May 5, 2023
City of Boise - Comprehensive Planning Division
150 N Capital Blvd
Boise, ID 83702
(sent via email)
Re: ZOA23-00001 and CPA23-00001 / City of Boise
Dear Applicant:
This letter is to inform you of the action taken by the Boise City Planning and Zoning Commission on your request to amend Boise City Code - Title 11 (also known as the Development Code) and the associated zoning map. In addition to the proposed code text amendment, a comprehensive plan amendment is also proposed to ensure the comprehensive plan accurately reflects the new zoning districts.
The Boise City Planning and Zoning Commission, at the terminus of their meetings held between April 24th and April 27th , 2023, recommended the Mayor and Boise City Council approve the proposed modern zoning code with the amendments outlined in the staff memo dated April 13, 2023; based on the attached Reason for the Decision.
This application will be considered by the Boise City Council at a public hearing beginning June 12th, 2023 and will likely continue through Thursday, June 15th, 2023. Please check all City of Boise posted schedules for the planned presentations and testimony for each day.
Questions can be directed to Andrea Tuning at (208) 608-7078 or atuning@cityofboise.org.
Sincerely,
Crystal Rain Planning and Zoning Manager Boise City Planning and Development ServicesCR/nn
cc: Tim Keane / City of Boise / tkeane@cityofboise.org
Rob Lockward / Deputy City Attorney / rlockward@cityofboise.org
James Smith / Deputy City Attorney / jbsmith@cityofboise.org
Courtney Washburn / Chief of Staff / cwashburn@cityofboise.org
Neighborhood Associations
POR from the April 24-27th PZC Hearings
The City of Boise Planning and Development Services Department acknowledges the ancestral, cultural, traditional, and unceded territory of the Shoshone, Bannock, and Northern Paiute people on which our land use and development decisions are made.
REASON FOR THE DECISION
Code Text Amendment
To successfully implement the City of Boise’s comprehensive plan and define a clear path forward that will allow our city to protect the things that make it special, a modern zoning code and new zoning map are necessary. The proposed development code will provide modern tools to implement the city’s long range planning goals and create a city for everyone by allowing people to have a choice in where the live, how they move throughout the city, where they are employed and shop, and ensure they are surrounded by safe and healthy environments. The proposed code complies with the approval criteria detailed in Boise City Code Section 11-03-04.1 (Code Amendment) and is further described in the project report.
Comprehensive Plan Amendment
For the comprehensive plan to effectively define the general vision for our community’s longterm future through the creation of goals, objectives, policies, and our Future Land Use Map, the language and terminology within the comprehensive plan, the development code, the zoning map, and the Local Land Use Planning Act must be consistent and support one another. The proposed comprehensive plan amendment provides that clarity and complies with the approval criteria detailed in the Boise City Code Section 11-03-04.16 (Comprehensive Plan Amendment) and is further described in the project report.