Planning project · Planning application
Betty the Washerwoman sign approved as a historic landmark
The Historic Preservation Commission approved the landmark designation on April 10, 2026, for the Betty the Washerwoman sign. The request was filed March 7, 2025, for a 0.22-acre commercial site.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Boise's record. See the official record
Designation of Betty the Washerwoman as a Historic Landmark
Project name on file: 1504 S VISTA AVE
Timeline
Oct. 13, 2026
8 documents added
Jan. 27, 2026
Planning Applications: Project Entitled
Sept. 3, 2025
Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review
Updated Via Script
Aug. 28, 2025
Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review
June 13, 2025
IDR Review Complete: IDR Waived
IDR not required for this designation
June 13, 2025
Neighborhood Meeting Review: Completed
March 7, 2025
Concept Review Complete: CR Complete - Type 3
March 7, 2025
Early Assistance Review: Send to Concept Review
March 7, 2025
Application Submittal: Online
March 7, 2025
Application filed
Documents
Site plans
- Download Site plan with aerial showing sign location
March 7, 2025 · 1 page · 133 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs
Plans
- Download Historic resource record for the Betty the Washerwoman sign and laundry building
Idaho ICRIS historic resource record describing the 1950s Econ-o-Wash/Maytag laundry building and its animatronic Betty the Washerwoman sign, rated eligible and contributing.
March 7, 2025 · 7 pages · 965 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs
Project narrative
- Download Concept review summary report
Advisory summary of a pre-application concept review for a historic landmark designation request, with planner notes on required neighborhood meeting rules.
March 7, 2025 · 2 pages · 449 KB · PDS-Concept Review Summary Report
- Download Project description letter
March 7, 2025 · 14 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs
Notices
- Download Neighborhood meeting invitation on proposed Betty the Washerwoman landmark designation
Invitation to a June 10, 2025 neighborhood meeting on proposing the Betty the Washerwoman animatronic figure as a City of Boise Historic Landmark, with no structures proposed.
June 13, 2025 · 4 pages · 1.3 MB · PDS-Neighborhood Meeting
- Download Neighborhood meeting mailing labels
Mailing list of 76 property owner and resident records within a 300-foot radius, dated April 24, 2025, used to notify nearby owners of the neighborhood meeting.
June 13, 2025 · 3 pages · 39 KB · PDS-Neighborhood Meeting
- Download Neighborhood meeting summary form
Applicant's summary of the June 10, 2025 neighborhood meeting: four attendees, a site plan shared, and no feedback recorded either at the meeting or outside it.
June 13, 2025 · 2 pages · 92 KB · PDS-Neighborhood Meeting
Application
- Download Planning project application for local historic landmark designation
Application to landmark Betty the Washerwoman as a local historic landmark, initiated by the Historic Preservation Commission, with the owner listed as BETTY THE BOSS LLC.
March 7, 2025 · 2 pages · 153 KB · PDS-Application
