Kentucky West - Bear Lake County, Idaho

4.2 Sensitive Slopes
There are areas within the Kentucky West property where slopes exceed 25%. These
areas have been identified and planned for accordingly in the overall master plan and
preliminary plat. Each lot and tract has been situated to provide adequate room to site
a structure in areas where slopes are less than 25%. It is anticipated and
recommended that the builders and lot owner take advantage of retaining walls,
stepped foundations and other building techniques to better integrated the structures
into the existing landform.
4.3 Development Access and Traffic Impacts
The proposed development is situated on a long linear tract of land that extends
east/west from the major arterial road through the area (US Highway 89). The
frontage and access on Highway 89 is limited and due to the high speeds on the
roadway and multiple existing residential and farm accesses to adjacent properties,
any additional accesses within a distance of 610’ are discouraged by ordinance.
The existing property contains a private cabin access road that extends through the
property and connects with Jacobs Canyon Road (County maintained road). It is
proposed that all phases shall be required to ensure the proposed road improvements
will maintain viable access to this thoroughfare and secondary ingress/egress. This
secondary ingress/egress would be suitable for maintaining access to the existing
cabin sites located adjacent to the property and to provide egress in the case of an
emergency. Additionally, three roadways are provided and/or connected to the
north/south boundaries of the property, providing opportunity and planning for future
north/south traffic corridors that will alleviate congestion and support the limited
access on US Highway 89.
It is anticipated that a traffic impact study will be required for submittal to the Idaho
Transportation Department as part of the access improvements along Highway 89,
this would coincide with the final design and improvements necessary for final plat of
Phase I of the Kentucky West Estates Development.
4.4 Sewer
The sewer system for the development is proposed to be constructed by the developer
including all trunk lines, service lines and lift stations down to Highway 89. At this
point the sewer is proposed to tie in to the Fish Haven Sewer District and will
increase the overall demand on this system.