Land Use

Community Development

Hailey's Land Use Map

Hailey's official Land Use Map establishes a basis and direction for the expansion
and/or location of business, residential, industrial, institutional and green space areas within and adjacent to the City.

A Land Use Map is a required element of the Land Use component of the Comprehensive Plan. Pursuant to Idaho Code requirements, the Land Use Map reflects suitable projected land uses for the City. The creation of a land use map establishes general direction for projected land uses within and adjacent to the city. The Land Use Map depicts broad community goals.

When considering land use applications, site-specific data and circumstances should be balanced with the overall goals depicted on the map. The following land use related goals, and the associated Land Use Map, are intended to establish principles to help guide future development. The goals are not intended to be prescriptive. It is important to recognize that there are often tradeoffs that have to be evaluated in land use decisions. It is also important to acknowledge that to encourage development of a certain type in specific areas will likely require thoughtful and creative incentives.

As described below, land-use planning and zoning decisions are guided by the stipulations of Zoning Districts and public processes laid out in Hailey's Municipal Code. Each week, City staff and its governing bodies process the community's initiatives to develop within the City's vision or to amend it.

Hailey Land Use Map (2025)

Hailey Land Use Map (2010)

Hailey's Zoning Districts

Land use goals may be achieved, in part, through effective zoning. The Municipal Code governing Zoning Districts regulates land uses, for example determining what types of commercial, residential, industrial uses are desired in different areas of Hailey. Hailey's Land Use and Zoning Maps, as well as ongoing efforts and decisions regarding developments and amendments to the Municipal Code, are determined through iterative democratic processes. Such process include Public Hearings of community driven applications at public City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission meetings, with elected and appointed officials.

Hailey's Zoning Map
Airport (A)

The airport district is intended to provide an area that would allow regularly scheduled commercial passenger aircraft services to be used by the general public. The airport district is also intended to allow other general aviation services for private aircraft and private aircraft charter only in conjunction with regularly scheduled commercial passenger aircraft services. 

Learn more about the Airport Zoning District.

Business (B)

The purpose of the B district is to provide areas for general business and commercial activities and a limited number of residential uses. 

Learn more about the Business (B) Zoning District.

Central Core Overlay (CC)

The purpose of the CC district is to recognize the built character of the central established downtown area of Hailey, encourage economic development, conserve building resources and enhance the district with increased pedestrian orientation, by modifying the parking requirements for all uses to better respond to the unique conditions and circumstances of the district, all in accordance with the comprehensive plan, for the desirable future development of the city of Hailey. 

Learn more about the Central Core Overlay (CC) Zoning District.

Downtown Residential Overlay (DRO)

The purpose of the Downtown Residential Overlay District (DRO) is to promote the health, safety and welfare of current and future residents of the City of Hailey; to modify the density, bulk and parking requirements of certain areas of the Business, Limited Business and General Residential Zoning Districts in order to encourage the development of mid-density residential housing to help meet the housing needs of the community; to encourage infill while retaining neighborhood character; to create sufficient flexibility to allow for desirable development; to conserve building resources; and to enhance neighborhoods with increased pedestrian orientation, all in accordance with the City of Hailey Comprehensive Plan, for the desirable future development of the City of Hailey. 

Learn more about the Downtown Residential Overlay (DRO) Zoning District.

Flood Hazard Overlay (FH)
The purpose of this article is to promote public health, safety, and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed to:
 
      1.   Protect human life, health, and property;
      2.   Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water purification and sewage treatment plants, water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets, and bridges located in floodplains;
      3.   Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas;
      4.   Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
      5.   Minimize the need for rescue and emergency services associated with flooding, generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
      6.   Minimize prolonged business interruptions;
      7.   Ensure potential buyers are notified the property is in an area of special flood hazard;
      8.   Ensure those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions;
      9.   Minimize the expense and inconvenience to property owners and the general public associated with flood conditions;
      10.   Preserve the natural characteristics of watercourses and natural protective barriers that help channel floodwater;
      11.   Preserve, protect and enhance the fish, wildlife and riparian plant habitats; and
      12.   Provide a formal procedure for proposed developments and other encroachments in the floodplain or floodway and for stream alterations.

