(1) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a governmental entity from requiring a developer to construct reasonable project improvements in conjunction with a development project.
(2)  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent or prohibit private agreements between property owners or developers, the Idaho transportation department and governmental entities in regard to the construction or installation of system improvements or providing for credits or reimbursements for system improvement costs incurred by a developer including interproject transfers of credits or providing for reimbursement for project improvements which are used or shared by more than one (1) development project. If it can be shown that a proposed development has a direct impact on a public facility under the jurisdiction of the Idaho transportation department, then the agreement shall include a provision for the allocation of impact fees collected from the developer for the improvement of the public facility by the Idaho transportation department.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 67-8214

  • Developer: means any person or legal entity undertaking development, including a party that undertakes the subdivision of property pursuant to sections 50-1301 through 50-1334, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 67-8203
  • Development: means any construction or installation of a building or structure, or any change in use of a building or structure, or any change in the use, character or appearance of land, which creates additional demand and need for public facilities or the subdivision of property that would permit any change in the use, character or appearance of land. See Idaho Code 67-8203
  • Development impact fee: means a payment of money imposed as a condition of development approval to pay for a proportionate share of the cost of system improvements needed to serve development. See Idaho Code 67-8203
  • Extraordinary impact: means an impact that is reasonably determined by the governmental entity to:
Idaho Code 67-8203
  • Governmental entity: means any unit of local government that is empowered in this enabling legislation to adopt a development impact fee ordinance. See Idaho Code 67-8203
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Project: means a particular development on an identified parcel of land. See Idaho Code 67-8203
  • Project improvements: means site improvements and facilities that are planned and designed to provide service for a particular development project and that are necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of the project. See Idaho Code 67-8203
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • System improvement costs: means costs incurred for construction or reconstruction of system improvements, including design, acquisition, engineering and other costs attributable thereto, and also including, without limitation, the type of costs described in section 50-1702(h), Idaho Code, to provide additional public facilities needed to serve new growth and development. See Idaho Code 67-8203
    • (3)  Nothing in this chapter shall obligate a governmental entity to approve development which results in an extraordinary impact.
    (4)  Nothing in this chapter shall obligate a governmental entity to approve any development request which may reasonably be expected to reduce levels of service below minimum acceptable levels established in the development impact fee ordinance.
    (5)  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create any additional right to develop real property or diminish the power of counties or cities in regulating the orderly development of real property within their boundaries.
    (6)  Nothing in this chapter shall work to limit the use by governmental entities of the power of eminent domain or supersede or conflict with requirements or procedures authorized in the Idaho Code for local improvement districts or general obligation bond issues.
    (7)  Nothing herein shall restrict or diminish the power of a governmental entity to annex property into its territorial boundaries or exclude property from its territorial boundaries upon request of a developer or owner, or to impose reasonable conditions thereon, including the recovery of project or system improvement costs required as a result of such voluntary annexation.