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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 37047 THE COUNTY OF TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, ) political subdivision of the State of Idaho, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) ERIC HETTINGA, ) ) Defendant-Appellant. ) )

2011 Opinion No. 26 Filed: May 5, 2011 Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Twin Falls County. Hon. G. Richard Bevan, District Judge. Judgment enjoining use of property in violation of zoning ordinance, affirmed. Tim J. Williams, Twin Falls, for appellant. Wonderlich and Wakefield, Twin Falls, for respondent. Fritz A. Wonderlich did not appear at oral argument. ________________________________________________ LANSING, Judge In proceedings below, the district court determined that Eric Hettinga's use of his mother's property to park semi-trucks, trailers, and loaders violates applicable zoning laws. Hettinga appeals from that court's judgment enjoining him from continuing that use or conducting any trucking or hauling business on the property. I. BACKGROUND Hettinga resides on property that is owned by his mother. The property is located in Twin Falls County just outside the Filer city limits but is in the Filer area of impact for planning and zoning. The property is zoned residential-agricultural (R-A). 1
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The Idaho Local Land Use Planning Act requires that an area of city impact be designated before a city may annex adjacent territory into the city limits. I.C.

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