Comprehensive plan amendment · Planning application
Heavy equipment rental yard on 6.76 acres approved with conditions
County commissioners approved changing the site from rural to industrial use for Western States Equipment Company's rental facility, with an office, shop and wash bay. The May 13 approval requires repairs indoors and keeps buildings away from a petroleum pipeline.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in Ada County's record. See the official record
Western States Equipment Company wants to turn a 6.76-acre vacant site at 10143 S. Federal Way, near Boise, into a heavy equipment rental facility and yard. The plan needs a land use map change and rezone from rural to general industrial, and includes a 250-square-foot temporary rental office, an approximately 5,000-square-foot office and shop, and an approximately 900-square-foot wash bay. The company also asks to use chain link fencing instead of a solid screening fence.
A comprehensive plan map amendment to change the future land use designation on Ada County's Future Land Use Map from Rangeland to Industrial. A zoning ordinance map amendment to rezone the property from the Rural Preservation (RP) District to the General Indusrial (M2) District along with a development agreement. A master site plan for a heavy equipment rental facility and yard. Also, a request for alternative compliance for the screening of the site. The property is located at 10143 S. Federal Way and contains approximately 6.76 acres in the Rural Preservation (RP) District in Section 18, T. 2N, R. 3E.
Timeline
May 13, 2026
Approved
Ada County Board of County Commissioners: Approved.
May 13, 2026
Public hearing: Ada County Board of County Commissioners
May 6, 2026
5 documents added
April 9, 2026
Ada County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval
April 9, 2026
Ada County staff recommended approval
April 9, 2026
Public hearing: Ada County Planning and Zoning Commission
Feb. 9, 2026
Application filed
Documents
Staff reports
- Download Staff report for Board of County Commissioners hearing
Ada County staff report recommending on a comprehensive plan map amendment, rezone, development agreement, master site plan and alternative screening compliance for a heavy equipment rental yard.
May 6, 2026 · 154 pages · 31.3 MB · Staff Report
- Download Staff memo transmitting revised ACHD staff report
Staff memo to the Planning and Zoning Commission adding a revised Ada County Highway District staff report dated April 2, 2026, as Exhibit 37 for the western states equipment and rental store application.
April 3, 2026 · 13 pages · 1.2 MB · Staff Memo
- Download Staff report for comprehensive plan amendment and rezone
Planning staff analysis recommending a Rangeland-to-Industrial map change, rezone to General Industrial (M2), development agreement, master site plan, and screening alternative for a heavy equipment rental yard.
April 1, 2026 · 91 pages · 20.9 MB · Staff Report
Decisions
- Download Findings of fact, conclusions of law and order
Board of Ada County Commissioners findings on the Western States Equipment Company comprehensive plan amendment, covering the record and procedural history of the May 13, 2026 hearing.
May 6, 2026 · 22 pages · 347 KB · Findings
- Download Findings of fact, conclusions of law and order
Planning and Zoning Commission decision after the April 9, 2026 hearing, covering the record, procedural history, and project description for the equipment rental facility and yard application.
April 1, 2026 · 21 pages · 353 KB · Findings