Anglers Hamlet subdivision plan advances after commission hears concerns about trees, irrigation and private street design

The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the Anglers Hamlet subdivision — a combined preliminary/final plat, PUD and conditional use permit for a six-lot configuration (five residential lots plus a private-street common lot) on a roughly 5-acre site along the Boise River north channel, after hearing detailed presentations from the applicant and staff and public comment about tree health and irrigation ditch maintenance.

What the commission reviewed: Principal Jason Densmer and applicant representatives described a five-single-family-lot plan that preserves two existing ponds and retains much of the mature tree canopy along the river corridor. The site was annexed in 2008 with an MUDA designation; the current application updates the development agreement and proposes a private street and several waivers from standard subdivision…