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Staff described the project as a 176-room hotel with 179 parking spaces; renderings show masonry at the base with EIFS and metal paneling in upper portions, and staff confirmed the design meets height limits established in the site's development agreement. The applicant, architect Sid Parekh, said the team reduced EIFS coverage and added masonry and aluminum paneling to meet the development standards; staff noted the project stays within the 50% maximum EIFS allowance on the Elder-facing facade.

A nearby homeowner testified about noticing limited public notification and expressed concerns about proximity to the house, stormwater runoff and noticing practices for development approvals. The applicant and staff responded that stormwater retention will be handled on-site as part of public-works and building-permit review and that drainage, grading and retention details will be reviewed during permit processing.

With the staff-recommended conditions and the clarifications that drainage and grading will be reviewed and permitted by Public Works, the commission approved the application on a roll call vote. The approval leaves standard follow-up tasks to building and public-works permit review to verify drainage retention, landscape and final material samples.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Design Review Commission","oneSentenceSummary","The commission approved a 176-room hotel development at 3635 West Elder Street (DRH25-00102), finding the design met height and material requirements and that stormwater/drainage retention will be addressed at permit review.","taxTitle","Boise City, Boise, Ada County, Idaho","taxId",8706,"location","Idaho","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6656015,"Design Review Commission denies appeal; upholds administrative approval for Sycamore Commons adaptive reuse",3772,6324000,10096000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5348206-016aa77afb6a84f1a2f1a9340a8bdb12&start=6324&end=10096","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5348206-016aa77afb6a84f1a2f1a9340a8bdb12/thumbnail_6324000.jpg","/articles/6656015/Idaho/Design-Review-Commission-denies-appeal-upholds-administrative-approval-for-Sycamore-Commons-adaptive-reuse","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656015-e1f59d47c54bf88b5ecf65812ad84224/orig.mp4?Expires=1771170830&Signature=XgaFFdJ5SxpAlSqctznzLfjoyKyIgFsVwDPI-2HueZai9xt~DOuuOsqWoEU1f5bAJosIVJHvD4FFS3POyD6So3vQVDt1UuTFzmmto7fCrIPF7J6CCBb~4emOJXSsAztmPAxJJKKM3Py-wi57J6o9BRk5gD8-1wOmfRxanHTbSlruJuKXOpnwbz-YBlziTkSq6OSfAqtscQM2j1de6LzKbiPkC~K2o4g3~8AdrFrTkhFY2YEl4q~iM3eb8rfNEiSmRa5wF2wSbmNUE6HaYVks5rU7D~L5g3241KtEPwU6gOJ3dp-WGKjbOhAq4gDdyqqsgDUUrM4qtlw38mt3EbfMwg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Boise's Design Review Commission on July 9 denied an appeal of the administrative approval that allows LEAP Housing to convert a former nursing facility at 3115 North Sycamore Drive into a 53-unit independent senior-living complex (Sycamore Commons).

Planning staff explained the project is an adaptive reuse of an existing building in an R-2 zone and was processed as a Type 2 (minor) design review application under the modern zoning code. Staff said the nursing home's licensed operation ended in 02/2021 and that the applicant's proposal meets the adaptive-reuse parking reduction (50% reduction) and other code requirements, including required long- and short-term bicycle parking and on-site parking that satisfies the reduced parking threshold. Staff recommended denial of the appeal and upheld the director's administrative approval.

Appellants, represented by nearby residents, argued the site remained in medical use through 2022 under a lease to a separate operator (Cascadia Healthcare), that the project requires a conditional use permit under the code section cited by appellants because the nursing-home use existed within the last three years, and that site plans were ambiguous about interior/exterior common areas, open space dimensions and parking. Appellants also said a long-standing off-site parking parcel historically used by the nursing home had been conveyed with the property and should have been included in the adaptive reuse project rather than paving new on-site green space for a smaller parking lot.

