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Idaho Falls amends zoning code to allow salvage yards in industrial zones with buffers and standards

6429796 · October 23, 2025
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Summary

Council adopted ordinance amendments to Title 11 to add salvage yards and recycling centers as allowed uses in certain industrial zones, establish standards (including 750-foot buffers from residential zones and the Snake River) and add definitions; the council held a legislative hearing before adopting the ordinance.

The Idaho Falls City Council on Oct. 23 approved amendments to Title 11 of the city’s comprehensive zoning ordinance to add salvage yards and recycling centers as a permitted use in industrial and special-purpose zones subject to new standards and definitions.

Community Development Services staff said the amendments respond to inquiries from properties north of the city that are currently in the county and include salvage-yard operations. The draft zoning…

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