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Idaho Falls adopts multiple zoning changes, including daycare and setback updates to encourage housing

Idaho Falls City Council · July 31, 2025
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Summary

Council approved five zoning and code amendments: updates to daycare licensing (to align with state law and allow conditional daycare centers in specified residential zones), fire apparatus access/parking language, corner-lot standards, removal of the R-2 four-unit cap where fire code allows, and reduced front setbacks when alleys exist to enable infill and missing-middle housing.

The Idaho Falls City Council voted to adopt a package of five zoning and code changes intended to align local code with recent state law and to give developers more flexibility for infill and housing variety.

Key changes included: revisions to daycare business rules to reflect state licensing changes and to permit daycare centers as a conditional use in residential estate (RE) and residential park (RP) zones under a C2 review pathway; an…

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