%) of the Mixed-Use District shall be residential uses. Other permitted uses include civic, office (including a business park), neighborhood retail, public and quasi- public use, and recreation in a compact, urban form. This district is intended to provide creativity and flexibility in planning and design of buildings and encourages both vertical and horizontal mixing of uses. Multi-family residential uses shall include townhomes/villas, lofts, live work units, and condominiums.

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               Board of Ada County Commissioners

               By:   /s/ Rod Beck               

                  Rod Beck, Commissioner

               By:   /s/ Ryan Davidson            

                  Ryan Davidson, Commissioner

               By:   /s/ Thomas Dayley            

                  Thomas Dayley, Commissioner

ATTEST:

/s/ Heath Ribordy, Assistant Deputy Clerk   

Trent Tripple, Ada County Clerk

PUBLISHED: January 20, 2026