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Boise council advances package of zoning policy updates on ADUs, incentives, EV and bike parking, and airport overlay
Summary
City staff proposed policy changes to Boise's zoning code including allowing two accessory units on single-family lots, easing bike-parking rules, shifting affordability requirements from 60% AMI/25% units to 80% AMI/10% units with longer deed restrictions, and removing CUPs in parts of the airport influence B1 overlay; council directed staff to proceed to public hearing and use interim flexibility for EV and bike parking.
Boise Mayor MacLean and the City Council heard a detailed presentation from Planning and Development Services staff on a package of zoning policy changes staff said are intended to advance housing supply, sustainability, and predictable implementation.
Maureen (Director Brewer), presenting the proposals, said the package pairs roughly 49 technical edits with six substantive policy items. Among the policy changes, staff recommended removing a universal EV-charging mandate and instead requiring EV-ready spaces only for housing projects that opt into the sustainability incentives: projects with more than 20 parking spaces that use the incentives would need 5% of spaces to be EV-ready. "We're recommending removing the EV requirement for all development and instead including an EV parking requirement through the incentives," Maureen said.
On bike parking, staff proposed three principal changes: introduce an alternative-compliance review allowing the planning director flexibility on bike-parking location or design (including scooters and micro-mobility),…
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