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Planning & Zoning commission reviews ACI update and flags duplex-code amendments
Summary
Planning & Zoning chair Dennis Wilson reported the commission completed updates to the Area of City Impact to comply with 2024 Senate Bill 1403 and is preparing duplex-code amendments to address two-family structures leased as multifamily; public hearings will precede council consideration.
The Planning & Zoning Commission delivered its annual report to the Moscow City Council on March 16, outlining recent work to bring the city's Area of City Impact (ACI) into compliance with changes to state law and ongoing code amendments to address how duplexes are designed and leased.
Commission chair Dennis Wilson said the commission and county cooperated to meet a Dec. 31, 2025 statutory compliance deadline after Senate Bill 1403 (2024) changed ACI requirements in the Idaho code. "Senate Bill 1403 in 2024 significantly changed the ACI requirements in the Idaho code," Wilson said, and the county commissioners adopted amendments Dec. 2, 2025.
Wilson also described ongoing work on duplex code amendments. Planning staff observed building permit applications that describe structures as two-family dwellings but that are designed and leased as multifamily, apparently to avoid certain federal, state or local requirements. The commission is drafting clearer definitions and expects public hearings at planning and zoning and then at council before any code change is adopted.
Wilson said the commission has tracked ADU trends and has hosted continuing-education briefings, including updates from local housing trust efforts. He told council the commission expects more public input before forwarding code amendments to the council, and staff confirmed hearings are tentatively scheduled depending on the legislative session outcome.
