Boulder City planning commission conditionally approves lot‑width variance for Boulder 350 subdivision

On Aug. 20, 2025, the Boulder City Planning Commission voted to conditionally approve variance 25‑685, clearing the way for two narrower lots in the proposed Boulder 350 single‑family subdivision.

City planner Nikisha Lyons told the commission the proposal covers roughly 44.98 acres southwest of Adams Boulevard and Bristlecone Drive and would create 122 lots across three zoning districts (R‑17, R‑110 and R‑115). Lyons said the variance request applies to Lot 101, a corner lot designed at 70.82 feet where 85 feet is required, and Lot 116, an interior lot designed at 70 feet where 80 feet is required. “It is necessary that findings be provided for all 5 of the criteria for the variance to be approved,” Lyons said, summarizing the statutory test in Title 11.

Isaac Summers, representing the applicant Toll Brothers, said the developer redesigned the site to follow existing zoning and that only those two lots remain difficult to reconfigure without creating undesirable shapes on adjacent parcels. “We started with the intent of the site plan, which was to follow the existing zoning,” Summers said, and confirmed the firm's home plans will fit on the narrower lots.

Lyons reviewed staff’s analysis and two recommended paths: conditional approval based on site irregularities and spacing constraints, or denial on the grounds that the conditions cited are not sufficiently unique to the parcel. She noted a prior, narrower variance had been granted for an earlier nearby subdivision (Boulder Hills Estates, Subdivision No. 113) and said staff had found the current track’s curvilinear street layout and nonuniform parcel lines constrained standard lot layouts. Lyons also told the commission that the request had been noticed in accordance with city code and that no written public comments had been received.

After the public hearing was opened and no members of the public spoke, Lyons moved to conditionally approve variance 25‑685 “based on staff’s findings.” Chair McDonald seconded. The motion carried by voice vote; all members in attendance said “aye.” The conditional variance approval is required before the city can take up the subdivision tentative map and related development allotment applications.

What happens next: the approved variance will permit the applicant to proceed with the next steps of the land‑entitlement process (tentative map and development allotment applications), subject to any conditions attached to the approval.