8-4E-2: APPLICABILITY:
   A.   Unless specifically exempt under subsection B of this section, a master site plan shall be required for the following prior to the issuance of a zoning certificate or building permit:
      1.   New construction, addition, or moving of a structure.
      2.   Change of use of a property or structure.
      3.   Change of occupancy of a structure as defined by the Ada County building code as set forth in title 7, chapter 2 of this code.
      4.   Minor modifications to previously approved master site plans unless specifically exempt under subsection 8-4E-3F of this article. (For the purposes of this title, traffic and development plans, planned development commercial site plans, planned development industrial site plans, and conditional use site plans that were approved prior to the effective date hereof shall be considered master site plans.)
   B.   The following uses shall be exempt from the regulations of this article:
Accessory structure.
Agricultural use.
Bed and breakfast establishment.
Boarding house.
Dangerous or protected animals.
Distributed power facility.
Duplex or single-family attached dwelling.
Dwelling, additional farm.
Dwelling, secondary attached or detached.
Dwelling, single-family detached.
Electric distribution line.
Family daycare home.
Foster home, group.
Grain elevator.
Group daycare facility.
Home occupation.
Livestock confinement facility, less than or equal to three hundred (300) animal units.
Manufactured home.
Nursery, wholesale.
Remediation.
Remediation, in situ.
Sign, nonaccessory, off premises.
Stable or riding arena, commercial.
Tower or antenna structure, commercial or private.
   C.   When located in a rural base district, the following uses shall be exempt from subsections 8-4E-4A, B, and D of this article:
Agricultural service establishment.
Composting facility, commercial.
Livestock confinement facility, three hundred one (301) or more animal units.
Meatpacking facility.
Processing plants for agricultural and dairy products.
Slaughterhouse. (Ord. 389, 6-14-2000; amd. Ord. 426, 9-26-2001; amd. Ord. 490, 4-9-2003; amd. Ord. 582, 5-25-2005; amd. Ord. 675, 11-14-2007; amd. Ord. 692, 4-23-2008; amd. Ord. 715, 12-3-2008; amd. Ord. 772, 7-27-2011)