Boise planning commission defers Clover Overland Place subdivision over sidewalk and pathway conditions

BOISE — The Boise City Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday deferred consideration of a four‑lot preliminary plat at 12535 West Overland Road after debate over whether the developer must install a 10‑foot detached sidewalk and a multi‑use pathway along the Ridenbaugh Canal as required by a 2018 development agreement and the city's current code.

Planner Moser told the commission the Clover Overland Place subdivision application would create four buildable lots on about 6.15 acres and that the recorded development agreement calls for a public pathway along the canal, a minimum 5‑foot detached sidewalk and an 8‑foot landscape buffer. “The DA also requires the construction of screening walls, a public pathway along the Ridenbaugh Canal, and a minimum of a 5 foot wide detached sidewalk and an 8 foot wide landscape buffer along the street frontages abutting the subject property,” staff read into the record.

The applicant’s representative said the project previously had an approved plan set…