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Caldwell staff outline draft school-capacity ordinance tying new development to local school thresholds
Summary
Caldwell’s community development director presented a draft ordinance that would link residential approvals to school capacity thresholds (110% at the school level), allow conditional three‑year delays on building starts, require district verification letters, and permit voluntary mitigation only; the draft moves to Planning & Zoning April 8 and a council public hearing May 4.
Caldwell community development director Robin Collins told the city council at a March workshop that staff are proposing a school‑capacity ordinance designed to slow the pace of residential development where nearby public schools serving a project exceed capacity.
“The ordinance will tie or logically connect residential development approvals to school capacity thresholds,” Collins said, adding the draft is intentionally high level for workshop discussion. Collins said the ordinance would apply to subdivisions, planned unit developments, multifamily and mixed‑use projects that generate new student enrollment, with specific exemptions (small developments under five units, infill of 15 lots or fewer, and redevelopment that does not increase unit counts).
Collins outlined two legal constraints…
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