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Two-story single-family home approved for vacant lot in historic North End

The Boise Historic Preservation Commission approved the new house with a detached two-car garage on Nov. 25, with conditions requiring wood, metal-clad wood or fiberglass windows and doors and traditional stucco.

ApprovedDRH25-00351Filed Sept. 25, 2025North End · 1616 N 25th St+2 related filings
Site plan for Two-story single-family home approved for vacant lot in historic North End
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

The applicant proposes building a new single-family house with a detached two-car garage on a vacant lot on the east side of N. 25th Street between Bella and Hazel Streets, in the North End Historic District. The house would be two stories and about 27.5 feet tall, and the garage would be about 22 feet tall. The city planning staff recommends approval, and the Historic Preservation Commission hears the request on November 24, 2025.

New SFD in Expanded North End

Project name on file: 1616 N 25TH ST

Timeline

  1. Dec. 6, 2025

    Appeal Period: Completed

  2. Nov. 25, 2025

    Decision: Approved

    Hearing marked “Approved” on 2025-11-25.

  3. Nov. 25, 2025

    Hearing: Approved

  4. Oct. 27, 2025

    Public hearing: Historic Preservation Commission

  5. Oct. 21, 2025

    Review Complete: Completed

  6. Oct. 21, 2025

    DR: Complete

  7. Oct. 15, 2025

    DR: In Review

  8. Oct. 15, 2025

    Assign Reviewers: Completed

  9. Oct. 8, 2025

    Review Complete: Corrections Required

  10. Oct. 8, 2025

    DR: Corrections Required

  11. Oct. 2, 2025

    DR: In Review

  12. Oct. 2, 2025

    Assign Reviewers: Completed

  13. Sept. 29, 2025

    Fee Payment: Payment Received

  14. Sept. 26, 2025

    Prescreen Review: Passed

  15. Sept. 26, 2025

    Prescreen Review: In Progress

  16. Sept. 25, 2025

    Application Submittal: ePlanReview

  17. Sept. 25, 2025

    Application filed

Documents

Site plans

  • Architect's site and landscape plan for a new residence and garage, with irrigation and planting notes and revisions dated through Nov. 11, 2025.

    Nov. 12, 2025 · 1 page · 175 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Site and landscape plan, revision 2
  • Revised site plan for a new residence and garage, with landscape plan notes on irrigation, shrub and tree sizes, and lot coverage calculations.

    Oct. 15, 2025 · 1 page · 192 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Site plan, revision 10.15.25
  • Site plan for a new residence and garage, including landscape notes on irrigation and plantings and a lot coverage comparison showing reduced coverage.

    Oct. 1, 2025 · 1 page · 195 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Site plan with landscape plan and lot coverage

Plans

  • Architectural exterior elevation drawings (sheet A4.2 and A4.3 garage elevations) with revision history including the HPC differal response of 11.11.2025.

    Nov. 12, 2025 · 3 pages · 8.7 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Exterior elevations, revision 11.12.25
  • Architectural floor plan sheets for the residence, dated for HPC response revisions of Nov. 11, 2025, showing levels 0, 1 and 2 with garage plans.

    Nov. 12, 2025 · 3 pages · 364 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Floor plans, levels 0 through 2 (sheet A3.0 to A3.2)
  • Architect's landscape plan for a new residence, with irrigation notes, shrub and tree size limits, and a revision log including a historic preservation commission response.

    Nov. 12, 2025 · 1 page · 175 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Landscape plan, revision of Nov. 12, 2025
  • Architectural exterior elevation sheets (west, south, east and north) showing building heights, exterior materials and colors, with a Oct. 2025 HP submittal revision noted.

    Oct. 15, 2025 · 3 pages · 1.8 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Exterior elevations, revision of Oct. 15
  • Architectural floor plan sheets for the Lunt residence, prepared by LCH Studio for a Certificate of Appropriateness, including Level 0 (sheet A3.0) and Level 1 (sheet A3.1) plans.

    Oct. 15, 2025 · 3 pages · 428 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Level 0 and Level 1 floor plans, revision 10.15.25
  • Site landscape plan for a new residence and garage, with notes on irrigation, retained stormwater, shrub and tree size limits, and lot coverage figures.

    Oct. 15, 2025 · 1 page · 185 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Landscape plan, revision of 10.15.25
  • Three sheets of architectural exterior elevations (CD set, 30%) for the Lunt residence, showing building heights, materials and colors.