Learn more about the Flood Hazard Overlay (FH) Zoning District.

General Residential (GR)

The purpose of the GR district is to provide areas for a variety of residential uses, and a limited number of other uses compatible with this type of residential development. The intent is to preserve the favorable amenities associated with a residential neighborhood.

Learn more about the General Residential (GR) Zoning District.

Hillside Overlay (HO)
   A.   The purpose and intent of the hillside overlay district is to promote the health, safety and welfare of current and future residents of the city of Hailey by regulating development on hillside areas, to:
 
      1.   Preserve the environmental, recreational and aesthetic values and other benefits of hillsides, integral to the character of the city;
 
      2.   Maintain slope and soil stability;
 
      3.   Prevent cuts and fills, including those for access roads and driveways, that exacerbate the natural hazards, such as erosion and landslide, associated with developing on hillsides;
 
      4.   Encourage grading that follows natural contours and require drought tolerant and/or native landscaping where existing vegetation has been disturbed;
 
      5.   Limit the extent of disturbance to natural grade and existing vegetation associated with any development;
 
      6.   Direct development of buildings and other structures to appropriate areas of lowest elevation on hillside properties where such areas are part of the parcel or lot under consideration;
 
      7.   Direct development in a manner that avoids natural hazards associated with developing on hillsides;
 
      8.   Ensure safe and reasonable access to and from the properties, including access by emergency services;
 
      9.   Ensure adequate review of all land use proposals that may have an impact on the above;
 
      10.   Allow public nonmotorized recreational access and use of hillsides where appropriate to the terrain, access and neighboring uses;
 
      11.   Regulate site alteration and structural development in the hillside overlay district to assure that site alteration and development occurs in the hillside overlay district only when no sufficient available area for the proposed site alteration or development exists outside of the district and all other criteria under this article have been met, and to assure that any site alteration and structural development within the district occurs in a manner that minimizes hillside visibility.
 
   B.   The intent of the hillside overlay district is to direct development to land outside of the hillside overlay district. Only when no area for development exists outside of the hillside overlay district and all other criteria under this article have been met may a site alteration occur within the district. Even then, the development must be located at a site within the district which will minimize its hillside visibility. Conditions of approval should be placed on all applications to ensure that any development will be limited in its bulk, design and use of materials to minimize its visibility from public streets. 
 
Light Industrial (LI)

The purpose of the LI district is to provide areas for light industrial operations and limited related (or associated) retail sales. "Limited related retail sales" is defined as restricted to retail sales clearly associated with and secondary to the permitted use and of the type not normally located in downtown business districts (e.g., the retail sale of auto parts by an auto dealership). The area is characterized by industrial and service type traffic usage and patterns, and light manufacturing or construction related services. The intent is to group these uses that demand similar circulation patterns and service requirements together and provide regulations to preserve the integrity of the industrial uses while ensuring the health, welfare and safety of the community. 

Learn more about the Light Industrial Zoning District here!

Limited Business (LB)

The purpose of the LB district is to provide areas for a wide range of residential uses, restricted business uses and medical facilities. The LB district is intended to allow for commercial uses that would not detract from the established downtown retail businesses, hence general retail is not allowed.

Learn more about the Limited Business (LB) Zoning District.

Limited Residential (LR-1 & LR-2)
   A.   Within the LR zoning district, there are two (2) subdistricts, LR-1 and LR-2 subdistricts. The following provisions are identical for both LR-1 and LR-2, except the minimum lot size.
 
   B.   The purpose of the LR district is to provide areas for stable, low density, single-family residential development and a limited number of other uses compatible with a residential neighborhood. 
 
Neighborhood Business (NB)

The purpose of the NB district is to provide areas for neighborhood service centers, increase convenience to neighborhood residents and promote other forms of multi-modal transportation and circulation. The uses in the NB district shall be limited commercial uses that will be clearly subordinate to, and support the residential nature of, the area. 

Learn more about the Neighborhood Business (NB) Zoning District.

