Nampa annexes 1.66-acre Midland parcel to RD; council limits development to eight units amid neighbor concerns

The Nampa City Council approved annexation and RD zoning for a 1.66-acre parcel at 21102 South Midland Boulevard and attached a development-agreement requirement that limits the site to no more than eight total dwelling units.

Applicant and council member Jennifer Reynolds described plans to develop the rear portion of the parcel first and to retain the existing house in a later phase; she said the Heron lateral (an uncovered irrigation canal that runs through the site) would be rerouted and piped adjacent to the property line to open development area and maintain irrigation access. Staff noted that the parcel is within the city’s medium-density residential designation, which allows up to eight dwelling units per acre. Rodney Ashby and other staff explained that code and past approvals constrain the types of housing: duplexes or townhouses could be possible forms, but forplexes are no longer permitted under the city code in medium-density areas.

Neighbors pressed council on traffic and density concerns and asked that any development agreement include a firm cap on unit count and a timetable for executing the agreement. Staff advised that utilities (water, sewer and pressurized irrigation) are present nearby and that a development agreement would set phasing, right-of-way dedication (Midland arterial requires a 25-foot dedication from center/50-foot right-of-way) and permit requirements. Council discussed recording maintenance and drainage easements, and city engineering said the house may have to be removed as part of right-of-way dedication if that occurs prior to or concurrent with a city roadway project.

After discussion the council adopted the annexation and RD zoning and directed staff to prepare a development agreement; council included a condition limiting development on the parcel to no more than eight dwelling units. The motion passed on a 5–1 roll-call vote.