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SENATE BILL NO. 1307 – Land use planning, wildland fire

SENATE BILL NO. 1307

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S1307aa....................................by LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION
LAND USE PLANNING - Amends and adds to existing law to provide that the
analysis of known wildland fire hazards shall be a component in the
comprehensive planning process of a planning or planning and zoning
commission unless the plan specifies reasons why it is unneeded; to provide
a deadline for the review and necessary amendments of certain plans and
ordinances by governing boards relating to the analysis of known wildland
fire hazards; and to require specified notice and hearing.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Loc Gov
02/24    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/02    Rpt out amen - to engros
03/03    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/09    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
      Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai,
      Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce, Richardson,
      Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Compton
    Title apvd - to House
03/10    House intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1307
                                                                        
                         BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING; AMENDING SECTION 67-6508, IDAHO CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE THAT THE ANALYSIS OF KNOWN WILDLAND FIRE HAZARDS SHALL BE A COMPO-
  4        NENT  IN  THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS OF A PLANNING OR PLANNING AND
  5        ZONING COMMISSION UNLESS THE PLAN SPECIFIES REASONS WHY  IT  IS  UNNEEDED;
  6        AMENDING  CHAPTER  65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SEC-
  7        TION 67-6514A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A DEADLINE FOR THE REVIEW AND NECES-
  8        SARY AMENDMENTS OF CERTAIN PLANS AND ORDINANCES BY GOVERNING BOARDS RELAT-
  9        ING TO THE ANALYSIS OF KNOWN WILDLAND FIRE HAZARDS AND TO  REQUIRE  SPECI-
 10        FIED NOTICE AND HEARING.
                                                                        
 11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 12        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-6508, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 13    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        67-6508.  PLANNING DUTIES. It shall be the duty of the planning  or  plan-
 15    ning  and  zoning  commission  to  conduct  a  comprehensive  planning process
 16    designed to prepare, implement, and review and update  a  comprehensive  plan,
 17    hereafter  referred to as the plan. The plan shall include all land within the
 18    jurisdiction of the governing board. The  plan  shall  consider  previous  and
 19    existing  conditions,  trends,  desirable  goals  and objectives, or desirable
 20    future situations for each planning component. The plan with maps, charts, and
 21    reports shall be based on the following components  as they may apply to  land
 22    use regulations and actions unless the plan specifies reasons why a particular
 23    component is unneeded.
 24        (a)  Property  Rights  -- An analysis of provisions which may be necessary
 25    to insure that land use policies, restrictions, conditions  and  fees  do  not
 26    violate  private  property  rights, adversely impact property values or create
 27    unnecessary technical limitations on the use of property and analysis as  pre-
 28    scribed under the declarations of purpose in chapter 80, title 67, Idaho Code.
 29        (b)  Population  --  A  population  analysis  of past, present, and future
 30    trends in population including such characteristics as total population,  age,
 31    sex, and income.
 32        (c)  School  Facilities and Transportation -- An analysis of public school
 33    capacity and transportation considerations associated with future development.
 34        (d)  Economic Development -- An analysis of the economic base of the  area
 35    including employment, industries, economies, jobs, and income levels.
 36        (e)  Land  Use  -- An analysis of natural land types, existing land covers
 37    and uses, and the intrinsic suitability of lands for uses such as agriculture,
 38    forestry, mineral exploration and extraction, preservation, recreation,  hous-
 39    ing,  commerce, industry, and public facilities. A map shall be prepared indi-
 40    cating suitable projected land uses for the jurisdiction.
 41        (f)  Natural Resource -- An analysis of  the  uses  of  rivers  and  other
 42    waters, forests, range, soils, harbors, fisheries, wildlife, minerals, thermal
 43    waters, beaches, watersheds, and shorelines.
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1        (g)  Hazardous  Areas  --  An analysis of known hazards as may result from
  2    susceptibility to surface ruptures from faulting, ground shaking, ground fail-
  3    ure, landslides or mudslides; avalanche hazards resulting from development  in
  4    the  known  or probable path of snowslides and avalanches, and floodplain haz-
  5    ards.
  6        (h)  Wildland Fire Hazards -- An analysis of known wildland  fire  hazards
  7    as may result from susceptibility to wildland fires, including the presence of
  8    wildland urban interface, the presence of structures, access for fire suppres-
  9    sion,  climatic  conditions,  the  severity of fire hazard that is expected to
 10    prevail in an area, and/or other fire hazards as determined.
 11        (i)  Public Services, Facilities, and Utilities  --  An  analysis  showing
 12    general  plans  for  sewage, drainage, power plant sites, utility transmission
 13    corridors, water supply, fire stations and fire fighting equipment, health and
 14    welfare facilities, libraries, solid waste  disposal  sites,  schools,  public
 15    safety  facilities  and  related services. The plan may also show locations of
 16    civic centers and public buildings.
 17        (ij)  Transportation -- An analysis, prepared  in  coordination  with  the
 18    local  jurisdiction(s)  having authority over the public highways and streets,
 19    showing the general locations and widths of a system of  major  traffic  thor-
 20    oughfares and other traffic ways, and of streets and the recommended treatment
 21    thereof.  This  component  may also make recommendations on building line set-
 22    backs, control of access, street naming and numbering, and a  proposed  system
 23    of  public  or other transit lines and related facilities including rights-of-
 24    way, terminals, future corridors, viaducts and grade separations.  The  compo-
 25    nent may also include port, harbor, aviation, and other related transportation
 26    facilities.
 27        (jk)  Recreation  --  An  analysis  showing  a system of recreation areas,
 28    including parks, parkways, trailways, river bank  greenbelts,  beaches,  play-
 29    grounds, and other recreation areas and programs.
 30        (kl)  Special Areas or Sites -- An analysis of areas, sites, or structures
 31    of  historical,  archeological, architectural, ecological, wildlife, or scenic
 32    significance.
 33        (lm)  Housing -- An analysis of housing conditions and  needs;  plans  for
 34    improvement  of  housing standards; and plans for the provision of safe, sani-
 35    tary, and adequate housing, including the provision for low-cost  conventional
 36    housing,  the  siting of manufactured housing and mobile homes in subdivisions
 37    and parks and on individual lots which are sufficient to maintain  a  competi-
 38    tive  market  for  each of those housing types and to address the needs of the
 39    community.
 40        (mn)  Community Design -- An analysis of needs for governing  landscaping,
 41    building  design,  tree  planting, signs, and suggested patterns and standards
 42    for community design, development, and beautification.
 43        (no)  Implementation -- An analysis to determine actions,  programs,  bud-
 44    gets, ordinances, or other methods including scheduling of public expenditures
 45    to provide for the timely execution of the various components of the plan.
 46        Nothing  herein  shall  preclude  the consideration of additional planning
 47    components or subject matter.
                                                                        
