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Home My WebLink AboutORD 3339BILL NO. 19 ORDINANCE NO. 3339 AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE CALDWELL CITY COUNCIL ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 14 TO CHAPTER 10, OF THE CALDWELL CITY CODE, CONCERNING INTERNAL CIRCULATION ROUTES FOR MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS AND PARTS THEREOF, IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Caldwell, County of Canyon, State of Idaho: Section 1. That Chapter 10 of the Caldwell City Code is hereby amended by the addition of a new Article 14, as follows: ARTICLE 14 MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS Section 09-14-01: INTERNAL CIRCULATION ROUTES FOR MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS: (1) Applicability: All multi -family developments shall comply with the standards as set forth in this section. A site plan or plat shall be submitted that accurately designates all dimensions for required parking spaces, vehicular circulation routes, landscaping and sidewalks. (2) Purpose: The purpose of these regulations related to internal circulation routes for multi -family developments is as follows: A. To provide for traffic safety, to minimize the impacts on the public circulation system, and to make appropriate connections to surrounding pathways and roadways. B. To provide for adequate access for emergency services. C. To provide for internal vehicular and pedestrian circulation within the development and provide for onsite-to-offsite/offsite-to-onsite movement for residents and/or users of the circulation routes. (3) Requirements: Internal vehicular circulation routes, where a public street is not required, must comply with the requirements of this subsection and shall provide a safe walking environment and offer natural surveillance for the occupants and/or users. A. Dimensions: 1. Paved internal vehicular circulation routes shall have a minimum width of twenty-six feet (26'). The Fire Marshall may require additional width for life safety purposes. 2. Parking stalls shall meet the requirements as set forth in Article 2, Section 5 of this chapter. Ord. No. 3339 - Page 1 B. General Construction and Design Requirements: 1. The furthest portion of any structure cannot be more than one hundred and fifty feet (150') from the nearest point of the internal vehicular circulation route, measured in a straight line. 2. Internal vehicular circulation routes that extend further than one hundred and fifty feet (150') from the entrance to the development into said development shall be required to terminate in a fire apparatus turnaround, as set forth in the 2018 International Fire Code. 3. A secondary fire access is required for developments exceeding one hundred (100) total units, unless all structures of the entire development are equipped with fire suppression systems as set forth in the 2018 International Fire Code. 4. Section D105 of the International Fire Code shall apply to all structures that are taller than thirty feet (30'). 5. Internal vehicular circulation routes shall be paved with a surface with capability of supporting, at a minimum, two (2) axled vehicles and fire equipment, with at least seventy-five thousand (75,000) pounds gross vehicle weight. 6. Internal vehicular circulation routes shall either be straight or shall have a minimum twenty-eight foot (28') inside and forty-eight foot (48') outside turning radius. 7. External lighting shall be required along and for all internal circulation routes and shall be shown on the site plan and/or preliminary plat. 8. For any lots utilizing internal vehicular circulation routes, the setbacks, dimensioned building envelope, and orientation of the lots and structures to the internal vehicular circulation route shall be shown on the preliminary plat or required site plan as an exhibit with the final plat application or building permit application. 9. All internal vehicular circulation routes shall have a pavement design that complies with City standards or provide a geotechnical report specifying pavement section design. Construction plans shall be reviewed and approved by the Engineering Department for compliance prior to construction. 10. It shall be noted on the final plat or required site plan that, if there are any public utilities located within or under the internal vehicular circulation routes, a utility easement shall be platted and granted to the City. Any required maintenance or repair to the public utility within the utility easement shall take place regardless of any potential damage or destruction to the internal vehicular circulation route as a consequence of the utility maintenance or repair, and repair or replacement shall not be the responsibility of the public utility or the City. The utility company and City shall not be liable for any damage to the internal circulation route due to utility maintenance. The foregoing subsection 3(B)(10) and its Ord. No. 3339 - Page 2 acknowledgement by the applicable developer is a condition precedent to the approval of all Multi -Family development, and the same shall be included in the informational material provided by the Planning and Zoning Department to all applicants for preliminary plats for Multi - Family Residential development. 11. No structures may be located within a public utility easement. C. Street Names: Internal vehicular circulation routes shall be given a name and/or names, in accordance with Chapter 5 of the Caldwell City Code, when said internal vehicular circulation routes serve three (3) or more units. D. Sidewalks and Landscaping: 1. Internal circulation routes shall have sidewalks, curbing, and gutters along said routes and shall contain pathways throughout the development providing for connectivity and access to a public street. The foregoing improvements shall be constructed to the applicable standards of the Engineering Department of the City of Caldwell. 2. Landscaping for all multi -family developments, internal vehicular circulation routes, pathways, and parking lot islands shall be in accordance with Article 7 of this Chapter. E. Ownership: Internal vehicular circulation routes shall be identified by note on a required site plan and/or platted as common lots to be owned and maintained by a homeowner's or business owner's association or as perpetual ingress -egress easements to be maintained by a homeowner's or business owner's association. Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication, according to law. Section 3. This ordinance is hereby declared to be severable. If any portion of this ordinance is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect and shall be read to carry out the purposes of the ordinance before the declaration of partial invalidity. Section 4. All ordinances, resolutions, orders and parts thereof in conflict herewith are repealed. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, this 3 d day of May, 2021. APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, this 3`d day of May, 2021. ATTEST: Ord. No. 3339 - Page 3 ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL NOTICE OF ADOPTION AND SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3339 AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE CALDWELL CITY COUNCIL ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 14 TO CHAPTER 10, OF THE CALDWELL CITY CODE, CONCERNING INTERNAL CIRCULATION ROUTES FOR MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS AND PARTS THEREOF, IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. Section 1: Includes revisions to the Caldwell Zoning Ordinance, located in Chapter 10 of the Caldwell City Code, adding a new Article 14 concerning internal circulation routes for multi -family developments including applicability, purpose, requirements to include construction and design, street naming, sidewalks and landscaping and ownership. Sections 2 and 3: Full force and effect and severability clauses, and repealing all documents in conflict herewith. Ordinance No. 3339 provides an effective date, which shall be when published in the Idaho Press Tribune on the 111 day of May, 2021. Ordinance No. 3339 was passed by the Council on the 3`d day of May, 2021. The full text of the Ordinance is available at Caldwell Planning & Zoning Department, 621 Cleveland Boulevard, Caldwell, Idaho. The City Council approved the foregoing summary on the 3' day of May, 2021 for publication on the I I' day of March, 2021, pursuant to Idaho Code 50-901 A. STATEMENT OF LEGAL ADVISOR I have reviewed the foregoing summary and believe that it provides a true and complete summary of Ordinance No. 3339, and provides adequate notice to the public as to the contents of such ordinance. DATFD this `d day of May, 2021 Mark , Attorney for City of Caldwell