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Board tables Leon Acres variance, directs revised findings striking Boise trail easement
Summary
Ada County commissioners voted to table action on the Leon Acres subdivision (application 2024-01253 SVPR) to Dec. 17, with direction to prepare revised findings that would grant a variance for two 2.4-acre lots and strike a condition requiring a 16-foot easement for a future Boise pathway adjacent to the New York Canal.
Dec. 4 — The Ada County Board of Commissioners voted to table final action on a preliminary plat variance and private road for the Leon Acres subdivision (application 2024-01253 SVPR) and directed staff to prepare revised findings to grant the variance while removing a condition that would reserve a 16-foot easement for a future Boise pathway.
Staff described the proposal as a two-lot subdivision on a 4.8-acre parcel in the RSW (southwest rural) zone. The applicant, Trevor Plaistead, proposed two lots of about 2.4 acres each; the RSW district requires a minimum lot size of 2.5 acres, which is why the variance was needed. The proposed private road, West Falling Star Lane, would be 30 feet wide, short of the typical 50-foot easement usually required for…
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