Applicant LEAP Housing and its representative argued the nursing facility license was terminated in early 2021 and that subsequent short-term medical uses do not change the code determination for adaptive reuse; they also emphasized the project meets the code's open-space rules (including interior common area credit) and that ACHD and staff reviewed parking and access. ACHD had recommended plan changes in its staff report and the applicant worked with staff to resolve technical comments. The applicant noted the parcel historically used for nursing-home parking is not contiguous to the project parcel and therefore cannot be counted to meet the code's on-site parking requirement.

Following public testimony from neighbors concerned about parking, preservation of green space and notice/engagement, the commission debated the factual timeline and the code interpretation. The commission ultimately upheld staff's analysis that the administrative approval complied with applicable code provisions and moved to deny the appeal. The vote to deny the appeal and uphold the administrative decision was recorded in the transcript as unanimous among commissioners present.

The administrative approval allows LEAP to proceed under the adaptive reuse approval and associated conditions; the record notes the project includes 22 on-site parking spaces consistent with a 50% adaptive-reuse reduction and requires final plan details to be submitted during permit review.","The commission denied an appeal of an administrative approval for LEAP Housing's Sycamore Commons adaptive reuse of a former nursing facility at 3115 N. Sycamore Drive, finding the application met the modern zoning code's minor design-review requirements and parking reduction incentives for adaptive reuse.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6656020,"Design Review Commission defers 500 W. Washington office project after material, active-frontage and neighbor concerns",2297,3982000,6279000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5348206-016aa77afb6a84f1a2f1a9340a8bdb12&start=3982&end=6279","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5348206-016aa77afb6a84f1a2f1a9340a8bdb12/thumbnail_3982000.jpg","/articles/6656020/Idaho/Design-Review-Commission-defers-500-W-Washington-office-project-after-material-active-frontage-and-neighbor-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656020-92c842f9d40c0861a64621e51cb1a79d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771170830&Signature=ScGkCAMLQmRRO1H~KqEDVHcYdYLTM~twjp2WWka9Ctx57Hy1pQYFo6Zv7RTGo~xNZpypIbWEUhd5UrXiezv-z-HfNa~i9yVNddxRK6RlnlxbgpJ12C--3j4jqEogLjBvC~XM9tOtSlSDYmWgmEFKwEEJOuPXmZfVtkwxkmDOpBp1uzKqNU~m9IJoJYLZ76tU06xGnTPMUxDD14pO5ekjU8zuuUfzur3E9H461l~1lf9RnIqaYT6RHaO-KCp9pW0b8oA80b2lYPi3ioBybT2jofXAHCUW9E6t7CRw4fwTuhFRFxlREq45GTyzd0oRdAlCTmHHVjqAT4FuQH59xHG-kQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Design Review Commission deferred consideration of DRH25-00184, a proposed four-story office building at 500 West Washington Street, to the August 13 hearing after commissioners expressed concerns about exterior materials, active frontage calculations, parking ramp design and neighborhood impacts.

Planning staff described the proposal as a 73,000-square-foot office building with structured parking accessed from the alley and commercial space at the ground floor. Staff recommended conditions, including a limit on EIFS to 20% on the south and west facades, because the planning team felt the upper floors used an excessive amount of EIFS for the downtown planning area. The applicant, Harley Elliott of Landmark Conroe Architects, explained parking constraints and said the project requires a second level of structured parking to provide 99 spaces while maintaining active street-facing tenant space.

Neighbors raised objections during public testimony. A nearby property owner whose lot abuts the alley told the commission he is concerned about vehicle loading and maneuvering behind his residence; other residents said the proposed garage and its color palette and the loss of neighborhood character were problems.

Commissioners raised design concerns including (1) heavy reliance on EIFS, (2) limited active frontage where the ramp occurs and disagreement on whether certain bench/planter areas should count as active frontage, (3) landscape-plant palette dominated by deciduous species, and (4) the alley access location behind a single residential lot. One commissioner suggested reducing EIFS to 0% on south, east and west facades and allowing it only on the alley side. Another suggested requiring more substantial awnings and storefront treatment.

