Code amendment · Planning application
Canyon County approves smaller Melba area of impact to comply with state law
The county adopted an ordinance shrinking the land south of Melba where the city has planning influence, covering about 585 acres, as required by a 2024 state law update. The change sets a boundary only and does not approve any buildings or homes.
Location
This filing changes the city's rules rather than a specific site, so there's nothing to map.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in Canyon County's record. See the official record
The City of Melba is asking Canyon County to shrink the area around the city where the county handles growth decisions, pulling back the southern edge. The city says the southern land sits below a cliff band and over lava bedrock, making water and sewer service too costly, and the change is requested to comply with a 2024 state law update. The current city covers 303.48 acres, and the proposed area of impact covers 1,265.39 acres.
The applicant, City of Melba, represented by Kate Dahl, requests an ordinance update to comply with State Law 67-6526, by proposing to reduce Melba’s area of impact on the south.
Project name on file: Melba Area of City Impact
Timeline
Dec. 17, 2025
Public hearing: Canyon County Board of County Commissioners
Dec. 17, 2025
Approved
Canyon County Board of County Commissioners: Approved.
Oct. 29, 2025
Hearing continued: Canyon County Board of County Commissioners
The Board of County Commissioners continued its October 29, 2025 hearing to December 17, 2025.
Documents
Staff reports
- Download Staff report for Board of County Commissioners hearing
Staff report on City of Melba's ordinance update to reduce its area of impact on the south, under Idaho Code 67-6526, for the Oct. 15, 2025 hearing.
Dec. 16, 2025 · 65 pages · 26.4 MB · Staff Report
- Download Staff report for Board of County Commissioners hearing
Staff report on City of Melba's ordinance update to reduce its area of impact on the south, under Idaho Code 67-6526, for the Oct. 15, 2025 hearing.
Dec. 16, 2025 · 65 pages · 26.4 MB · Staff Report
- Download Staff report for Board of County Commissioners hearing
Staff report on City of Melba's ordinance update reducing its area of impact on the south, to comply with Idaho Code 67-6526, for the October 15, 2025 hearing (Case OR2025-0009).
Oct. 28, 2025 · 65 pages · 26.4 MB · Staff Report
Decisions
- Download Findings of fact, conclusions of law and order on Melba area of impact
Board of County Commissioners order adopting a reduced Melba area of impact boundary map and amending the county code, following hearings from October through December 2025.
Dec. 16, 2025 · 6 pages · 1.5 MB · Decision
- Download Ordinance amending Melba area of impact boundary
Canyon County ordinance amending Chapter 9, Article 7 of the county code to confirm and modify the City of Melba's area of impact boundary, recorded Dec. 31, 2025.
Dec. 16, 2025 · 8 pages · 1.2 MB · Decision
Correspondence
- Download Area of city impact (AOCI) boundary email and lot chart
Email from a Melba-area property owner's representative sending a revised AOCI boundary map, a water and sewer capacity lot chart, and a future land use map ahead of the Dec. 17 hearing.
Dec. 16, 2025 · 4 pages · 911 KB
- Download Area of city impact (AOCI) boundary email and lot chart
Email from a Melba-area property owner's representative sending a revised AOCI boundary map, a water and sewer capacity lot chart, and a future land use map ahead of the Dec. 17 hearing.
Dec. 16, 2025 · 4 pages · 911 KB