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Middleton planning commission removes downtown couplet, approves county AOI and rejects Southern Bypass routes
Summary
The Middleton Planning & Zoning Commission voted to remove a proposed downtown couplet from the comprehensive plan, accept the Canyon County-determined Area of Impact (AOI) and Viking Street addition, and deny adding two Southern Bypass alternatives and deleting Crane Creek Plaza; developers warned the changes follow months of uncertainty and millions in local investment.
MIDDLETON, Idaho — The Middleton Planning & Zoning Commission on Jan. 12 voted to amend the city's comprehensive plan maps to remove the downtown one-way 'couplet', accept the Area of Impact (AOI) map approved by Canyon County, and add a Viking Street corridor — while declining to add two Southern Bypass alternatives drawn from an ITD PEL study or to remove the Crane Creek Plaza concept.
The vote concluded a public hearing and several hours of staff presentation and public testimony. The commission's motion, made by Chair Matthew Watkins and seconded as recorded, instructed staff to replace appendix graphics and revise comp plan text to reflect the county AOI and to strike the couplet from both the Transportation & Schools map and the Functional Classification Map.
Why it matters: The contested map changes would redraw assumptions about where the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) might site a regional bypass and who controls future development. Developers told the commission that…
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