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Community Services Department
Planning Services Division
290 E Linden Avenue, Chubbuck, ID 83202
Phone 208.237.2430
www.CityofChubbuck.us
TO: Honorable Mayor and Chubbuck City Council
FROM: Don Matson, Planning Services Manager
DATE: October 11, 2023
RE: A petition by City of Chubbuck City staff to amend Chubbuck City Code Chapter 18.06 to add a
new definition of "Hotel or Motel", and to amend the Schedule of General Controls, Section
18.08.040, regarding the permitted locations of hotels and motels, to limit them, as defined, to
the General Commercial (C-2) zoning district. Type of action: Decision. (Action Item)
BACKGROUND:
In response to several issues surrounding an extended stay business within the City, the City Council passed
a resolution earlier this year to establish a moratorium on licenses, permits, and other applications for new
or expanded extended stay facilities; the moratorium has since been expired but a desire and need still exist
to ensure that proper controls exist to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare.
The city does not have special regulatory standards to differentiate hotels and motels from extended stay
facilities, nor a definition for a hotel or motel. The attached draft ordinance proposes a definition for the
functions of hotels and motels, and limits their locations to the General Commercial (C-2) zone. Extended
stay facilities are a residential use and under the definition of apartments.
Following a public hearing on October 10, 2023, the Land Use and Development Commission (LUDO)
voted unanimously to recommend the Council approval of the attached draft ordinance.
PETITIONER
City of Chubbuck
Attn: Community Services Department
290 E Linden Avenue
Chubbuck, ID 83202
(208) 237-2430
APPLICABLE LAWS AND PLANS
Chubbuck Comprehensive Plan (as amended)
Chubbuck City Code
• Notices of the hearing provided in accordance with City Code Chapter 18.28.010.6.
• Standards for approving a title text or map amendment per City Code Chapter
18.28.050.B.8.
3. As a text change applicable across the entire city, this is a legislative action.
STANDARDS FOR APPROVING A TITLE TEXT AMENDMENT:
CRITERIA A — COMMUNITY
The proposed text amendment would be in the community's best interest:
Each of the proposed amendments are in the community's best interest.
1. New Definition: Hotels and motels have similar functions and are important to our
economy. However, there is no definition in City code to help regulate and protect this
class of businesses. Adding the definition sets them apart from other types of lodging
and residences.
2. Hotels and motels are both listed in the Land Uses by Districts table under the Schedule
of General Controls in Title 18. Despite their similarities, they are permitted or
conditionally permitted in different zones. The only similarity is that they both permitted
uses in the General Commercial (C-2) zone. This change would place them together and
limit their location to the C-2 zone.
CRITERIA B — CONSISTENCY
The proposed text amendment is consistent with the existing provisions of the zoning ordinance.
The purpose of the zoning ordinance opens with "This title is enacted to protect the public health,
safety and welfare by providing for compatible and harmonious uses of land within the jurisdiction of
the city, by organizing uses to encourage growth consistent with a comprehensive plan...."
1. The proposed ordinance is compliant with and supports the Comprehensive Plan.
2. It will encourage the proper location of hotels and motels where they are most suitable.
a. Currently motels are conditionally permitted in the Dense Residential (R-4) zone and
permitted in the Industrial (1) zone. Both zones are less appropriate locations for their
location.
b. Hotels are conditionally permitted in the Industrial (1) zone, also a less compatible location
for hotels.
CRITERIA C — COMPLIANCE
The proposed text amendment is generally not in conflict with the goals, objectives, and policies
of the adopted Plan and furthers them more than the adopted zoning text.
Upon review staff finds no conflict with the Plan (available at https://cityofchubbuck.uvwp-
content/uploads/2018/01/2002-Comprehensive-Plan.compressed.pdf); specifically, the following
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goals, objectives, and policies may have some application to the proposal. Summaries of goals,
objectives and policies may not be verbatim.
CHAPTER 4: LAND USE
GOAL 4.5 ENCOURAGE COMPATIBLE LAND USES
OBJECTIVE 4.5.1 Encourage a transition of land use from low -intensity land uses (i.e., residential, quasi -public
park) to higher intensity land uses (i.e., commercial and industrial; keep distances between uses
short enough to facilitate communications, transportation, and human activity between them.
POLICY g. Ensure an adequate supply of commercial land sensitive to market trends.
CHAPTER 6: COMMUNITY DESIGN
GOAL 6.2 ENCOURAGENEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING BUILDINGS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
OBJECTIVE 6.2.1 Use design guidelines, standards, and incentives to ensure that new infill and redevelopment
are compatible with established development.
