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Window well for basement egress window approved at historic home

The Hearing Examiner approved a Jan. 16 request to cut in an egress window with a concrete window well on the north side of a 1923 single-family home in a historic district. The well extends about 3 feet into the street-side setback.

ApprovedPLN25-00492Filed June 11, 2025North End · 1618 N 17th St+3 related filings
Site plan for Window well for basement egress window approved at historic home
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

Window well on north side of home located in a historic district.

Project name on file: 1618 N 17TH ST

Timeline

  1. Oct. 13, 2026

    5 documents added

  2. Jan. 16, 2026

    Planning Applications: Project Entitled

  3. Dec. 30, 2025

    Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review

    Updated Via Script

  4. Sept. 2, 2025

    Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review

    Updated Via Script

  5. Aug. 6, 2025

    IDR Review Complete: IDR Waived

  6. Aug. 6, 2025

    Neighborhood Meeting Review: Completed

  7. July 11, 2025

    Planning Applications: Additional CR Needed

  8. July 11, 2025

    Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review

  9. July 11, 2025

    Concept Review Complete: CR Complete - Type 2

  10. July 11, 2025

    Concept Review Complete: CR Complete - Type 3

  11. June 24, 2025

    Concept Review Complete: Corrections Required

    Could you please provide me with a scope of work/ narrative of the project?Depending on what you are doing, if you could please send over a Site Plan, Elevations, and a Floor Plan.

  12. June 11, 2025

    Application Submittal: Online

  13. June 11, 2025

    Application filed

Documents

Site plans

Plans

  • One-page site map showing the parcel and surrounding context at a 1:250 scale.

    July 10, 2025 · 1 page · 319 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Site map

Project narrative

  • Advisory concept review notes covering required applications, a neighborhood meeting requirement, and a proposed basement egress window that would extend into the street-side setback, requiring a variance.

    July 11, 2025 · 2 pages · 452 KB · PDS-Concept Review Summary Report

    Download Concept review summary report

Notices

  • Applicant's summary of a neighborhood meeting held 8/5/25 with zero attendees and no feedback, covering site, landscape and mobility plans shared for an egress window cut-in.

    Aug. 6, 2025 · 2 pages · 77 KB · PDS-Neighborhood Meeting

    Download Neighborhood meeting summary form

Application

  • Application form for a single-family residence project on an R-1C zoned parcel, listing applicant, owner contacts, and a stated intended use as a primary residence.

    June 11, 2025 · 2 pages · 154 KB · PDS-Application

    Download Planning project application form

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