ORDINANCE No. 26-013

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 07 OF ARTICLE 01 OF CHAPTER 11 CANYON COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR:

Section 1: Amending Section 07, Article 01, Chapter 11 Canyon County Code of Ordinances to read as follows:

11-01-07: ADVISORY COMMITTEES:

(1)      Establishment And Purpose: Pursuant to Idaho Code § 67-8205, the board establishes the Canyon County Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee (the “County Committee”) as standing permanent committee involving development impact fees for the County.  by resolution a development impact fee advisory committee (committee), whose purposes is to carry out the duties as set forth in Idaho Code § 67-8205(3), as it may be amended. Development impact fee advisory committees, involving development impact fees for fire districts and highway districts are established pursuant to the terms and conditions of the intergovernmental agreements as set forth in Canyon County Code of Ordinances § § 11-02-01 and 11-04-01.

(3)      Meetings: County Committee Mmeetings may be called by each the committee by giving reasonable notice of the time and place of the meeting in accordance with the open meetings law, Idaho §§ 74-201, et seq., as may be amended.

(4)      When another governmental entity anticipates it will request that the board enter an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to § 8204A of the act for the administration and imposition of development impact fees pursuant to the act such entity there shall be established, pursuant to the intergovernmental agreement, a joint development impact fee advisory committee, which shall operate in collaboration with the board's advisory committee to fulfill the committee's duties under the act. A joint development impact fee advisory committee shall comply with the membership and meeting requirements in this section.

(4)    County Committee Charge: The County Committee shall serve as an advisory committee to the county commissioners and is charged with the following responsibilities:

A.   Assist in adopting land use assumptions; and

B.   Review the capital improvements plan; and

C.   Monitor and evaluate implementation of the capital improvements plan; and

D.   File with the impact fee administrator and the county clerk (at least annually) a report of any perceived inequities in implementing the capital improvements plan or imposing development impact fees; and

E.   Advise the county commissioners of the need to update or revise land use assumptions of capital improvements plans; and

F.   The county shall make available to the advisory committee, upon request, all financial and accounting information, professional reports in relation to development and implementation of land use assumptions of the capital improvements plans, and of the need for periodic updates to the capital improvements plan(s).

(5)   County Committee Advisory Committee Organization: The County’s impact fee administrator shall staff the County Committee in order to provide the committee with needed information for the committee's review and for the committee’s compliance with the Open Meeting Law (Chapter 2 of Title 74 Idaho Code).

A.   The County Committee shall select its officers, which include a chairman, vice chairman and a secretary of the committee; and

B.   The chairman shall conduct the meetings of the County Committee. The duties of the chairman shall be performed by the vice chairman in the absence of the chairman or as delegated by the chairman. The chairman and the vice chairman shall be members of the committee; and

C.   The County’s impact fee administrator shall serve as the secretary of the County Committee and shall take minutes and post agenda notices as required by the Open Meeting Law. The secretary is not a member of the committee; and

D.   The County Committee shall establish a meeting schedule; and

E.   The agenda of each meeting shall include the approval of the minutes of the last meeting and the secretary shall provide a copy of the approved minutes to the county commissioners; and

F.   Fifty (50) percent of the membership of the County Committee shall constitute a quorum. Once a quorum is established for a meeting, the subsequent absence of a member present for creating the quorum shall not dismiss the quorum; and

G.   A majority vote of those present at any meeting is sufficient to carry motions.

(6)   County Committee Reporting: The County Committee reports directly to the county commissioners.

(5 7)   Review Of County Committee's Reports And Recommendations: The county commissioners board and the impact fee recipients, as the case may be, shall each consider the County Committee’s recommended revision(s) at least once every twelve (12) months.

(6 8)   Review And Modification Of Capital Improvements Plan: Unless the county commissioners board deems some other period is appropriate, at least once every five (5) years, commencing from the date of the original adoption of the capital improvements plan, the county commissioners board and the impact fee recipients shall review and update the capital improvements plan in accordance with the procedures set forth in Idaho Code § 67-8206, as amended. 

Section 2: Date of Effect and Publication

2.1   This Ordinance, shall be in full force and effect on its passage, approval and publication within the 30 th day following its passage and approval; and shall be published in full or by summary as provided in Idaho Code Section 31-715A within one month of its passage and approval all according to law.

   ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 29 th day of April 2026.

               BOARD OF CANYON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

               CANYON COUNTY, IDAHO

               Leslie Van Beek

               Brad Holton

               Zach Brooks

ATTEST: JESS URRESTI, CLERK

By: J. Ross, Deputy Clerk

DATE:04-29-26

Publication Date: 05-06-26, Idaho Press

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