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Hailey Downtown Strategy - DRAFT

A strategy for Downtown is important to have to base future plans on and to help prioritize budget decisions.  For practical purposes a Downtown Strategy will put the city in a better position to receive grant money for projects to improve Downtown.

From a Community perspective, we want this strategy to spark new ideas, build on good things already happening, bring people together and generally be a catalyst for community action.  If the Downtown Strategy can help get the community excited and working toward the same goals, we will be in a better position to take advantage of funding or collaboration opportunities and better able to successfully make good ideas a reality.

Please answer a few questions before you read the draft Strategy, or if you do not plan on reading the draft!  Your input is important! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5KVP5KV

Click on the link below to read the Hailey Downtown Strategy.                           Downtown Strategy  

After you read the draft Downtown Strategy please click the link below to provide your input! The link takes you to 10 questions related to the elements in the draft.  Your input will help us know whether we are on the right track with the draft Strategy. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGMFNMR

October 28, 2008, SPF Water Engineering, LLC

City of Hailey Water System Source of Supply Investigation,

This report addresses the following questions:
1. How much water does the City of Hailey have?
2. How many connections can the City have with existing water?
3. Does the City have enough water for build-out of existing City limits?

Please direct questions to Beth Robrahn, Planning Director, beth.robrahn@haileycityhall.org or 788-9815 x 13.

 

Ordinance Amendments

Chickens!

In May 2010, Hailey City Council approved backyard chickens for a trial period of one (1) year. Next year, the City Council will review the ordinance again and determine whether the ordinance should be renewed to allow backyard chickens without a permit or whether they should be prohibited with or without a conditional use permit. The current requirements and standards for keeping backyard chickens in Hailey are as follows:

  • No more than 3 hens are to be kept on the property.
  • Hens are kept for personal egg consumption only -  no backyard slaughtering.
  • Rooster are prohibited.
  • Backyard chickens are limited to single family dwelling lots in the GR, LB, TN, and LR zoning districts only.
  • Predator resistance chicken coops must be provided.
  • Coops may be located in the rear yard only and are subject to the same property setbacks requirements of the zoning district in which the lot is located.
  • The property or the coop must be fenced in a way that confines the chickens to the property.                     

        

WHY ALLOW URBAN AGRICULTURE, INCLUDING BACKYARD CHICKENS?

Urban agriculture, such as keeping chickens for eggs, can have many community benefits:

  • Reduces the vehicle miles traveled associated with food production and delivery - the average item of food in the U.S. travels 1,400 miles to the dinner table, this in turn reduces green house gas emissions.

  • Promotes health by allowing individuals the choice to ensure their own foods are safe and high quality.

  • Increases food security and potentially reduces individual food costs.  

  • Reduces waste - a chicken can consume nine pounds of kitchen waste a month and the chicken’s waste can be used as garden fertilizer.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON KEEPING BACKYARD CHICKENS:

Backyard Chickens : www.backyardchickens.com

Urban Chickens: http://urbanchickens.org   

If you have questions or concerns please contact Mariel Platt, City Planner, at 788-9815, ext. 24 or mariel.platt@haileycityhall.org

Area of City Impact (ACI) Ordinances

 

2010 Comprehensive Plan Update

Phase 1 - Neighborhood Workshops        

Neighborhood Workshops were held every Thursday in October, 2009.   Participants were asked to map what they considered to be their neighborhood and discussed what they liked and did not like about their neighborhood and envisioned how they would like their neighborhood to be in 20 years.  Neighborhood Worksheet      Map Your Neighborhood

Notes from Neighborhood Workshops:  

 

Phase 2 – Working Drafts   

The first draft of Hailey Comp Plan Update was posted on December 4, 2009.   A meeting was held on Monday December 14 from 2:00 to 5:00 at Hailey City Hall for anyone interested to discuss the first draft with staff.  This meeting generated only a few additional edits to the draft.  The draft was distributed to the Hailey Planning and Zoning Commission on January 4, 2010 to provide ample time to review the draft prior to the first public hearing on January 19, 2010, since then the Commission, staff and citizens have reviewed and edited the draft at almost every Commission meeting held in January, February, March and April and May!

Current Draft   

The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the final draft of the 2010 Comprehensive Plan update on June 21, 2010 and will make a recommendation to the City Council.

2010 Draft Comp Plan 062110

Previous Drafts

Phase 3 – Council Review   

The Commission will make a recommendation to City Council and a second series of public hearings will be held by the City Council, tentatively starting in July, 2010

Contact Beth Robrahn at 788-9815 x 13 or beth.robrahn@haileycityhall.org with comments or questions. 

