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Design Review Commission approves 260,000 sq. ft. cold-storage warehouse; removes overnight-loading restriction
Summary
The Boise City Design Review Commission approved a proposal by Sterling Bay to build an approximately 260,000-square-foot single-story industrial warehouse at 6101 South Pleasant Valley Road and agreed to remove a staff-recommended condition that had limited overnight loading hours.
The Boise City Design Review Commission on May 14 approved a proposal to construct an approximately 260,000-square-foot single-story industrial warehouse at 6101 South Pleasant Valley Road, finding that conditions, setbacks and design meet applicable standards and that the project’s requested change to a standard loading-hours condition is acceptable.
Planning staff presented the application and recommended approval with standard conditions but noted the applicant requested removal of standard condition 45, a restriction limiting hours for loading activities. Planning staff told the commission the nearest planned future residential use is roughly 2,000 feet from the loading area and concluded removing the restriction would likely not cause negative impacts on adjacent properties.
The applicant, Scott (Sterling Bay), said the building would support cold-storage demand in the Treasure Valley and that some operators may require two- or three-shift operations during seasonal periods. “While typical loading activity occurs during normal business hours, some operators will need to run 2 or 3 shifts during seasonal periods,” the applicant stated during the hearing.
Commission discussion touched on the broader citywide context for loading and unloading practices. One commissioner recommended evaluating loading and unloading hours across the city — particularly downtown — to address recurring truck-loading conflicts on public streets.
Motion and vote: A commissioner moved to approve DRH25-00011 with the staff findings, conclusions of law and recommended conditions in the project report, removing standard condition 45. The motion passed on a roll call vote; the transcript records the roll call as unanimous among the commissioners present.
The project as approved will require compliance with the planning team’s conditions on EV and bicycle parking, landscape standards and materials in the Wildland-Urban Interface overlay, except for the removed loading-hours restriction.
The commission closed the public portion without in-person testimony and returned the item to deliberation before voting.
The commission’s approval allows the project to proceed to any remaining city clearance steps noted in the project report.
