A. Purpose And Intent: Certain unique land uses pose special problems that may have detrimental influences on surrounding land uses. The following performance standards for such unique land uses shall be adhered to in addition to all other provisions of this title.
B. Animal Clinic, Animal Hospital, Veterinary Office And Kennel:
1. Will be located at least three hundred feet (300') from any residence including motels and hotels, except for an owner's residence. The Administrator may modify these requirements if the animals are completely housed in soundproof structures that completely screen them from view of the abutting residential property; and
2. Will comply with all State and local regulations relative to such an operation and maintain adequate housekeeping practices designed to prevent the creation of a nuisance and to reduce to a minimum the factors of noise and odor.
C. Animal Commercial Feed Lots, Meat Packing, Processing Plant And Slaughterhouse Facilities:
1. Will be located, when housing animals, feed lot or holding pens, not less than six hundred feet (600') from any residence, except for an owner's residence. The facilities shall have a minimum setback of thirty feet (30') from any property line and view obscuring buffer;
2. Will be designed and located with full consideration to their proximity to adjacent uses, their effect upon adjacent and surrounding properties, and to the reduction of nuisance factors such as odor; and
3. Will be adequately maintained with housekeeping practices to prevent the creation of a nuisance and shall also be subject to the health authority's requirements as to the elimination of waste materials and the maintenance of water quality control.
D. Bulk Storage Of Flammable Liquids And Gases, Above Ground And For Resale:
1. Will be located at least three hundred feet (300') from a Residential Zone, a residence, motel, hotel, except for an owner's residence;
2. Will be erected subject to the approval of the Fire Chief; and
3. Will have suitable loading and unloading spaces and off-street parking facilities subject to the approval of the Fire Chief.
E. Chemicals, Pesticide And Fertilizer Storage And Manufacturing: Will have adequate fire protection, storage area, handling and disposal as approved by the Fire Chief.
F. Contractors' Yard:
1. Will be located a minimum distance of three hundred feet (300') from any residence except for the owner's residence;
2. Will have a screening fence around areas utilized for storage of equipment and materials; and
3. Will be limited to storage, maintenance and processing incidental to contracting work. There shall be no general industrial or commercial uses unless conditionally approved.
G. Drive-In Restaurant:
1. Will be enclosed on the property line with landscaping and fencing, except for ingress and egress, to prevent trash from moving onto other properties;
2. Will have a six foot (6') high, sight-obscuring fence along the property lines that adjoin a residence. The last fifteen feet (15') to the property line where entrances/exits exist shall be a see-through fence that does not impede vision;
3. Will provide for adequate trash receptacles; and
4. Will avoid the direction of night lighting toward any residence.
H. Filling, Grading, Lagooning, Dredging, Or Other Earth-Moving Activity:
1. Will result in the smallest amount of bare ground exposed for the shortest time feasible;
2. Will provide temporary ground cover, such as mulch;
3. Will use diversions, silting basins, terraces and other methods to trap sediments;
4. Will provide lagooning in such a manner as to avoid creation of fish trap conditions;
5. Will not restrict a floodway, channel or natural drainage way;
6. Will construct and stabilize sides and bottom of cuts, fills, channels and artificial watercourses to prevent erosion or soil failure;
7. Will not have below-grade excavation except for drainage ways within fifty feet (50') of any lot line or public right-of-way; and
8. Will restore topsoil or loam to a depth of not less than four inches (4").
I. Gravel Pits, Rock Quarries, Sand And Clay Pits, And Other Natural Resources Of Commercial Value:
1. The extent and method of rehabilitation shall be determined in advance of issuing a zoning certificate with due consideration given to what is suitable and compatible with the surrounding area;
2. Upon depletion of the area, all temporary buildings and structures, except property line fences and structures for loading, measuring or weighing of salable material in storage, shall be entirely removed from the property; and
3. Safety fencing shall be erected around all pits that create a safety hazard (non-barbed wire, 6 feet in height).
J. Home Occupation:
1. No more than one person other than members of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such occupation;
2. A current City issued building registration is required each year;
3. The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants and not more than thirty five percent (35%) of floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation;
4. There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation other than one sign, not exceeding four (4) square feet in area, non-illuminating and mounted flat against the wall of the principal building;
5. No significant traffic shall be generated by the home occupation and any need for parking generated by the conduct of the home occupation shall meet the off-street parking requirements as specified in this chapter and shall not be located in a required front yard;
6. No equipment or process shall be used in the home occupation, which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot, if the occupation is conducted in a single-family residence, or outside the dwelling unit if conducted in other than a single-family residence. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, or causes fluctuation in line voltage off the premises; and
7. Home occupation does not include daycares as defined in Idaho Code title 39. (Ord. 597, 8-6-2018)