Variance · Planning application
Ada County approves variance letting existing shed stay in side setback
The Board of County Commissioners approved on June 24 a request to vacate part of a 10-foot utility easement and a variance so a roughly 540-square-foot shed built around 2017 can remain within a 25-foot side setback.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in Ada County's record. See the official record
The applicant, Jeremy Butterfield, is asking Ada County to vacate (remove) a portion of a 10-foot utility, irrigation, and drainage easement and to approve a variance so an existing shed can remain within a 25-foot side setback at 6029 W. View Drive near Meridian. The shed is a prefabricated steel building of about 540 square feet, built around 2017 without a permit, on a 6.03-acre rural property. Staff recommends denial.
Vacation of a 10' utility easement and a Variance to allow an existing shed to encroach into a 25' side setback. The property is located at 6029 W View Dr and contains 6.03 acres in the Rural-Urban Transition (RUT) District; Section 16, T.3N, R.1W.
Timeline
June 24, 2025
Approved
Ada County Board of County Commissioners: Approved.
June 24, 2025
On the agenda: Ada County Board of County Commissioners
June 11, 2025
Ada County staff recommended denial
June 11, 2025
Public hearing: Ada County Board of County Commissioners
June 6, 2025
Document added: Memo (Board of County Commissioners, Jun 11, 2025)
June 4, 2025
Document added: Staff report (Board of County Commissioners, Jun 11, 2025)
June 4, 2025
Document added: Findings (Board of County Commissioners, Jun 11, 2025)
April 1, 2025
Application filed
Documents
Staff reports
- Download Staff memo adding sign posting exhibit to variance file
Planner's memo to county commissioners noting a late-submitted sign posting certification form and photos (Exhibit 29, five pages) added to the staff report.
June 6, 2025 · 6 pages · 11.7 MB · Staff Memo
- Download Staff report for easement vacation and setback variance
County staff analysis of a request to vacate part of a utility easement and vary a side setback so an existing shed can remain, with the shed built without a permit.
June 4, 2025 · 60 pages · 10.9 MB · Staff Report
Decisions
- Download Findings of fact, conclusions of law and order
Board of County Commissioners decision after the June 11, 2025 hearing, vacating a utility easement and granting a side-setback variance for an existing shed.
June 4, 2025 · 7 pages · 251 KB · Findings