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Council upholds Ada County jail expansion but trims EV‑parking requirement to four spaces
Summary
Boise City Council denied Ada County's appeal of a Planning & Zoning condition that required EV‑capable parking for the Ada County Jail expansion, but the council reduced the required number to four EV‑capable spaces. The Planning & Zoning Commission had required 31 EV‑capable spaces; staff and the county disputed the method for calculating that
Boise City Council on April 25 denied an appeal by Ada County and upheld a Planning & Zoning Commission approval of a conditional use permit for an expansion of the Ada County Jail — but amended the permit’s condition on electric‑vehicle parking, ordering four EV‑capable spaces.
The dispute centered on how many EV‑capable parking spaces the city may require. Planning staff had recommended 31 EV‑capable spaces based on the expansion’s gross floor area and the city’s code formula; the county argued the requirement should be based on the number of newly installed parking stalls and sought either to remove the condition or reduce it. The applicant proposed several figures during the process — including a plan showing conduit for eight stalls and a later…
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