 48        SECTION 2.  That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 49    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 50    ignated as Section 67-6514A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 51        67-6514A.  EXISTING PLANS AND ORDINANCES -- KNOWN WILDLAND FIRE HAZARDS. A
 52    governing board, using any comprehensive plan, zoning  ordinance,  subdivision
 53    ordinance  or  ordinance related to planned unit developments, in existence on
                                                                        
                                           3
                                                                        
  1    the effective date of this act, shall conduct a  review  of  those  plans  and
  2    ordinances  and  shall make necessary amendments in accordance with subsection
  3    (h) of section 67-6508, Idaho Code, prior to January 1, 2006, following notice
  4    and hearing pursuant to section 67-6509, Idaho Code.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Noh                 
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Gannon              
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                             SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1307
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2
  2        On page 3 of the printed bill, in line 3,  delete  "prior  to  January  1,
  3    2006,".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                              SENATE BILL NO. 1307, As Amended
                                                                        
                         BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING; AMENDING SECTION 67-6508, IDAHO CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE THAT THE ANALYSIS OF KNOWN WILDLAND FIRE HAZARDS SHALL BE A COMPO-
  4        NENT  IN  THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS OF A PLANNING OR PLANNING AND
  5        ZONING COMMISSION UNLESS THE PLAN SPECIFIES REASONS WHY  IT  IS  UNNEEDED;
  6        AMENDING  CHAPTER  65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SEC-
  7        TION 67-6514A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A DEADLINE FOR THE REVIEW AND NECES-
  8        SARY AMENDMENTS OF CERTAIN PLANS AND ORDINANCES BY GOVERNING BOARDS RELAT-
  9        ING TO THE ANALYSIS OF KNOWN WILDLAND FIRE HAZARDS AND TO  REQUIRE  SPECI-
 10        FIED NOTICE AND HEARING.
                                                                        