    Oct. 1, 2025 · 3 pages · 1.7 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Exterior elevations, west, south, east and north
  • Three architectural floor plan sheets (A3.0 Level 0, A3.1 Level 1 with garage plan, and the upper level) dated 9/29/2025, submitted at the 30% construction document stage.

    Oct. 1, 2025 · 3 pages · 270 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Floor plans, levels 0 through 2 (30% construction documents)
  • Architect's landscape plan sheet with irrigation notes, plant size limits at maturity, and lot coverage comparison for a new residence and garage.

    Oct. 1, 2025 · 1 page · 188 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Landscape plan

Project narrative

  • Architect's letter explaining the design intent for a new single-family residence with detached garage in the North End historic district, addressing height, setbacks and massing.

    Nov. 12, 2025 · 3 pages · 121 KB · PDS-Letter of Intent

    Download Letter of explanation, revised Nov. 12
  • Architect's letter explaining the design intent for a new single-family residence with detached garage, addressing R1-C zoning, historic overlay guidelines, and neighborhood meeting outreach.

    Oct. 15, 2025 · 24 pages · 25.8 MB · PDS-Letter of Intent

    Download Letter of explanation for Certificate of Appropriateness
  • Architect's letter explaining the proposed single-family residence with detached garage, its zoning and historic overlay compliance, and neighborhood meeting outreach, dated Oct. 15, 2025.

    Oct. 15, 2025 · 24 pages · 25.8 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Project description letter of explanation
  • Applicant's architect explains the proposed single-family residence with detached garage, its consistency with R1-C and historic overlay guidelines, and neighborhood meeting outreach.

    Oct. 1, 2025 · 18 pages · 34.7 MB · PDS-Letter of Intent

    Download Letter of explanation for Certificate of Appropriateness

Staff reports

  • Staff report recommending approval of a new single-family residence with reduced accessory setbacks, revised after deferral to address scale, massing and lot coverage.

    Nov. 17, 2025 · 35 pages · 15.3 MB · PDS-Project Report/Memo

    Download Project report for the Nov. 24 historic preservation hearing
  • Staff recommends denial of the certificate of appropriateness for a new single-family residence and accessory structure, citing setback, design guideline, and rehabilitation standard conflicts.

    Oct. 20, 2025 · 51 pages · 32.2 MB · PDS-Project Report/Memo

    Download Planning team staff report for the Oct. 27 historic preservation hearing

Decisions

  • Notifies the applicant that the Historic Preservation Commission approved the Certificate of Appropriateness for a new single-family residence, with conditions and appeal deadlines.

    Nov. 25, 2025 · 7 pages · 384 KB · PDS-Action Letter

    Download Action letter for the Nov. 24 historic preservation hearing
  • Letter notifying the applicant that the historic preservation commission deferred the certificate of appropriateness to November 24 to address scale, massing and lot coverage concerns.

    Oct. 29, 2025 · 1 page · 94 KB · PDS-Action Letter

    Download Action letter for the October 27 historic preservation hearing

Notices

  • A signed statement attesting that the property was posted with a hearing notice at least fifteen days before the scheduled public hearing, with a commitment to remove the sign afterward.

    Oct. 7, 2025 · 3 pages · 22.6 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Statement of site posting for historic certificate of appropriateness
  • Public hearing notice for a Certificate of Appropriateness to build a new single-family residence in a historic design overlay zone, with testimony and appeal instructions.

    Oct. 6, 2025 · 2 pages · 874 KB · PDS-Legal Notice

    Download Notice of the Oct. 27 Historic Preservation Commission hearing

Application

  • Major Certificate of Appropriateness application for a new single-family residence in the Expanded North End, with project details, owner and applicant information, and proposed structures.

    Sept. 25, 2025 · 6 pages · 168 KB · PDS-Application

    Download Certificate of Appropriateness application form

Correspondence

Other documents

  • Affidavit of legal interest

    Oct. 15, 2025 · 271 KB · PDS-Statement of Legal Interest

  • Aerial map

    Oct. 6, 2025 · 1.8 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Land use map

    Oct. 6, 2025 · 404 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Noticing radius map

    Oct. 6, 2025 · 551 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Zoning map

    Oct. 6, 2025 · 406 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Transmittal sheet

    Oct. 2, 2025 · 98 KB · PDS-Transmittal Agencies

  • Statement of legal interest

    Oct. 1, 2025 · 273 KB · PDS-Statement of Legal Interest

  • Receipt

    Sept. 29, 2025 · 131 KB · PDS-Receipts

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