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Commission recommends rezoning and conditional use permit for landscaping business at Happy Valley Road
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning a 3.03-acre parcel on Happy Valley Road from RS 22 to BC and approved a conditional use permit allowing temporary outdoor storage and plant material storage for a landscape company; applicants and staff agreed to frontage and irrigation conditions.
The Nampa Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend rezoning a 3.03-acre parcel at 0 Happy Valley Road from RS 22 to BC (Community Business) and to forward a conditional use permit allowing outdoor plant-material storage and intermittent equipment storage for Unlimited Solutions Landscaping.
Ben Semple, representing Rodney Evans and Partners and the applicant, described plans for a small office, shop and demonstration area, and said most equipment would be stored inside overnight. “Part of the project here is a conditional use permit to allow for temporary outdoor storage of equipment,” Semple said. He added the applicant plans to store mulch and plant materials in a gravel area at the northwest corner and said the operation is primarily crew vehicles and trailers rather than large rigs.
City staff said the site’s comprehensive-plan designation (low-density residential) may be stretched one parcel toward an adjacent commercial designation where compatible. The staff presentation listed standard conditions for annexation, right-of-way dedication, frontage improvements and irrigation-district coordination. Staff noted a traffic-impact study was not required, that utilities are available, and that access will be from South Happy Valley Road.
A resident raised concerns about train-related dust and potential migration of stored materials; staff said fugitive-dust and erosion-control rules and the city’s environmental compliance process would apply if dust or material migration became an issue. Commissioners asked about site access near the railroad and the applicant said the driveway would be relocated farther south and frontage improvements constructed to city standards.
Commissioner Morgan moved to recommend approval of the zoning map amendment and conditional use permit with the staff-recommended conditions; Commissioner Garner seconded. The commission voted in favor and will forward the recommendation to city council. Staff told the commission the CUP and rezoning proceed together and that final action will be at council.