Given the number of outstanding design issues and the extent of revisions the commission wanted to see, the commission voted to defer the item to the August 13 public hearing to permit the applicant time to revise materials, provide more detail on active frontage calculations and work on landscaping and material palettes. The applicant accepted the August 13 date and asked for the earliest possible opportunity to return due to construction schedule concerns.

The project file is DRH25-00184; staff will review revised materials prior to re-noticing or before the next hearing per the commission's schedule.","A proposed four-story, approximately 73,000-square-foot office building with structured parking was deferred to August 13 after commissioners criticized building materials, active frontage calculations and the garage access and asked the applicant to return with revised materials.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6656024,"Design review commissioners defer mixed-use downtown project at 3150 Main to August for more street, bike, and crossing details",2767,987000,3754000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5348206-016aa77afb6a84f1a2f1a9340a8bdb12&start=987&end=3754","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5348206-016aa77afb6a84f1a2f1a9340a8bdb12/thumbnail_987000.jpg","/articles/6656024/Idaho/Design-review-commissioners-defer-mixed-use-downtown-project-at-3150-Main-to-August-for-more-street-bike-and-crossing-details","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656024-4d5dbcb43fca421d13f1fad835926b18/orig.mp4?Expires=1771170830&Signature=OJAaxRXs~wPda9UCmcjRmpkBBkyCnup9jvGgu7mYyWEh3fUfEbE~1x~CBCnz8gaVJGiwhSQYP0FH0gPvP1PRemt7gdNEPQqdjw7hPcgWxfX4kf5QRsP2F0ZIsF3waNoE8MFtPSKqvfcmuXfL-Q7u49Iz2nucec8smWErcGEpkBw4TcnV~p0Um~iSuWnwb7ZEGVMJuUc32itW9Wrpcx51NdbODD6Pi8nMfPvfopnOkStYag484fqkW3DysW6B~m4jtIlELaH5tpvFbbKbHydbL4TC84q~RDFPpExA3v4X1ovKn0RfkimDD76B-zgkEjwDAu31Ya8hmhswJn9KJS~T3Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Boise's Design Review Commission voted on July 9 to defer DRH24-00031, a mixed-use development proposal at 3150 Main Street, to the commission's August 13 work session to allow the applicant to address multiple outstanding conditions and interagency coordination items.

Planning staff outlined a set of conditions carried forward from the project's original approval and a set of new items the applicant must resolve before construction permits would be issued. Required items include floodplain and river system approvals, vegetating disturbed but inactive areas, an enhanced pedestrian crossing connecting the Greenbelt and an adjacent school at Whitewater Park Boulevard, a more detailed phasing plan, planting plans (including removal of pear trees and artificial turf along the Greenbelt), final hardscape and streetscape designs, a solid-waste plan, bicycle-parking details and grading/drainage plans that comply with Public Works and ACHD standards.

Applicant Ryan Cutler (Alquist Development) said the team has worked with project partners, submitted exhibits to the Ada County Highway District (ACHD), and asked the commission to modify three conditions (noted in staff materials as c, h and n). The project team provided an ACHD email that indicated ACHD 'would not recommend' an enhanced crossing at the Whitewater Park Boulevard location shown in staff materials; staff said the condition as written allows the applicant to move forward without the crossing only if ACHD provides a written statement explicitly prohibiting it. The applicant also sought flexibility on corner-entry pedestrian connections and on streetscape/bike-lane configuration along Main Street, explaining the proposed layout would match nearby streetscape and bridge alignments and align the bike lane with the existing protected lane across the Main Street bridge.

Commissioners raised multiple concerns: one commissioner said the pedestrian crossing is 372 feet from the next crossing and nearly 900 feet from another, and favored retaining the crossing condition unless ACHD explicitly prohibits it; another commissioner criticized the overall site layout, saying the plan 'necks down' the plaza and does not produce the public spaces envisioned in earlier plans. Several commissioners supported keeping conditions requiring interagency coordination with ACHD, Valley Regional Transit (VRT) and the Central City Development Corporation (CCDC).

