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Council approves RV-garage setback variance for Bay Hill lot with recorded maintenance easement condition
Summary
A Nampa homeowner won council approval to build a 20-by-50-foot RV garage with side-yard setback variances and a partial PUE vacation after securing HOA and adjacent-neighbor support; council required a recorded five-foot maintenance/access easement as a condition for the building permit.
The Nampa City Council approved a variance and public-utility-easement vacation to allow construction of an RV garage at 520 West Bay Hill Drive, adding a requirement that the applicant obtain and record a maintenance/access easement from the adjacent neighbor.
Applicant Greg Hector explained the site constraints: a pie-shaped lot, an existing 29-year-old concrete CMU retaining wall built on the property line and within the utility easement, and an HOA rule that accessory roofs must connect to the primary structure. Hector said the proposed garage is 20 feet, 8 inches wide, by 50 feet long and that structural work may reuse portions of the existing retaining wall pending structural review. He presented letters of approval from his HOA and the adjacent neighbor.
Terry Friend, associate planner, and building-department staff reviewed code requirements. Staff noted that no utilities occupy the small portion of the PUE under the proposed building and that the applicant had obtained utility relinquishment letters from Idaho Power, Intermountain Gas, and Sparklight. Council members questioned construction-time access and long-term maintenance; staff and the applicant agreed an access/maintenance easement recorded against the neighbor’s property is appropriate.
Council moved and seconded approval of the variance and PUE vacation and added a motion that issuance of any building permit be conditioned on the applicant obtaining a five-foot maintenance easement from the adjacent property owner to allow access for long-term maintenance. The council approved the project by roll call vote.
Building staff also noted permit conditions to avoid eave overhangs and to require one-hour construction and no west-side openings where the building aligns with the property line.
