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Design Review Commission denies appeal; upholds administrative approval for Sycamore Commons adaptive reuse
Summary
The commission denied an appeal of an administrative approval for LEAP Housing's Sycamore Commons adaptive reuse of a former nursing facility at 3115 N. Sycamore Drive, finding the application met the modern zoning code's minor design-review requirements and parking reduction incentives for adaptive reuse.
Boise's Design Review Commission on July 9 denied an appeal of the administrative approval that allows LEAP Housing to convert a former nursing facility at 3115 North Sycamore Drive into a 53-unit independent senior-living complex (Sycamore Commons).
Planning staff explained the project is an adaptive reuse of an existing building in an R-2 zone and was processed as a Type 2 (minor) design review application under the modern zoning code. Staff said the nursing home's licensed operation ended in 02/2021 and that the applicant's proposal meets the adaptive-reuse parking reduction (50% reduction) and other code requirements, including required long- and short-term bicycle parking and on-site parking that satisfies the reduced parking…
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