Planning commission recommends denial of Madrone Village annexation and preliminary plat after public debate on traffic and schools

The Kuna City Planning and Zoning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend denial of an annexation, preliminary plat and design‑review package for the Madrone Village subdivision, a proposed development on about 79 acres south of the railroad and near 10 Mile and Kuna Road.

Troy Beheunen of the City of Kuna’s Development Services Department told the commission the application requested annexation of approximately 79 acres into Kuna with zoning changes to R‑6 (medium‑density residential) and C‑1 (neighborhood commercial). The applicant proposed a preliminary plat with roughly 354 single‑family lots in earlier filings; subsequent revisions increased and then adjusted the lot mix, with the applicant later stating the overall lot count changed “from 414 to 409.” The tentative plan also included a school lot, a city park and multiple common lots.

Stephanie Hopkins, representing the applicant’s engineering…