For more information 2010 Comprehensive Plan Update Brochure

 

Workshops

Public Hearing/Workshops

Questions?    Contact City Planner, Mariel Platt at 788-9815, ext. 24 or

           mariel.platt@haileycityhall.org

 

Presentations

 

Please contact Beth at the Planning Department if you would like additional information: (208) 788-9815 x13 or beth.robrahn@haileycityhall.org.

 

Applications

Verizon Wireless Permit

An application by Verizon Wireless for a modification of a Wireless Permit for an existing monopole tower located at the Warehouse West Condominiums (1141 Airport Way) within the Light Industrial (LI) district. The modification includes the addition of a microwave that measures two (2) ft. in diameter and the installation of a new generator. The applicant has submitted the following documents:

Meeting:

This wireless permit application will be on the Planning and Zoning Commission's Consent Agenda on August 2, 2010 at 6:30 pm in the Council's Chambers, Hailey City Hall.

River Street Senior Housing

ARCH Community Housing Trust has submitted Design Review and Planning Unit Development (PUD) applications for a 24 unit senior housing complex, located at 731 River Street North, in the Business District. The applicant has submitted the following documents:

Meetings:

The Design Review and PUD applications were recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission on July 19, 2010.

The PUD application will be reviewed by the Council on September 13, 2010 at 5:30 pm in the Council's Chambers, Hailey City Hall. Design review applications are not typically reviewed by the Council.

For questions please contact Planner, Mariel Platt at 788-9815, ext. 24, or mariel.platt@haileycityhall.org

Quigley Canyon Annexation

Quigley Canyon Ranch contains 1,109 acres and is located adjacent to the city of Hailey within Blaine County and is zoned R-5 and A-10. The applicant is requesting annexation in the City of Hailey and is proposing approximately 379 residential units, an 18-hole public golf course and Nordic facility and RGB, NB, LR-1, LR-2 & GR zoning.

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Next meeting: The application has been tabled until terms of a potential annexation have been drafted for the Council’s review.

Written public comment will be taken until 5:00 pm Thursday, September 3 and distributed to the Council at their next regular Council meeting.

No written comments will be received or distributed until the Council reopens the public hearing for public comment which will occur once draft terms of annexation are presented to the Council by staff. 

Send written comments to the Hailey Planning Department by mail or email beth.robrahn@haileycityhall.org

Updated September 1, 2009. Please check back for new updates!

An Overview of Meetings:

The City Council received the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendations on September 22, 2008 and discussed a tentative schedule for future public hearings before the City Council.  On November 24, 2008 the Council selected Caplan and Associates to conduct the fiscal impact analysis of the proposed annexation.  The following is a summary of Council public hearings on the application to date, public comment has been heard at all meetings:

Date - 2009 Topic
January 5 Presentation by the applicant.
January 8 Staff presented reasoning behind several of the P&Z recommendations.
January 15 Additional info gathering on wildlife, water, and wastewater.
February 19 Cancelled.
February 26 Discussion of four conditions applicant opposes, IDFG response to changes to Upper Canyon, water ownership issues.
April 6 Discussion of trail systems, traffic, wildlife, water and wastewater.
May 12 Fiscal Impact Study
May 14 Cancelled
May 19 Update on Water Workgroup discussions, public comments on any topic relating to the application.
May 21 Cancelled
May 26 Update on Golf Course and Wastewater Workgroup discussions, discussion and prioritiazation of issues to be discussed by Council at upcoming meetings. Council prioritized first four issues:
1.
 Upper Canyon Development (Deadman's Gulch & above irrigation pond.
2.
 Water
3.
 Wastewater
4.
 Traffic
May 28 Cancelled
June 9,11, July 14, 21, Aug 31 Council Deliberation

Hailey City Council Meetings and Submitted Documents:

Hailey Planning & Zoning Commission Meetings and Supporting Documents:

 

Documents submitted by applicant:

Water Right Reports:

Density Calculations:

 

Traffic Impact Study:

The Quigley Canyon report analyzed the traffic impact of the development with one vehicular access at Fox Acres Road.  The posted traffic study does not include the 6 technical appendices.  The traffic study was updated with an estimate of the traffic movements at Eastridge, Croy and 8th and the traffic volumes at Quigley and Fox Acres with a vehicular access added at Quigley Road.  This update is referenced in the staff report as Exhibit 2."

Agency Comments:

  

Blaine County Planning Department:                                                  

   

 Please contact Beth at the Planning Department if you would like additional information: (208) 788-9815 x13 or beth.robrahn@haileycityhall.org.                         

 

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