Eagle planning panel remands Watermark subdivision to staff after residents raise floodway, density and amenity concerns

The City of Eagle Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 4 recommended remanding the Watermark Subdivision application back to staff for revision after a lengthy public hearing and resident testimony.

Boise Hunter Homes proposes the Watermark project on a mixed‑use parcel south of Riverside Drive along the Boise River: a preliminary plat, preliminary development plan, conditional use permit and development agreement modification for roughly 151 lots — 147 attached single‑family lots and four common lots — at a density staff summarized as 15.82 dwelling units per acre (density was calculated excluding the floodway). Planning staff’s packet shows the applicant is requesting multiple waivers from MUDA standards, including minimum lot size, lot width and frontage, setbacks, public utility/irrigation/drainage easements, detached sidewalks and an increase in allowable lot coverage.

Haley Durham, planning and zoning staff, told commissioners the application proposes a mix of attached units and common open space and that the property’s southern portion sits in the FEMA floodway and therefore ‘‘will require an engineered no‑rise certification and … a conditional letter of map revision’’ for certain improvements. ‘‘A 147 of those are single family attached with 4 common lots. Overall density of 15.82 dwelling units per acre,’’ Durham said during her presentation.

Applicant representatives said the product is a for‑sale,…