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Commission approves redesigned CWI building at West Main; requires follow-up work session on canopies and pedestrian connections

3311360 · May 12, 2025
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Summary

The commission approved DRH25-00081, a four-story Career & Technical building for College of Western Idaho at 3150 West Main Street, after the applicant revised an earlier eight-story plan. The commission added a condition requiring a public work session focused on canopies and pedestrian-scale details.

The Design Review Commission voted May 14 to approve DRH25-00081, a four-story building for the College of Western Idaho (CWI) at 3150 West Main Street, subject to the project report’s findings and recommended conditions plus an added condition requiring the applicant to return to a public work session to refine canopies and pedestrian-scale elements.

Planning staff said the building meets MX-5 zoning requirements, including the four-story minimum for the zone, and noted the site is a designated high-visibility street corner. Staff recommended the project include…

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