HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-04 MoratoriumCITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO
RESOLUTION No. 2023- Uy
Moratorium
WHEREAS, Idaho Code §67-6523 allows a governing board to adopt a moratorium on a
selected classes of permits if it finds imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare; and
WHEREAS, said moratorium can be effective for a period not longer than one hundred
eighty two (182) days; and
WHEREAS, for purposes of this Resolution, extended stay facilities are defined as
facilities which offer lodging to tenants for more than 30 days, but not including bed and
breakfasts, recreational vehicle parks, group homes, nursing homes, assisted living centers, and
residential short-term rentals.
WHEREAS, the City of Chubbuck does not have special regulatory standards which
differentiate hotels/motels facilities from extended stay facilities.
WHEREAS, from March 1, 2021 through May 15, 2023, the Chubbuck Police Department
or other law enforcement agencies experienced 922 calls -for -service to an extended stay facility
(average of 34.79 times per month) compared to 189 calls -for -service to a hotel in the same vicinity
in the same period (average of 7.13 times per month). Prior to the facility converting to an extended
stay facility, it was a hotel; between January 1, 2019 and March 1, 2021, the hotel experienced 407
calls -for -service (average of 15.65 times per month). The calls to the extended stay facility since
its conversion from a hotel around March 2021 included the following natures: homicide, stolen
vehicles, suspicious activity, welfare checks, theft, vandalism, child protection, harassment,
trespassing, drug violations, animal problems, sexual assaults, and a myriad of other types;
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WHEREAS, from November 2021 through May 2023, the Chubbuck Fire Department
and/or Bannock County Ambulance responded to 299 calls -for -service (average of 16.61 times per
month) to an extended stay facility compared to 123 calls -for -service in the preceding 6 years
when the same building was a hotel prior to its conversion to an extended stay (1.71 times per
month). Most of the calls to the extended stay facility dealt with drug overdose and mental health;
WHERAS, the Chubbuck Police and Fire Departments do not have the ability to maintain
service extended stay facilities while still providing historical levels of service to the whole of the
City, and any new or expanded extended stay facilities will further dramatically decrease levels of
service across the City to the detriment of the community's health, safety, and welfare;
WHEREAS, the Mayor has repeatedly been approached by business owners operating in
the vicinity of an extended stay facility who have experienced increased criminal and suspicious
activity since an extended stay facility opened near them, threatening their security and
investments;
WHEREAS, extended stay facilities have historically demonstrated to be very different
from hotels/motels in the City of Chubbuck in terms of criminal activity and law enforcement
needs, emergency services needs, social services needs, and safety and welfare concerns;
WHEREAS, a temporary moratorium on business licenses, building permits, demolition
permits, design review committee applications, and plat applications for new and expanded
extended stay facilities will allow the City time to propose and if approved, adopt requirements to
address emergency service needs, and increase the public health, safety, and welfare of residents,
business owners, and visitors of Chubbuck;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
Chubbuck as follows:
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Effective with the adoption of this Resolution, there shall be an emergency moratorium,
as defined in Idaho Code §67-6523, on business licenses, building permits, demolition pennits,
design review committee applications, and plat applications for new or expanded facilities which
offer lodging to tenants for more than 30 days, excluding bed and breakfasts, recreational vehicle
parks, group homes, nursing homes, assisted living centers, short-term rentals, and other like uses,
and which are located within Chubbuck city limits.
This moratorium shall automatically expire 182 days after the adoption of this Resolution
unless sooner amended or rescinded by the Mayor or the City Council.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR ON 7
2023.
Kevin B. England, Mayor
ATTEST:
o owers, City Clerk
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