 11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 12        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-6508, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 13    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        67-6508.  PLANNING DUTIES. It shall be the duty of the planning  or  plan-
 15    ning  and  zoning  commission  to  conduct  a  comprehensive  planning process
 16    designed to prepare, implement, and review and update  a  comprehensive  plan,
 17    hereafter  referred to as the plan. The plan shall include all land within the
 18    jurisdiction of the governing board. The  plan  shall  consider  previous  and
 19    existing  conditions,  trends,  desirable  goals  and objectives, or desirable
 20    future situations for each planning component. The plan with maps, charts, and
 21    reports shall be based on the following components  as they may apply to  land
 22    use regulations and actions unless the plan specifies reasons why a particular
 23    component is unneeded.
 24        (a)  Property  Rights  -- An analysis of provisions which may be necessary
 25    to insure that land use policies, restrictions, conditions  and  fees  do  not
 26    violate  private  property  rights, adversely impact property values or create
 27    unnecessary technical limitations on the use of property and analysis as  pre-
 28    scribed under the declarations of purpose in chapter 80, title 67, Idaho Code.
 29        (b)  Population  --  A  population  analysis  of past, present, and future
 30    trends in population including such characteristics as total population,  age,
 31    sex, and income.
 32        (c)  School  Facilities and Transportation -- An analysis of public school
 33    capacity and transportation considerations associated with future development.
 34        (d)  Economic Development -- An analysis of the economic base of the  area
 35    including employment, industries, economies, jobs, and income levels.
 36        (e)  Land  Use  -- An analysis of natural land types, existing land covers
 37    and uses, and the intrinsic suitability of lands for uses such as agriculture,
 38    forestry, mineral exploration and extraction, preservation, recreation,  hous-
 39    ing,  commerce, industry, and public facilities. A map shall be prepared indi-
 40    cating suitable projected land uses for the jurisdiction.
 41        (f)  Natural Resource -- An analysis of  the  uses  of  rivers  and  other
 42    waters, forests, range, soils, harbors, fisheries, wildlife, minerals, thermal
 43    waters, beaches, watersheds, and shorelines.
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1        (g)  Hazardous  Areas  --  An analysis of known hazards as may result from
  2    susceptibility to surface ruptures from faulting, ground shaking, ground fail-
  3    ure, landslides or mudslides; avalanche hazards resulting from development  in
  4    the  known  or probable path of snowslides and avalanches, and floodplain haz-
  5    ards.
  6        (h)  Wildland Fire Hazards -- An analysis of known wildland  fire  hazards
  7    as may result from susceptibility to wildland fires, including the presence of
  8    wildland urban interface, the presence of structures, access for fire suppres-
  9    sion,  climatic  conditions,  the  severity of fire hazard that is expected to
 10    prevail in an area, and/or other fire hazards as determined.
 11        (i)  Public Services, Facilities, and Utilities  --  An  analysis  showing
 12    general  plans  for  sewage, drainage, power plant sites, utility transmission
 13    corridors, water supply, fire stations and fire fighting equipment, health and
 14    welfare facilities, libraries, solid waste  disposal  sites,  schools,  public
 15    safety  facilities  and  related services. The plan may also show locations of
 16    civic centers and public buildings.
 17        (ij)  Transportation -- An analysis, prepared  in  coordination  with  the
 18    local  jurisdiction(s)  having authority over the public highways and streets,
 19    showing the general locations and widths of a system of  major  traffic  thor-
 20    oughfares and other traffic ways, and of streets and the recommended treatment
 21    thereof.  This  component  may also make recommendations on building line set-
 22    backs, control of access, street naming and numbering, and a  proposed  system
 23    of  public  or other transit lines and related facilities including rights-of-
 24    way, terminals, future corridors, viaducts and grade separations.  The  compo-
 25    nent may also include port, harbor, aviation, and other related transportation
 26    facilities.
 27        (jk)  Recreation  --  An  analysis  showing  a system of recreation areas,
 28    including parks, parkways, trailways, river bank  greenbelts,  beaches,  play-
 29    grounds, and other recreation areas and programs.
 30        (kl)  Special Areas or Sites -- An analysis of areas, sites, or structures
 31    of  historical,  archeological, architectural, ecological, wildlife, or scenic
 32    significance.
 33        (lm)  Housing -- An analysis of housing conditions and  needs;  plans  for
 34    improvement  of  housing standards; and plans for the provision of safe, sani-
 35    tary, and adequate housing, including the provision for low-cost  conventional
 36    housing,  the  siting of manufactured housing and mobile homes in subdivisions
 37    and parks and on individual lots which are sufficient to maintain  a  competi-
 38    tive  market  for  each of those housing types and to address the needs of the
 39    community.
 40        (mn)  Community Design -- An analysis of needs for governing  landscaping,
 41    building  design,  tree  planting, signs, and suggested patterns and standards
 42    for community design, development, and beautification.
 43        (no)  Implementation -- An analysis to determine actions,  programs,  bud-
 44    gets, ordinances, or other methods including scheduling of public expenditures
 45    to provide for the timely execution of the various components of the plan.
 46        Nothing  herein  shall  preclude  the consideration of additional planning
 47    components or subject matter.
                                                                        
 48        SECTION 2.  That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 49    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 50    ignated as Section 67-6514A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 51        67-6514A.  EXISTING PLANS AND ORDINANCES -- KNOWN WILDLAND FIRE HAZARDS. A
 52    governing board, using any comprehensive plan, zoning  ordinance,  subdivision
 53    ordinance  or  ordinance related to planned unit developments, in existence on
                                                                        
                                           3
                                                                        
  1    the effective date of this act, shall conduct a  review  of  those  plans  and
  2    ordinances  and  shall make necessary amendments in accordance with subsection
  3    (h) of section 67-6508, Idaho Code, following notice and hearing  pursuant  to
  4    section 67-6509, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 13995

     The destruction of private property resulting from 
residential and commercial construction in heavily forested areas
has grown dramatically in recent years in the west.  In addition
to the loss of private property, federal and state fire fighting
costs focus heavily on efforts to protect such property, often at
the expense of letting other resources burn.  Federal forest and
range management programs and policies are now focused upon
minimizing these extreme costs.  Local government planning and
zoning decisions are a critical key to success.  
     This proposal requires local governments to address these
issues in planning and zoning processes. 
 
                          FISCAL IMPACT
     There will be added hearing and administrative costs for
local governments, but long term costs for local, state and
federal taxpayers and property owners should be reduced.  


Contact
Name: Senator Laird Noh 
Phone: 332-1333




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      S 1307