Historic preservation · Planning application
Historic home owners win approval to remove a large spruce tree
The owner of a historic home asked to remove one large, healthy Blue Spruce from the front yard because it leans toward the house and its roots have damaged the sewer line. The city approved the removal on Nov. 14, encouraging a replacement tree or a $300 per caliper-inch mitigation fee.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Boise's record. See the official record
The owner of a historic home at 2009 N 10th St in Boise asked to remove one large, healthy Blue Spruce tree from the front yard because it leans toward the house. The city approved the tree removal, with a strong encouragement to replant a new tree or pay a mitigation fee to the city's tree fund.
Tree Removal
Project name on file: 2009 N 10TH ST
Timeline
Nov. 25, 2025
Appeal Period: Completed
Nov. 14, 2025
Review Complete: Completed
Nov. 14, 2025
DR: Complete
Nov. 3, 2025
DR: In Review
Nov. 3, 2025
Assign Reviewers: Completed
Oct. 27, 2025
Fee Payment: Payment Received
Oct. 27, 2025
Prescreen Review: Passed
Oct. 21, 2025
Prescreen Review: In Progress
Oct. 21, 2025
Prescreen Review: Corrections Required
Oct. 17, 2025
Prescreen Review: In Progress
Oct. 9, 2025
Application Submittal: ePlanReview
Oct. 9, 2025
Application filed
Documents
Plans
- Download Site map
Nov. 3, 2025 · 1 page · 806 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings
Project narrative
- Download Letter of explanation for tree removal
Applicant's letter requesting removal of a large 50-foot tree leaning toward a child's bedroom and damaging the sewer system, with plans to replant smaller trees.
Nov. 3, 2025 · 1 page · 30 KB · PDS-Letter of Intent
Decisions
- Download Certificate of appropriateness action letter
Approves removal of one mature tree in a historic district, with conditions encouraging replacement planting or a mitigation payment and protection of other trees.
Nov. 14, 2025 · 5 pages · 305 KB · PDS-Action Letter
Notices
- Download Notice of approval for certificate of appropriateness to remove one tree
Planning and Development Services notice that a certificate of appropriateness to remove one tree in a historic design overlay zone was approved, with appeal instructions.
Nov. 12, 2025 · 2 pages · 1.1 MB · PDS-Legal Notice
Application
- Download Certificate of Appropriateness application (minor) for tree removal
Application for a minor Certificate of Appropriateness proposing removal of a 50-foot blue spruce tree; the property is noted as not contributing.
Oct. 9, 2025 · 4 pages · 172 KB · PDS-Application
Photos
- Download Site photographs
Four pages of photographs filed with the Certificate of Appropriateness application; the extracted text is OCR noise, so the subjects are not identifiable from it.
Nov. 3, 2025 · 4 pages · 19.1 MB · PDS-Photos
Correspondence
- Download Parks Department comments on tree removal
Boise Parks and Recreation finds a healthy 22-inch Blue Spruce does not need removal, but if removed recommends mitigation at $300 per caliper-inch or replanting.
Nov. 14, 2025 · 1 page · 61 KB · PDS-Agency Comments
- Download Agency comments forwarded to the appropriate planner
NENA historic team member asks that the tree-removal comment be referred to the planner, and if removal is approved, that a replacement tree be required as a condition.
Nov. 10, 2025 · 2 pages · 936 KB · PDS-Agency Comments
- Download Arborist letter on blue spruce health and location
An ISA certified arborist's letter describing a mature blue spruce's good health, its lean toward a home, and the homeowner's concern about failure risk.
Nov. 3, 2025 · 1 page · 159 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs
Other documents
- Noticing radius map
Nov. 12, 2025 · 517 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings
- Transmittal to agencies
Nov. 7, 2025 · 99 KB · PDS-Transmittal Agencies
- Statement of legal interest
Nov. 3, 2025 · 132 KB · PDS-Statement of Legal Interest
- Receipt
Oct. 27, 2025 · 134 KB · PDS-Receipts
