The purpose of establishing the Marsing area of city impact is to identify an urban fringe area in the unincorporated territory surrounding the city within which there is potential for development or changes in land use that must be planned in an orderly and compatible manner with the adopted comprehensive plan and to ensure timely or economical provision of public service, and to protect and sustain existing public services and residential communities, protect the environment, and to promote traffic flow objectives, conform with the comprehensive plan and zoning regulations of the area of city impact, and protect the safety of all users of roadways affected by increased traffic from land use decisions in the Marsing area of city impact. Residential character, the environment, traffic safety, bicycling safety and pedestrian safety are goals furthered by this chapter. This chapter is enacted pursuant to Idaho Code sections 67-6526, 31-714, 31-801, and 31-828; and the Idaho constitution, article 12, section 2, as amended or subsequently modified. (Ord. 09-05, 8-4-2009)