After discussion, Commissioner Aguilar moved to defer DRH24-00031 to the August 13 work session to allow the applicant to address additional items and the commission seconded; the motion passed unanimously. The deferment gives the applicant time to provide revised materials and specific responses to ACHD, VRT and city staff so conditions can be either satisfied or reworked before the project returns to the commission.

Key outstanding items flagged by staff include final streetscape drawings that specify any deviations from city streetscape standards, demonstration of bus-stop compliance with VRT requirements, finalized bicycle parking that meets code for specific uses, an unobstructed direct path from the public sidewalk at the intersection into the site or plaza, and complete grading and drainage that meets public-works requirements.","The commission deferred DRH24-00031, a mixed-use development at 3150 Main Street, to August 13 after staff and commissioners identified outstanding phasing, streetscape, pedestrian crossing, bicycle, and landscaping issues and the applicant requested additional time to work with ACHD, VRT and city staff.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6656029,"Design Review Commission approves larger canopies, sunshades for CWI building at 3150 W. Main St.",343,638000,981000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5348206-016aa77afb6a84f1a2f1a9340a8bdb12&start=638&end=981","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5348206-016aa77afb6a84f1a2f1a9340a8bdb12/thumbnail_638000.jpg","/articles/6656029/Idaho/Design-Review-Commission-approves-larger-canopies-sunshades-for-CWI-building-at-3150-W-Main-St","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656029-0f4904a4c052fa9259842bd1cfd9b6bc/orig.mp4?Expires=1771170830&Signature=PLZ9wnXQzrfrG7d2G-oDijqjqVUmhsmcQ3E0MdMtMO9BzGSH-SG1jkS5-2tWFTzOOIf6voAz1xViIN4xvfDyOkVSKdlpiA4Qece8knj1FJnHmCypg-SkIGFR3NsMOKrPNYmis5br9RwenuU1QBd9OmIhavd5L8gw4TlU~g9JJrEilMH6poeFnqMRE0uhkTVKME-FzEUO1zVF60mRZ~y-XkZKFEPVFF~9aviAklJNagP7reOVyYuE-PIat4CqkQTkngi7LWpPm-D~CjG~p8~tKBqFqfAHVYF4LkiQjqz6-2eOGDgma7GiWvIeBDB8DYmSbl8~iD8OKniC~CVmfCGNNQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Boise City Design Review Commission voted to approve a revised canopy and sunshade proposal for the CWI building at 3150 West Main Street, adopting the project findings and conditions from the May 16, 2025 action letter as modified by updated submittal documents dated June 3, 2025 and July 9, 2025.

Caitlin, planning staff, summarized the item and noted the commission's prior May 14, 2025 approval required the design to return to a public work session for review of a revised canopy. Applicant Robert Busan described the updated design: canopies increased to roughly 5 feet deep, additional canopies wrapping the Whitewater/Main Street corner and projecting sunshade louvers along the west facade to add texture and shadow at pedestrian scale.

The staff recommendation was to approve the revised submittal with the previous conditions and findings carried forward. After a brief public hearing with no online testimony, a commissioner moved to approve the application per the May 16 action letter, modified by the June 3, 2025 submittal and the July 9 work session discussion; the motion was seconded and passed on a roll call vote. Recorded yes votes included Dimple, Aguilar, Johnson and Gesrick; no negative votes were recorded in the hearing transcript.

The approval carries the earlier conditions and findings; the commission did not add additional requirements during the July 9 hearing. The applicant and staff may proceed to finalize construction documents consistent with the conditions and the approved canopy and sunshade details.

For reference, the approval file is DRH25-00081 and the revised canopy details are in the applicant's updated submittal dated 06/03/2025.","The Design Review Commission approved revised canopies and added sunshades for the CWI building at 3150 W. Main St., adopting staff findings and prior conditions with updates tied to a June 3, 2025 submittal.","actionData","errors"]

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