Normal department hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Yes, however there is a nominal fee to obtain the codes from our office. You can have access to the Middleton City Code via the Middleton website (www.middletonidaho.us). There you can look at all the codes and print them if you wish.

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

The City Zoning Map is on the web page. If you need additional information, please contact the Planner and Zoning Division at (208) 585-3133.

Yes, but you must go through the subdivision process. The subdivision process consists of both preliminary and final plat approval, construction plans identifying both the on-site and off-site improvements that may be required.

Flood zone maps are not of sufficient scale to accurately display on a web page. Please contact the Building Official, David Freelove at (208) 585-3133.

Any development within a flood zone will require a Development Permit and adhering to the City of Middleton Flood Ordinances. Please visit with the Flood Administrator to review the flood hazard area requirements.

Location: Council Chambers, Middleton City Hall, 6 North Dewey, Middleton, Idaho
Planning & Zoning Commission's meeting is scheduled on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm.
City Council meeting is on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm.
City Council meeting is also on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm.

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.

If you wish to testify, please sign in when you arrive. A sign-up sheet for each case is placed on a 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.

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

2) The Mayor or Chairperson will administer the oath or affirmation to the member of the audience wishing to testify.

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

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

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

6) The City engineer or the City attorney may give additional reports.

7) 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 hearings the applicant or their representative is given 10 minutes to testify.

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

9) Next, individuals testifying in favor, neutral, and 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.

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

11) The hearing body will close public testimony.

12) The hearing body they will discuss the application.

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

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

15) 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.

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:
- The hearing body determines that there is not sufficient time to begin or complete the hearing of a case.
- 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.

You can also locate the minutes on our website or you may request a copy of the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order (FCO's) and/or minutes after the deciding body has approved them. The FCO's are typically approved during the next scheduled meeting of the govern body after the date of the hearing. Please fill out a Public Records Request and submit it to the City.

Please fill out a Request for Public Records form and submit it to the City Clerk in order to obtain a copy of the hearing.

Planning and Zoning Commission’s decisions may be appealed to the City Council by filing a written notice of appeal within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the FCOs were signed. The notice of appeal should include a statement of the reasons for the appeal and must be accompanied by the filing fee.

Within the City limits a sign permit is required. See Middleton City Code 5-2-5 on Middleton’s website for the specifics of the sign ordinance.

Yes, a fence permit is required. You can locate the requirements for building a fence on Middleton’s website under Middleton City Code 5-3-4.

Middleton City Code, Title 5 defines a home occupation as “Any gainful occupation engaged in by an occupant of a dwelling unit including handicrafts, dressmaking, preserving, office of a clergyman, teaching of music, dancing and other instruction when limited to attendance of six or fewer pupils at a time, and other occupancies which meet all of the following conditions:
1. The use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes.
2. The use is conducted entirely within a dwelling or its existing accessory building and is carried on by the inhabitants thereof.
3. No article shall be sold or offered for sale on the premises, except such as is produced by the occupants on the premises, and no mechanical or electrical equipment shall be installed or maintained other than such as is customarily incidental to domestic use.
4. The use doesn't change the character of the dwelling or adversely affect the uses permitted in the residential zone.
5. The use creates no additional traffic and requires no additional parking space.
6. No persons are employed other than those necessary for domestic purposes.
7. Not more than one-fourth (¼) of the gross area of one floor of said dwelling is used for such use whether said use is conducted in the dwelling or in an existing accessory building.
8. The entrance to the space devoted to such use is from within the building and no internal or external alterations or construction features not customary in dwellings are involved.
9. In no way shall the home occupation cause the premises to differ from its residential character in appearance, lighting, or in the emission of noise, fumes, odors, vibration, or electrical interference.
10. All home occupations are required to maintain a current City of Middleton business license.

The average MCL is 0.30

50 mg/l or 2.9 grains

The City parks include the following: Roadside Park, Middleton Place Park and Davis Park. The other parks throughout the City are owned either by a Homeowners' Association or the Greater Middleton Parks and Recreation District. You can contact the Greater Middleton Parks by calling (208) 585-3461 or email them at parksandrec@cableone.net.

No, reservations are not taken for the City parks. It is on the first come, first serve basis.

Yes, the Trolley Station can be reserved. It has a capacity of 100 people.

Cleaning Deposits:
Meeting Cleaning Deposit: $50.00
Non-Profit Events Cleaning Deposit: $150.00
For Profit Events Cleaning Deposit: $250.00

Rental Fee:
Non-Profit Rental Fee: $30 plus $10 per hour
For-Profit Rental Fee: $50 plus $15 per hour

Yes, the Civic Center can be reserved. It has a capacity of 35 people.

Cleaning Deposit:
Meeting Cleaning Deposit: $30.00
Non-Profit Events Cleaning Deposit: $50.00
For Profit Events Cleaning Deposit: $100.00

Rental Fees:
Non-Profit Rental Fee: $15 plus $5 per hour
For-Profit Rental Fee: $25 plus $10 per hour

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency and the State Department of Environmental Quality are requiring, the City to prepare a storm water permit application and management plan to reduce nonpoint source pollution to Idaho’s designated receiving waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act, which specifically includes the Boise River.

The City Council finds that implementation of enhanced design criteria, regulations, maintenance, improvement, water quality management, public awareness and code enforcement are necessary to ensure storm water quality and quantity control. The Council finds that establishing a Storm Water Utility provides the funding necessary to enable on-going maintenance, operation, regulation, water quality management and improvement of the system.