POLICY a. Bulk and height of the new residential infill and redevelopment projects shall be similar in scale to
surrounding residential development.
OBJECTIVE 6.2.2 Encourage infill and redevelopment to be pedestrian -oriented.
POLICY e. Coordinate parking standards and parking lot designs with pedestrian, bicycle and transit systems.
CHAPTER 10: HOUSING
GOAL 10.1 RESPOND TO HOUSING NEEDS
OBJECTIVE 10.1.2 Protect residential property values
POLICY a. Use a combination of zoning, development standards, site planning guidelines, and transportation
routes to protect residential property values. They will be used to create the highest level of
compatibility between adjacent uses possible while retaining a synergistic mix of uses within
neighborhoods and communities.
CHAPTER 11: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
GOAL 11.2 CENTRALIZE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
OBJECTIVE 11.2.2 Identify future potential commercial in areas of future growth and development.
RECOMMENDATION
Based on the evidence and analysis above, staff finds that the draft code satisfies the criteria
necessary to recommend approval of the title text amendment to the City Council, with the criteria
being:
A. The proposed text amendment would be in the community's best interest.
B. The proposed text amendment is consistent with the existing provisions of the zoning
ordinance.
C. The proposed text amendment is generally not in conflict with the goals, objectives, and
policies of the adopted Plan and furthers them more than the adopted zoning text.
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Following a public hearing on October 10, 2023, the LUDC unanimously recommended approval of the
proposed draft ordinance.
ATTACHMENT
A. Draft Ordinance
o Amend Title 18 Land Use, Section 18.06 Definitions
o Amend Title 18 Land Use, Section 18.08.040 Schedule of General Controls; Land Uses
by Districts.
• No comments were received regarding this proposal and no testimony was offered at
the public hearing.
• Minutes are not yet available for the LUDC meeting of October 10, 2023.
Disclaimer: The information presented in this document is based solely upon evidence available at the time of
the report. Additional information may be brought to light at or before the hearing.
Report Prepared by. Don Matson, Planning Services Manager
Email: dmatson@cityofchubbuck.us
Phone: 208-239-3252
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ATTACHMENT A: DRAFT ORDINANCE
CITY OF CHUBBUCK
ORDINANCE No.
A PETITION BY CITY OF CHUBBUCK CITY STAFF TO AMEND CHUBBUCK CITY
CODE CHAPTER 18.06 TO ADD A NEW DEFINITION OF "HOTEL OR MOTEL", AND TO
AMEND THE SCHEDULE OF GENERAL CONTROLS, SECTION 18.08.040, REGARDING
THE PERMITTED LOCATIONS OF HOTELS AND MOTELS, TO LIMIT THEM, AS
DEFINED, TO THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL (C-2) ZONING DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHUBBUCK, IDAHO:
Section 1. Amended 18.06. Section 18.06 of Chubbuck Municipal Code is amended to add
a new definition of "Hotel or Motel" as follows:
18.06. DEFINITIONS
18.06.145 Hotel or Motel:
A commercial facility, excluding temporary vacation rentals, which offers temporary lodging
accommodations on a daily rate to the _ general (for stays of generally thiLty (30) dao
less) and which provides daily housekeeping service, including clean linens. A guest room shall
be defined as a room designed for the overni hg t lodging of hotel guests for an established rate or
fee. If a room is occupied by a guest for more than thirty consecutive days and is the sole
residence of the guest, then occupancy is not temporary, and does not qualify as a Hotel or
Motel, except in cases of natural disasters such as fires or floods.
Section 2. Amended 18.08.040. Section 18.08.040 of Chubbuck Municipal Code is
amended as follows:
18.08.040 SCHEDULE OF GENERAL CONTROLS; LAND USES BY DISTRICTS:
Land Uses
Land Use Districts
A
R-1
R-2
R-3
R-4
C-1
C-2
I
Hotel/Motel
X
X
X
X
X
X
P
C - X
X
X
X
X
C-
X
P
P
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. The provisions of any Ordinance of the city
and any provision of the Municipal Code which conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 2. Severability. The sections of this Ordinance are severable. The invalidity of a
section shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections.
Section 3. Effective Date. The rule requiring an ordinance to be read on three separate days,
one of which shall be a reading in full, is dispensed with, and this Ordinance shall become effective
upon its passage, approval, and publication.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, this day of , 2023.
ATTEST:
Joey Bowers, CITY CLERK
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Kevin B. England, MAYOR
290 E Linden Avenue, Chubbuck, ID 83202
Phone 208.237.2430
www.CityofChubbuck.us