Legal non-conforming use/site rights · Planning application
Nampa approves legal duplex status for 2-unit home built in 1917
The city confirmed the existing two-unit structure is a legally recognized duplex, allowing it to be rebuilt as a duplex if damaged. No new construction is involved; the request was made ahead of a property purchase.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Nampa's record. See the official record
The city confirmed that the existing structure at 716 5th St S and 423 8th Ave S, built in 1917, is a legally recognized duplex, which allows it to be rebuilt as a duplex if damaged. The letter is a verification of an existing non-conforming use rather than a new construction project.
Application for legal, nonconforming duplex status, in preparation for purchase of property.
Project name on file: 716 5th St S & 423 8th Ave S
Timeline
May 14, 2025
23 documents added
May 13, 2025
Decision: Approved
May 12, 2025
Completeness Check
May 12, 2025
Application filed
Documents
Site plans
- Download Original plat map
Scanned original plat drawing for the lots at the listed corner, with scale notes and a reference to an 1866 record; the OCR text is too garbled to confirm details.
May 12, 2025 · 1 page · 1.7 MB · Nampa Original Plat
Project narrative
- Download Letter of intent
May 12, 2025 · 14 KB · Letter of Intent
Decisions
- Download Legal non-conforming use verification letter
Approval letter confirming the existing duplex is a legal non-conforming use, allowing rebuild after damage of 50% or less of replacement value under city code.
May 14, 2025 · 2 pages · 132 KB · Approval Letter
Notices
- Download Notice to creditors in estate matter
Notice that a personal representative was appointed for a decedent's estate and that creditors must present claims within four months of first publication.
May 12, 2025 · 1 page · 170 KB · Pleading - Notice to Creditors
Application
- Download Legal non-conforming use application
Master application seeking legal duplex status for a residential property, with applicant and owner contact details and subject property information.
May 12, 2025 · 2 pages · 2.4 MB · Application
Photos
- Download Original plat
May 12, 2025 · 1 page · 4.2 MB · Nampa Original Plat
Correspondence
- Download Applicant email
May 12, 2025 · 2.8 MB · Applicant Email 1
- Download Planner's research letter
Staff letter presenting research findings on the application's legal non-conforming use status; full contents were not available for review.
May 12, 2025 · 93 KB · Letter - Planner's Research
- Download Planner's research letter on legal non-conforming duplex use
Research memo tracing the duplex's existence back to 1981 or earlier, using assessor records, a 1991 remodel permit, and historical directories, to support grandfathered use status.
May 12, 2025 · 17 pages · 4.8 MB · Letter - Planner's Research w/ Attachments
Other documents
- Affidavit
May 12, 2025 · Affidavit
- Download Assessor building details record
County assessor record listing a 1917 duplex dwelling with 2,672 sq ft of finished area, a 1954 detached garage, exterior patio and porch, and floor-by-floor room counts.
May 12, 2025 · 7 pages · 1.7 MB · Assessor Records - Building Details
- Download County assessor property record
Assessor parcel record showing ownership, 2024 taxable value of about $439,500, a 1917 dwelling with detached garage, and multi-family land details.
May 12, 2025 · 9 pages · 2.0 MB · Assessor Records
- Application checklist
May 12, 2025 · Checklist
- Download City code section 10-3-9 on non-conforming uses
Text of the city code section governing legal nonconforming uses and site situations, including expansion and repair or replacement rules for grandfathered structures.
May 12, 2025 · 3 pages · 616 KB · City Code for LNUs - 10-3-9
- Earnest money receipt
May 12, 2025 · Earnest Money Receipt
- Download Lessee's rental agreement (month-to-month residential lease)
Month-to-month residential lease between an owner/agent and a lessee, covering rent, late charges, security deposit terms, and acceptance of the premises.
May 12, 2025 · 10 pages · 2.6 MB · Lessee's Rental Agreement
- Download Information to heirs and devisees notice
Notice from the court-appointed personal representative of an estate, filed by attorney Daniel W. Bower, informing heirs and devisees of the appointment and where estate papers are on file.
May 12, 2025 · 1 page · 178 KB · Pleading - Info to Heirs & Devisees
- Download Letters testamentary appointing personal representative
Probate court letters confirming the appointment of the personal representative for an estate, with a clerk's certificate of service on the attorney for the representative.
May 12, 2025 · 2 pages · 152 KB · Pleading - Letters Testamentary
- Download Real estate purchase and sale agreement
Re-21 purchase and sale contract for the property at the listed address, with a $450,000 purchase price and $10,000 earnest money, dated April 23, 2025.
May 12, 2025 · 9 pages · 2.4 MB · Purchase & Sale Agreement
- Download Canyon County parcel information sheet
Assessor parcel record showing zoning (RS6 single-family residential), owner of record, tax history for 2022 to 2024, and 2024 assessed land and improvement values.
May 12, 2025 · 4 pages · 1.2 MB · Title One Property Information
- Vicinity map
May 12, 2025 · Vicinity Map
- Warranty deed
May 12, 2025 · Warranty Deed
- Zoning map
May 12, 2025 · Zoning Map
