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Garden City approves Ada County plan for coroner, jail and EMS impact fees

The Garden City Council approved adding Ada County's capital improvement plans and impact fee studies for the county coroner, jail and emergency medical services to the city's comprehensive plan on Oct. 27. Approval does not impose any fees; a separate city ordinance and agreement would be needed first.

ApprovedCPAFY2025-0002Garden City

Location

The filing doesn't give an address or parcel number, so it isn't on the map.

From the filing

The application's description as it appears in City of Garden City's record. See the official record

Ada County has asked Garden City to add its capital improvement plans and impact fee studies for county coroner, jail, and emergency medical services to the city's comprehensive plan. This would let the city consider charging new homes and businesses fees to help pay for those services, but the city would still need a separate ordinance before any fee could be collected. The proposed fees would be $750 per single-family home and $519 per multi-family unit, with separate per-square-foot rates for retail, office, industrial, and institutional buildings.

Ada County is proposing a comprehensive plan to incorporate the capital improvements plan and impact fee study for Coroner, Jail, and EMS

Project name on file: Adopt Ada County CIP and Impact Fee Study

Timeline

  1. Oct. 27, 2025

    Approved

    Garden City City Council: Approved.

  2. Oct. 27, 2025

    Public hearing: Garden City City Council

  3. Oct. 15, 2025

    Public hearing: Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission

Documents

Staff reports

  • Garden City staff report for the Ada County Capital Improvement Plan addition to the comprehensive plan, covering requested action, recommendation, and decision process.

    Oct. 26, 2025 · 12 pages · 559 KB · Staff Report

    Download Staff report, version 2 for comprehensive plan amendment

  • City of Garden City staff report recommending action on a comprehensive plan amendment that adds the Ada County Capital Improvement Plan, dated October 15, 2025.

    Oct. 14, 2025 · 12 pages · 536 KB · Staff Report

    Download Staff report on Ada County capital improvement plan amendment

Decisions

Application

Studies and reports

Correspondence

  • The city engineer's email states there is no comment on the comprehensive plan amendment application.

    Sept. 28, 2025 · 1 page · 141 KB · Agency comment

    Download City engineer comment

  • Idaho Department of Environmental Quality general comments on air quality and wastewater rules, with guidance to check permit applicability and sewer capacity.

    Sept. 14, 2025 · 4 pages · 742 KB · Agency comment

    Download Idaho DEQ agency comment letter

  • Republic Services asks whether trash service and location will stay the same for the reptile zoo and whether the Adams St. complex will use residential trash carts, saying it has no concerns if so.

    Sept. 11, 2025 · 2 pages · 263 KB · Agency comment

    Download Republic Services comments on agency notice

Other documents

  • Draft Garden City comprehensive plan addendum dated Oct. 27, 2025, covering the plan's formation, updates and acknowledgements, 89 pages.

    Oct. 26, 2025 · 89 pages · 13.2 MB

    Download Comprehensive plan, addended draft (2025)

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