Legal non-conforming use/site rights · Planning application
Nampa confirms rear house can stay as second dwelling
The city approved a request to keep using a 1935 building behind an existing house as a second home, a use it says has existed for decades despite current zoning. A draft code change would let such a building be rebuilt as it was if destroyed.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Nampa's record. See the official record
The city confirmed that a second residential building at the rear of 415 S Ivy St in Nampa, built in 1935, is a legal existing use that can continue even though current zoning would not normally allow it. The residential use was confirmed in Polk Directory listings from 1970, 1975, and 1979. The letter also describes a draft city code change that would allow such a building to be rebuilt as it existed if it were destroyed by fire, flood, or other qualifying events, subject to current building codes.
To continue the use of the structure in the rear of the single-parcel property as a second dwelling unit, as it has been used historically.
Project name on file: 415 & 415 Half S Ivy St
Timeline
May 14, 2025
10 documents added
May 9, 2025
Assess Fees (Legal Non-Conforming)
May 9, 2025
Decision: Approved
May 8, 2025
Completeness Check
May 8, 2025
Application filed
Documents
Decisions
- Download Legal non-conforming use verification letter
City of Nampa letter confirming a 1935 rear residential structure's historic residential use from directory records and explaining the code basis for rebuilding it after damage.
May 14, 2025 · 2 pages · 384 KB · Approval Letter
Application
- Download Master application for legal non-conforming use
Planning and Zoning master application for a legal non-conforming use or site rights determination, with a residential project description and subject property details.
May 8, 2025 · 2 pages · 1.7 MB · Application
Photos
- Download Aerial photo
May 8, 2025 · 528 KB · Aerial Photo
Correspondence
- Download Idaho Power service history letter
Idaho Power letter listing metered service dates for the property, from Aug. 23, 2000 to May 6, 2016, as far back as company records show.
May 8, 2025 · 1 page · 46 KB · Idaho Power Letter
- Download Request letter for legal non-conforming dwelling use
Owners state the rear unit has previously been a dwelling and ask to continue that use, citing attached records.
May 8, 2025 · 1 page · 24 KB · Request Letter
Other documents
- Application checklist
May 9, 2025 · Checklist
- Affidavit of posting or notice
May 8, 2025 · Affidavit
- Deed of trust
May 8, 2025 · Deed of Trust
- Download Proof of continuous use, Polk Directories
Scanned Polk city directory pages, apparently offered as evidence of continuous use of the property for a legal non-conforming use claim; the text is mostly illegible OCR noise.
May 8, 2025 · 4 pages · 2.1 MB · Polk Directories
- Warranty deed
May 8, 2025 · Warranty Deed
