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1. Purpose: To promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of present and future residents, and to ensure the coordinated and efficient subdividing of land. Procedures for review and decision-making on subdivision applications are located in Sections 11-03-04.4, Subdivision Plat, of this Code.
2. Applicability:
A. This Chapter shall apply uniformly to all land divisions within the City of Boise. However, if a parcel to be subdivided is of such unusual size or shape or is surrounded by such development or unusual conditions that the strict application of the regulations in this chapter would result in substantial hardship or inequity, the Council or Commission may waive or modify the regulations according to the procedures and criteria of Section 11-09-05.1 Modifications and Waivers.
B. Five-Acre Parcel Division (Record Of Survey Not Required): The division of land into parcels of five acres or more meeting the following standards:
(1) The land is not zoned for or intended to be used for residential development purposes;
(2) The dedication of public streets or construction of private streets is not required other than dedications for the widening of existing streets, and
(3) The parcels front onto a street and meet the dimensional standards of the zoning district within which they are located, unless a modification or waiver of those standards is granted by the Commission.