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Boise City Council approves Cotterell Cottages rezone despite neighborhood objections
Summary
The council voted to rezone 0.89 acres at 650 South Cotterell Drive to R1B and approved a four‑lot preliminary plat for the Cotterell Cottages, following hours of public comment opposing the density, private covenants and water/traffic impacts.
Boise City Council approved a rezone and preliminary plat for the Cotterell Cottages at 650 South Cotterell Drive after a public hearing in which dozens of neighbors urged denial. The council voted in favor of the rezoning and subdivision with affirmative votes recorded for Morales, Nash, Stead, Corliss and Halliburton.
Neighbors described the proposal — a subdivision creating four single‑family lots on roughly 0.89 acres — as incompatible with the established one‑acre character of Town and Country Estates and argued the change would set an unwanted precedent. Deborah Bishop, who said she owns the property directly bordering the site, told the council, "Quite simply, this proposal does not…
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