Pocatello commission approves preliminary plat for Stratton Estates Division 4, with conditions on irrigation

The Pocatello Planning and Zoning Commission on the March 2025 agenda voted to approve a preliminary plat application from Wayward Kinghorn Management LLC to subdivide 1256 Kinghorn Road into roughly 12 residential lots for townhomes, subject to conditions including more detailed plans for irrigation and drainage.

The approval, for a subdivision titled Stratton Estates Division 4, was made after staff described the proposal as an infill project that complies with the city's applicable zoning provisions and after the commission reviewed public comment raising concerns about irrigation access and the change from single-family to townhome development.

Becky Babb, planning manager for the City of Pocatello, told the commission the application would plat about 1.11 acres into approximately 11 townhome lots (the overall plat documents list 12 lots) and that the proposal relies on the city's infill development standards under Title 17 of the zoning code to permit reduced minimum lot sizes. "With…