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Idaho Code § 67-6523 (2026)

Emergency ordinances and moratoriums. 

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Emergency ordinances and moratoriums. 

If a governing board finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare requires adoption of ordinances as required or authorized under this chapter, or adoption of a moratorium upon the issuance of selected classes of permits, or both, it shall state in writing its reasons for that finding. The governing board may then proceed without recommendation of a commission, upon any abbreviated notice of hearing that it finds practical, to adopt the ordinance or moratorium. An emergency ordinance or moratorium may be effective for a period of not longer than one hundred eighty-two (182) days. Restrictions established by an emergency ordinance or moratorium may not be imposed for consecutive periods. Further, an intervening period of not less than one (1) year shall exist between an emergency ordinance or moratorium and reinstatement of the same. To sustain restrictions established by an emergency ordinance or moratorium beyond the one hundred eighty-two (182) day period, a governing board must adopt an interim or regular ordinance, following the notice and hearing procedures provided in section 67-6509, Idaho Code.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1990–2008 · leading case: Highlands Dev. Corp. v. City of Boise, 188 P.3d 900 (Idaho 2008).
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Highlands Dev. Corp. v. City of Boise, 188 P.3d 900 (Idaho 2008). · cites it 4× “Review would be precluded for all zoning decisions, as well as interim and emergency moratoria on issuance of selected classes of permits under I.C. §§ 67-6523 and 6524 because moratoria are not stated to be permits.”
Soloaga v. Bannock Cnty., 809 P.2d 1157 (Idaho Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “See I.C. § 67-6523. On November 14,1983, the County adopted the Emergency Land Use Ordinance.”
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