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Updated historic preservation plan heads to City Council for adoption

The city wants to adopt a new Historic Preservation Plan into its Comprehensive Plan, replacing the 1979 plan. The Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval. The City Council hearing is set for Nov. 2. It changes no zoning, streets or land use map.

In reviewCPA26-00003Filed Sept. 2, 2026Downtown Boise · 150 N Capitol Blvd+5 related filings
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

The City of Boise is asking to adopt its updated 2026 Historic Preservation Plan into the city's comprehensive plan. The plan replaces a 1979 plan and sets goals for planning, stewardship, incentives and public outreach on historic preservation citywide. It does not change zoning or any streets.

Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA)

Project name on file: 150 N CAPITOL BLVD

Timeline

  1. Nov. 2, 2026

    Public hearing: Planning and Zoning Commission

  2. Oct. 14, 2026

    19 documents added

  3. Oct. 14, 2026

    Status changed from Hearing scheduled to In review

    Reported as “In Review”.

  4. Oct. 14, 2026

    Hearing scheduled for Nov 2, 2026

  5. Oct. 14, 2026

    Status changed from In review to Hearing scheduled

    Reported as “In Review”.

  6. Sept. 28, 2026

    Public hearing: Historic Preservation Commission

  7. Sept. 17, 2026

    Review Complete: Completed

  8. Sept. 17, 2026

    DR: Complete

  9. Sept. 4, 2026

    DR: In Review

  10. Sept. 4, 2026

    Assign Reviewers: Completed

  11. Sept. 3, 2026

    Fee Payment: Fee Waived

  12. Sept. 3, 2026

    Fee Payment: Payment Received

    Updated Via Script, status API:WTUA

  13. Sept. 3, 2026

    Prescreen Review: Passed

  14. Sept. 3, 2026

    Prescreen Review: In Progress

  15. Sept. 2, 2026

    Application Submittal: ePlanReview

    Updated missing fields in Project Details to generate ePlan case.

  16. Sept. 2, 2026

    Application filed

Documents

Project narrative

  • Planning staff's notice that a Comprehensive Plan Amendment will update Blueprint Boise to adopt the 2026 Historic Preservation Plan in place of the 1979 plan.

    Sept. 17, 2026 · 2 pages · 145 KB · PDS-Letter of Intent

    Download Letter of intent for Comprehensive Plan Amendment

Staff reports

  • Staff report recommending approval of the City of Boise's comprehensive plan amendment adopting the updated 2026 Historic Preservation Plan by reference, for the Sept. 28 hearing.

    Sept. 21, 2026 · 241 pages · 21.7 MB · PDS-Project Report/Memo

    Download Staff project report for Historic Preservation Plan amendment
  • Staff report recommending approval of the City's comprehensive plan amendment adopting the updated 2026 Historic Preservation Plan by reference.

    Sept. 17, 2026 · 241 pages · 18.5 MB · PDS-Project Report/Memo

    Download Staff project report for Historic Preservation Commission hearing

Decisions

Notices

Studies and reports

  • Draft June 2026 historic preservation plan prepared for the city's Planning & Development Services and Historic Preservation Commission, submitted with a comprehensive plan amendment.

    Sept. 3, 2026 · 173 pages · 11.4 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download City of Boise historic preservation plan (draft)
  • Citywide historic preservation plan dated Sept. 1, 2026, prepared by Northwest Vernacular for Boise's Planning & Development Services and Historic Preservation Commission, filed with a comprehensive plan amendment.

    Sept. 2, 2026 · 175 pages · 13.8 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Historic preservation plan

Correspondence

  • Notice that the comprehensive plan amendment will be heard by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 2, 2026 at 6:00 P.M., in person or by Zoom, with a project report due five days prior.

    Oct. 13, 2026 · 1 page · 89 KB · PDS-Correspondence

    Download Notice of the Nov. 2 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing
  • Memo to the file announcing the Sept. 28, 2026 hearing time, the virtual and in-person options, and where the project report will be posted.

    Sept. 11, 2026 · 1 page · 70 KB · PDS-Correspondence

    Download Notice of the Sept. 28 Historic Preservation Commission hearing
  • Public Works civil engineer reports no sewer comments on the comprehensive plan amendment, dated Sept. 3, 2026.

    Sept. 3, 2026 · 1 page · 64 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

    Download Public Works sewer comments

Public comments

  • Public comment

    Sept. 3, 2026 · 4.2 MB · PDS-Public Comment

  • Public comment

    Sept. 3, 2026 · 96 KB · PDS-Public Comment

  • Public comment

    Sept. 3, 2026 · 47 KB · PDS-Public Comment

  • Public comment

    Sept. 3, 2026 · 60 KB · PDS-Public Comment

  • Public comment

    Sept. 3, 2026 · 194 KB · PDS-Public Comment

Other documents

  • Posted notice for the Sept. 28 Historic Preservation Commission hearing on adopting the updated Historic Preservation Plan by reference, alongside unrelated community postings.

    Sept. 15, 2026 · 17 pages · 7.2 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Historic Preservation Commission public hearing notice and legal postings
  • Transmittal to agencies

    Sept. 15, 2026 · 138 KB · PDS-Transmittal Agencies

  • Public meeting boards outlining the timeline for updating Boise's Historic Preservation Plan, from November 2025 through the July 2026 open houses, plus planning goals and strategies.

    Sept. 3, 2026 · 6 pages · 16.6 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Historic Preservation Plan update timeline and goals boards

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