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Council agrees to reconsider State Street rezoning request amid traffic concerns
Summary
Council voted 4–1 on a motion to reconsider a previously denied rezoning and subdivision at 9744 State Street; the applicant proposed phasing and traffic mitigation including limited left turns during phase one and a future realigned, signalized intersection before later phases.
Planning staff presented a reconsideration request for C253 and SUB25-12 at the June 16 Boise City Council meeting. The applicant seeks to rezone about 8.65 acres at 9744 State Street from R1A to R2 and to approve a preliminary plat for a residential subdivision that, as presented, would be phased: phase one would allow a mix of detached single-family and townhomes with left-turn allowances on State Street, and phase two (multifamily) would not begin until a planned signalized realignment and median were installed.
Planner Jesse Lyall told the council the original denial cited traffic impacts and the absence of the planned signalized intersection at Mer Lane and State Street. "The planning team is supportive of the proposed phasing and traffic mitigation strategies and recommends that the council reconsider the denial," Lyall said. Council members repeatedly raised the same neighborhood traffic and safety concerns that prompted the original denial.
After discussion, Council Member (unnamed in the transcript) moved to reconsider CR25-3 and SUB25-12; the motion was seconded and passed by roll call 4–1. Council members who supported reconsideration said they were willing to hear the proposal again provided the applicant brings clear and enforceable traffic mitigation and infrastructure commitments (including investment in surrounding streets) when the application returns with a new public hearing.
If the council schedules a new hearing, staff noted the reconsideration would open the application to public notice and another formal hearing. No final rezoning or plat approval was recorded on June 16; the council’s action was only to reconsider and potentially relist the application for a future hearing.
