Comprehensive plan amendment · Planning application
New form-based zoning code for the city core proposed, with three downtown zones rezoned
The city wants to replace its downtown zoning rules with a form-based code that guides building design and how buildings meet the street. The plan also rewrites parts of the Comprehensive Plan. A public hearing was held Dec. 15, and the application is still in review.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Nampa's record. See the official record
The city is proposing to adopt a new form-based zoning code for downtown Nampa, which sets rules for building design and how buildings relate to the street. It would rezone the old Downtown Historic area to Central Nampa, Downtown Village to Gateway Business 2, and Downtown Business to Gateway Business 1, and update the Comprehensive Plan and related city code chapters to match.
Project name on file: Chapter 5 - Land Use - Downtown Reference for new Central Nampa zone and rezones of DV & DH
Timeline
Dec. 15, 2025
Public hearing: Nampa City Council
Nov. 13, 2025
Document added: ZTA-00046-2025_Title 10 Amends for FBC_Staff Report PZ_Nov 2025.pdf
Nov. 13, 2025
Document added: ZMA-00206&ZTA00046-2025_Narrative.pdf
Nov. 13, 2025
Document added: ZTA-00046-2025_PZ Action Memo_Nov 12 2025.pdf
Nov. 13, 2025
P&Z Commision Decision/Action Letter
Nov. 13, 2025
Notice to Agencies/Departments
Nov. 13, 2025
Staff Report Preparation
Nov. 13, 2025
Plan Intake Passed
Nov. 13, 2025
Accepted for review
Nov. 12, 2025
Public hearing: Nampa Planning and Zoning Commission
Sept. 19, 2025
Application filed
Documents
Renderings
- Download Planning and Zoning Commission action memo on downtown amendments
Memo reporting the Commission's unanimous recommendation to City Council to approve text and zoning map amendments redefining the downtown core, with a Council hearing set for Dec. 15, 2025.
Nov. 13, 2025 · 1 page · 169 KB · Available Online
Project narrative
- Download Narrative explaining downtown rezoning and text amendments
Applicant narrative covering the Comprehensive Plan, Title 10 zoning text, and zoning map changes that redefine the downtown core and replace the DH, DV and DB districts with CN and gateway business zones.
Nov. 13, 2025 · 3 pages · 2.8 MB · Available Online
Staff reports
- Download Staff report for Title 10 downtown form-based code amendments
Staff report for the Nov. 12, 2025 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing on comprehensive plan, zoning text, and zoning map amendments adopting a form-based code for the downtown core.
Nov. 13, 2025 · 51 pages · 6.9 MB · Available Online
