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Variance sought to connect a home's second-floor addition to its garage

The owner wants to expand the home's second floor to join the existing garage, which sits 2 feet into the rear setback. The variance request is under city review, and no parking changes off the alley are planned.

In reviewPLN26-00699Filed July 23, 2026East End · 1404 E Franklin St+2 related filings
Site plan for Variance sought to connect a home's second-floor addition to its garage
Site plan from the application documents.
Pin at the reported location; the shaded outline is the primary parcel (Ada County).

From the filing

The application's description as it appears in City of Boise's record. See the official record

Variance

Project name on file: 1404 E FRANKLIN ST

Timeline

  1. Oct. 13, 2026

    9 documents added

  2. Aug. 27, 2026

    Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review

  3. Aug. 26, 2026

    IDR Review Complete: IDR Waived

  4. Aug. 26, 2026

    Neighborhood Meeting Review: Completed

  5. Aug. 7, 2026

    Concept Review Complete: CR Complete - Type 3

  6. July 23, 2026

    Application Submittal: Online

  7. July 23, 2026

    Application filed

Documents

Site plans

Plans

  • Proposed first and second floor plans for a house addition, with handwritten-style notes on setbacks, a relocated bathroom, egress window, and house area totals.

    July 23, 2026 · 1 page · 423 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Proposed floor plans with annotated review comments

Project narrative

  • Advisory concept review notes for a proposal to expand the second floor to attach an existing garage, requiring a variance, neighborhood meeting, and Hearing Examiner findings.

    Aug. 7, 2026 · 2 pages · 459 KB · PDS-Concept Review Summary Report

    Download Concept review summary for variance request
  • Applicant's letter requesting to connect an expanded house to an existing garage that sits 13 ft from the rear alley line, asking whether a variance is available.

    July 23, 2026 · 1 page · 130 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Project description letter

Notices

  • Summary of the applicant's neighborhood meeting held Aug. 25, with two attendees, who saw the site and landscape plans and expressed support for the project.

    Aug. 26, 2026 · 10 pages · 3.7 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Neighborhood meeting summary form
  • Summary of the applicant's neighborhood meeting held Aug. 25, with two attendees, who saw the site and landscape plans and expressed support for the project.

    Aug. 26, 2026 · 10 pages · 3.7 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Neighborhood meeting summary form
  • Summary of the applicant's neighborhood meeting held Aug. 25, with two attendees, who saw the site and landscape plans and expressed support for the project.

    Aug. 26, 2026 · 10 pages · 3.7 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Neighborhood meeting summary form

Application

  • Application to expand the second floor of a single-family house to connect with an existing accessory garage, which would create a nonconforming garage use over a rear setback encroachment.

    July 23, 2026 · 2 pages · 155 KB · PDS-Application

    Download Planning project application form

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