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Boise City staff propose major zoning policy changes on EV rules, ADUs and airport overlay
Summary
City planning staff recommended removing a universal EV-charging mandate in favor of incentive-linked EV-ready parking, easing bike-parking rules, permitting two accessory units on single-family lots, shifting affordability targets (60% AMI to 80% AMI; 25% units to 10%) and allowing higher by-right densities in parts of the airport influence area.
City planning staff on Thursday presented a package of policy updates to Boise City’s zoning code that would change requirements for electric-vehicle charging, bike parking, accessory dwelling units and incentive-driven affordability — and would remove a conditional-use-review requirement for much of the airport influence area.
The changes, presented by Maureen of the Planning and Development Services (PDS) team, would remove a universal EV-charging requirement for all development and instead tie EV-ready parking to the city’s sustainability incentives. "For housing projects with greater than 20 parking spots . . . we would require 5% of those spaces to be EV ready," Maureen told the council. The shift reflects developer feedback that a blanket requirement was creating uncertainty for projects.
Staff also proposed a more flexible approach to bike parking: establish an alternative-compliance review that allows the planning director to approve different locations or designs (including scooter or…
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