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Hayden planning commission recommends 2045 comprehensive plan update
Summary
The Hayden City Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-0 to recommend approval of a revised comprehensive plan that extends the planning horizon to 2045, updates land-use categories and maps, and incorporates new state-required groundwater guidance. The draft moves to the City Council for public hearing on Nov. 18, 2025.
The Hayden City Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-0 on Oct. 20, 2025, to recommend approval of a revised comprehensive plan that extends the city’s planning horizon from 2040 to 2045 and updates land-use, transportation and natural-resource guidance.
City staff described the update as a routine but thorough refresh of the city’s long-range planning framework. “So tonight, we’re here to have a public hearing for the updates to the 2040 comprehensive plan. So this is a 2045 comp plan update. Kind of moved everything by 5 years,” said Donna, a city staff member who presented the draft to the commission.
The comprehensive plan guides zoning, conditional use permits, capital projects and other long-range decisions; Idaho state law requires municipalities to maintain a comprehensive plan and, staff said, the state recently added groundwater as a required topic. The draft before the commission incorporates that requirement and retains earlier chapters on goals, policies and implementation while updating…
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