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Commission approves 57,610-square-foot industrial building near Boise Airport with amended street-tree requirement
Summary
The Design Review Commission approved DRH25-00030 for a new 57,610-square-foot industrial building south of the Boise Airport influence area overlay, removing one bike-parking condition after the applicant provided a floor plan and adding a requirement to plant street trees in the right-of-way buffer.
The Boise City Design Review Commission on March 12 approved DRH25-00030, a proposal for a partial three-story industrial building of about 57,610 square feet and associated site improvements, with modified conditions addressing bicycle storage and street-tree placement.
Planning staff member Catherine said the property is in the I-1 zoning district north of an unbuilt section of Innovator Street, south of the Boise Airport and roughly a quarter-mile west of Pleasant Valley Road. The proposal is phase two of a multi-phase industrial project; phase one had previously received administrative approval and a City Council variance on Feb. 4, 2025, to allow the project layout.
Catherine told the commission the planning team recommended approval with two revisions: remove Condition D (which required a secured, covered long-term bike parking facility for at least 19 bikes) because the applicant submitted a floor plan showing the required long-term bike storage, and add Condition E clarifying that required street trees along the new public road must be planted within the required 8-foot streetscape buffer inside the right of way rather than entirely on private property.
An applicant representative (listed in the record as Bridal Smith) confirmed the applicant had provided the additional information requested by staff and worked with planners on the remaining conditions.
Commissioner Stad moved to approve the project according to the findings, conclusions of law and amended conditions recommended by staff (including adopting Condition E and striking Condition D). The commission voted unanimously to approve the project.
The approval allows the applicant to proceed with final design and permit applications subject to the amended conditions, including the clarified location for street-tree planting and verification of the mapped long-term bicycle storage.
