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Ada County tables Icarus Behavioral Health appeal after hours of neighborhood testimony
Summary
After more than three hours of public testimony, the Ada County Board of Commissioners voted to table the appeal by Icarus Behavioral Health — which seeks a conditional use permit to increase capacity from 8 to 16 adults at 11101 W. Chapin Ave — to Feb. 3 to allow staff and commissioners more time to review septic, zoning and Fair Housing Act issues.
The Ada County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 14 closed a multi‑hour public hearing on an appeal by Icarus Behavioral Health and voted to table the matter to the board’s Feb. 3 open business meeting to allow more time to review the record and agency comments.
Staff summarized the appeal as a request to reverse a Planning & Zoning Commission denial and approve a conditional use and master site plan to operate a short‑term (typically 28 days or less) adult behavioral health residential program for up to 16 residents at 11101 W. Chapin Ave. Planning staff recommended approving the appeal, noting the use is conditionally allowed in the R‑6 (medium density residential) zone and that agencies had not objected to the project, while Central District Health (CDH) flagged a wastewater requirement.
“The applicant is asking for a conditional use permit for a residential care facility to allow more than 8 and up to 16 folks to reside at this home for residential care,” said Jeff Bauer, legal counsel for the applicant,…
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