Council continues public hearing on Juniper Muir subdivision amid access, safety and pedestrian concerns

The McCall City Council on Aug. 14 continued the public hearing on a proposed preliminary plat (SUB25-01, Juniper Muir Subdivision) that would subdivide a remainder parcel in the Spring Mountain Ranch planned unit development into five residential lots. The council continued the hearing to a date certain (Sept. 25, 2025) and directed staff and the applicant to return with additional information addressing pedestrian connectivity and safety near Woolly Avenue.

Meredith Todd, city sustainability planner, summarized the application and staff review. The site falls in an R‑4 zone and, while the zone allows up to four units per acre, the applicant proposed much lower density (roughly one unit per acre). Todd said the parcel had not been previously designated as open space in the original Spring Mountain Ranch documents and that extensive topographic constraints — including a glacial moraine, rock outcrops and a wetland used for stormwater — shaped the applicant's proposed layout. She described the…