CHAPTER 10 Title 10 Planning and Zoning Commission
CHAPTER 10
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
SECTION:
10-10-1: Appointment
10-10-2: Powers and Duties of Planning and Zoning Commission
10-10-3: Submission of Building and Zoning Matters to Planning Commission
10-10-1: APPOINTMENT: A Planning and Zoning Commission shall be appointed as provided in
Chapter 65 of Title 67 of the Idaho Code and as provided in Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the codified
ordinances of the City of Ammon.
10-10-2: POWERS AND DUTIES OF PLANNING COMMISSION: The Planning and Zoning
Commission shall have the powers and duties as provided in Chapter 65 of Title 67 of the Idaho Code
and as provided in Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the codified ordinances of the City of Ammon.
It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to make reports and recommendations to the City, the
Zoning Administrator and the Board of Adjustment created under this title with respect to the issuance of
building permits, conditional use permits, variances, alleged violations of the zoning ordinance and map
and amendments pertaining thereto.
Also, it shall submit plans to the Council respecting the long-range, comprehensive plan for the orderly
physical development of the City. The Commission may make suggestions for such changes as the
Commission feels to be desirable in the zoning regulations and shall study and make recommendations
for the laying out, widening, extending and locating of streets, roads and highways for the relief of traffic,
the future development, growth and beautification of the City in respect to its public buildings, streets,
parks, grounds and lands, in order to promote the public health, morals, safety and welfare of the
inhabitants thereof.
10-10-3: SUBMISSION OF BUILDING AND ZONING MATTERS TO COMMISSION: The Zoning
Administrator and the City shall submit all applications for conditional use permits, request for variances,
and proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance to the Planning and Zoning Commission prior to
acting thereupon.
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BY-LAWS
OF THE
CITY OF AMMON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of this body shall be the City of Ammon Planning and Zoning Commission.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Commission is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of
Ammon in the following manner:
1. By impartial and uniform administration of the City Planning and Zoning Ordinance to all
residents without exception.
2. By providing and administering Zoning Law which is reasonable to individuals and which is
not confiscatory or destructive to business and free enterprise which is the basic source of
tax revenue in Ammon.
3. By encouraging urban and urban-type development within the incorporated City of Ammon.
4. By ensuring that development on land is commensurate with the physical characteristics
of the land.
5. By continuously examining the Law for ways to improve it in order to guide the orderly
development and prosperity of Ammon without unnecessary restriction of the property
rights of the individual landowner.
6. By cooperating and working closely with Bonneville County and the City of Idaho Falls to
insure the orderly growth of the surrounding area.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 1. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman. It may
also create and fill any other office deemed necessary.
Section 2. The Chairman shall be elected at the first regular meeting following the beginning of the
calendar year.
The term of office shall be one year and no one shall serve more than two consecutive terms.
The duties of the Chairman shall be as follows:
1. To preside at all meetings of the Commission.
2. To approve the agenda.
3. To review the minutes of the meetings.
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4. To appoint committees.
5. To keep open the line of communication between staff personnel, the Mayor, the
City Council, and the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the Chairman shall have
the full right of expression and vote.
Section 3. The Vice-Chairman shall preside at meetings and in all ways perform as Chairman in the
absence of the Chairman.
The term of office shall be the same as that of Chairman.
Section 4. In the event of a vacancy in office, a special election shall be held at the next regular
meeting.
ARTICLE IV
MEETINGS
Section 1. The kinds of meetings shall be regular, special, work sessions and public hearings.
All meetings shall be open to the public.
A quorum of a majority of the members is required to be in attendance for regular and special meetings.
Records open to the public shall be kept of all meetings, hearings, resolutions, studies, and action taken.
Records retention shall be as required by Idaho State Statute.
Section 2. Regularly meetings shall be held on a monthly basis for at least nine months each year for
the purpose of making decisions and recommendations to the City Council concerning items on the
agenda.
Section 3. Special meetings may be called by the Chairman or by a request from a majority of the
commission members for the purpose of making a decision on a specific item or items of business.
Section 4. Work sessions may be held at the discretion of the commission for the purpose of
discussion, study and information.
Section 5. Public hearings shall be held wherever required by statute and also when deemed
necessary by a majority vote of a quorum of the commission at any formal meeting.
ARTICLE V
VOTING
Section 1. Voting shall be by voice or as otherwise directed by the Chairman.
Section 2. At all meetings of the Planning and Zoning Commission each member present shall be
entitled to cast one vote.
Section 3. The affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum shall be required for the approval of any
voting matter.
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Section 4. Members voting in opposition to a proposed sub-division shall be encouraged to present
their reasons in writing to the Chairman to be placed on file.
ARTICLE VI
Section 1 Amendments to these by-laws may be proposed by any member of the Commission,
provided all such amendments are presented in writing at a regular meeting.
Section 2. All members shall be given notice of proposed amendments.
Section 3. Voting will take place at the next regular meeting following the proposal of an amendment.
Section 4. If approved by a majority of the quorum, the amendment shall become effective
immediately.
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