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1. What is the zoning category of my property?

To determine the zone of your property, use the City of Kuna's official Zoning Map. When the map is viewable, find your parcel and note which zoning color corresponds to the legend of the map. If you have any questions concerning zoning please check out our NEW interactive map or please call the Planning and Zoning Office at 208-922-5274. NEW Interactive Zoning Map

2. What types of things can I do with my property?

The uses allowed on your property depend on the zoning of your property. The City of Kuna has assigned a zone to every property located within Kuna city limits. Kuna Planning Office can assist you in determining the zoning of your property and the uses allowed in that zone. For your reference, you may view 5-3-2 of the Kuna Municipal Code which contains the Official Land Use Table. This will show the uses allowed in each zoning district. Uses are listed as “P” for a Permitted Use and “S” signifying by Special Use Permit only. If none of these are listed, the use is prohibited in that zone.

3. How do I find my property line?

The best way to determine the location of your property lines is to have the property professionally surveyed. However, before hiring a surveyor check around property corners to see if any stakes or pins are in the ground. If you find pins or stakes they most often delineate the corners of your property. If no pins exist and you haven't hired a surveyor, you can visit the Ada County Assessor’s Office which may have a copy of your property, including the size of property and surrounding lots. Do not assume that fence lines and street curbs follow property lines.

4. How do I make a request to obtain a copy of a public record?

You will need to fill out a Request for Public Records form and return it to Kuna City Hall. Fees may apply. This form is also available on the web site for your convenience.

5. What is the notification distance for a public hearing?

Notification for public hearings is 300’ from the subject property. Written notification is then mailed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearing.

6. When are your calendared meetings/public hearings and at what times?

Planning & Zoning Commission: are on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6:00 pm.
City Council: are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 pm.

7. What do I need to do if I wish to testify at a public hearing?

If you wish to testify, please sign in when you arrive. A sign-up sheet for each case is placed on the table as you enter the Council Chambers. If you choose to not testify, you may still sign in either “in favor” or “in opposition” to the case and mark the no testify box on the sign-up sheet. Agendas are also on this table. If you wish to testify, you will be given three minutes.

8. What happens at a public hearing?

1. Staff will briefly review the rules, procedures and conduct to be followed during the hearing.

2. The Mayor or Chairperson will begin the hearing of each case by reading the purpose of the application.

3. The Mayor or Chairperson will ask the staff to make a brief staff report of the request.

4. At the conclusion of this presentation, staff answers any questions the governing body may have regarding the case.

5. The City engineer or the City attorney may give additional reports.

6. The applicant or their representative testifies first and carries the burden of persuasion. In other words, they must persuade the hearing body to approve their request. At public hearings the applicant or their representative is given 20 minutes to testify.

7. The hearing body then may ask questions of the applicant. The questioning by the hearing body is not timed.

8. Next, individuals testifying in favor, neutral, then opposed testify. They are given three (3) minutes each to testify. If there is one spokesperson representing the entire opposition, they are given 10 minutes to testify.

9. After everyone has spoken, the applicant or representative has 10 minutes for rebuttal of the issues presented by the opposition.

10. The hearing body will close public testimony.

11. The hearing body they will discuss the application.

12. The hearing body can approve, modify, or deny an application.

13. The hearing body then renders a decision or may continue the application to a later date.

14. Decisions regarding annexations, development agreements, rezones, comprehensive plan map or text changes, ordinance amendments, subdivision plats, are in the form of a recommendation, which is made to the City Council. Any decisions made by the Planning and Zoning Commission can be appealed to the City Council.

9. What does it mean when a case is "tabled or continued"?

During the public hearing of a case, the hearing body can make a decision to "table or continue" the case to a "date certain".

A case may be tabled or continued by one of the following means:
1. The applicant or representative may submit a written request to the hearing body that his/her case be tabled/continued. The reason(s) for making the request must be significant, such as illness or the need for additional time to obtain important information. The hearing body can choose to accept or deny this request. If the case is denied, the case will either be heard as scheduled or automatically denied.

2. The hearing body may choose to table a case for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to the following:
a. The hearing body determines that there is not sufficient time to begin or complete the hearing of a case.
b. The hearing body asks that additional information be provided by the applicant, the opposition, or City staff.

When a case is tabled or continued, the hearing body sets the date certain for the hearing of the case. Since the case has already been legally noticed, no further notice will be given.