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Commission approves Walnut Place preliminary plat, delays subdivision of Alameda firehouse pending historic review
Summary
The commission approved a preliminary plat to subdivide 1.55 city-owned acres at 409 Washington into eight lots (four planned for duplexes) but added a condition combining Lots 1'04 into one parcel until the Alameda fire station's historic status is assessed and City Council considers next steps amid strong neighborhood opposition.
The Pocatello Planning and Zoning Commission on July 9 approved a preliminary plat the city submitted for a 1.55-acre property at 409 Washington — known locally for the former Alameda fire station and several city-leased social-service uses — but added a condition intended to preserve options for the historic structure.
Staff (Grama, planning development services director, and Becky Babb, planning manager; Merrill Quayle, development engineer) presented the city-owned proposal to subdivide the unplatted civic parcel into eight lots, with four lots identified in the staff packet as potential sites for duplexes or small homes. Grama told commissioners the application is a division of land only; "what this application is just an application of division of land," and decisions about demolition, rehabilitation or future use of individual buildings would be made later by City Council.
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