Peri-Urban Agricultural Overlay (PA)

The purpose of the Peri-Urban Agricultural Overlay District (PA) is to recognize changes in community development needs and trends with emphasis on proactive integration of peri-urban agricultural (or village) facilities, educational institutions, semi-public and non-profit projects and recreational improvements to maximize community assets sustainably. Limited commercial uses clearly subordinate to, and supportive of the uses identified above, are also allowed as permitted or conditional uses. The new zone promotes consideration of sustainable principles in all aspects of the community whereby core infrastructure impacts are minimized while maximizing community asset use. (Ord. 1220, 2017)

Learn more about the Peri-Urban Agricultural Overlay (PA) Zoning District.

Recreational Green Belt (RGB)

The purpose of the recreational green belt district shall be to provide areas for public recreation and/or to create and preserve open and/or green space areas for aesthetic and public use. All uses within the RGB district shall be compatible with the protection of natural and scenic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.

Learn more about the Recreational Green Belt (RGB) Zoning District.

Small Residential Overlay (SRO)

The purpose of the Small Residential Overlay District (SRO) is to promote the health, safety and welfare of current and future residents of the City of Hailey; to modify the density, bulk and parking requirements of certain areas of the Business Zoning District (B) in order to encourage the development of higher density residential housing to help meet the housing needs of the community; to encourage infill while retaining neighborhood character; to create sufficient flexibility to allow for desirable development; to conserve building resources; and to enhance neighborhoods with increased pedestrian orientation, all in accordance with the City of Hailey Comprehensive Plan, for the desirable future development of the City of Hailey.

Learn more about the Small Residential Overlay (DRO) Zoning District.

Service, Commercial, Industrial (SCI-I & SCI-SO)

The purpose of the SCI district is to provide an area for master planned business park developments that do not conflict with, and do support, the central business district. The SCI district is further divided into two (2) subdistricts to provide and allow for flexibility within the master planned business park, to group compatible uses, and to better respond to the surroundings of the planned business park. The SCI district is intended to be a category of land use for large parcels and may not be appropriate for smaller parcels.

Learn more about the Service, Commercial, Industrial Zoning Districts and its Industrial (SCI-I) and Sales and Office (SCI-SO) subdistricts.

Technological Industry (TI)

The purpose of the TI district is to provide a permanent, year round employment base, including research and development, technological industries, uses related to the building, maintenance and construction professions, and limited light industry.

Learn more about the Technological Industry (TI) Zoning District here!

Townsite Overlay (TO)

he purpose of the townsite overlay district is to promote the health, safety and welfare of current and future residents of the city of Hailey; to modify the bulk requirements of certain zoning districts in order to better respond to the unique conditions and circumstances of the original Hailey townsite; to encourage infill while retaining neighborhood character; to increase the compatibility and lessen the degree of nonconformity of existing structures; to create sufficient flexibility to allow for desirable development; to conserve building resources; and to enhance neighborhoods with increased pedestrian orientation, all in accordance with the city of Hailey comprehensive plan, for the desirable future development of the city of Hailey. 

Learn more about the Townsite Overlay (TO) Zoning District here!

Transitional (TN)

The purpose of the TN district is to provide a buffer zone between residential and business areas within the townsite overly district. The zone provides for restricted business activities within residential areas which are directly adjacent to or across a street or alley from established business zones. Uses shall be limited to those that generate relatively little traffic. The residential character of the area shall be maintained by preserving the existing buildings and requiring new building designs in keeping with the residential nature of the area, and requiring adequate on site parking. The term "transitional" does not imply that the properties within the district will be transitioning from residential to business zoning. 

Learn more about the Transitional (TN) Zoning District.

Staff

Community Development Department

Robyn Davis

Community Development Director
(208) 788-9815 x2015
robyn.davis@haileycityhall.org

Ashley Dyer

City Planner
(208) 788-9815 x2019
ashley.dyer@haileycityhall.org

Reese Hodges

City Planner/Resilience Planner
(208) 788-9815 x2017
reese.hodges@haileycityhall.org

Yadira Ward

Community Development Assistant
(208) 788-9815 x2027
yadira.ward@haileycityhall.org