The Boise City Design Review Commission on Dec. 11 approved plans for a new Peterbilt truck repair and service center and voted to defer five separate design‑review projects to the commission’s Jan. 8, 2025 meeting.

The commission voted to approve DRH24-00339, an application to build an approximately 73,000‑square‑foot, two‑story industrial building and an accessory building at 97,100 South Blue Cloud Lane, with the motion made by a commissioner and seconded by another commissioner before passing on a roll call vote. Planning staff recommended approval with conditions included in the project report.

The project site is located off Freight Street, west of I‑84 and east of Eisenman Road; the applicant said the proposal consolidates two existing parcels and locates the larger building to the south and a smaller building to the north. Planning staff described the buildings as concrete tilt‑up construction, painted gray, white and red, with prominent entry features and facade articulation. The staff report requires landscaping and tree planting in accordance with the zoning code.

“There are two buildings at 97,100 South Blue Cloud Lane,” applicant Jordan O’Toole said and told the commission the move from the applicant’s current location about a mile away “would benefit this area and bring a better revenue stream.” O’Toole also said the applicant agreed with the conditions of approval in the staff report.

No members of the public registered to testify on the application, and the commission closed the public‑testimony portion before moving to a motion to approve.

Separately, the commission took a bundled vote to defer five pending design‑review items — DRH23-00391, DRH24-00253, DRH24-00295, DRH24-00326 and DRH24-00336 — to the Jan. 8, 2025 hearing. The maker of the deferral motion noted that DRH23-00391 has reached the commission’s last allowed deferral and must be heard on Jan. 8 or be withdrawn or resubmitted. One commissioner recused themself from voting on item DRH24-00253; the motion to defer carried on roll call.

The commission also approved the work session and meeting minutes from Nov. 13, 2024, with one abstention from a commissioner who said they had been absent from that earlier hearing.

The commission concluded its Dec. 11 meeting after hearing the remaining agenda items and wishing members and attendees happy holidays.