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Variance sought for five-cottage rental court on half-acre lot

The plan calls for five detached two-bedroom market-rate cottages with six parking spaces and shared open space. The variance addresses tight landscape and driveway setbacks. A hearing is set for Nov. 9.

In reviewCVA26-00041Filed Sept. 16, 2026Central Bench · 407 S Wilson St+5 related filings
Site plan for Variance sought for five-cottage rental court on half-acre lot
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

Cottage Village

Project name on file: Parcel R8123010344 - S Wilson St

Timeline

  1. Nov. 9, 2026

    Public hearing: Planning and Zoning Commission

  2. Oct. 14, 2026

    12 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 9, 2026

  5. Oct. 14, 2026

    Status changed from In review to Hearing scheduled

    Reported as “In Review”.

  6. Sept. 29, 2026

    Planning and Zoning: In Review

  7. Sept. 29, 2026

    Assign Reviewers: Completed

  8. Sept. 21, 2026

    Fee Payment: Payment Received

  9. Sept. 21, 2026

    Prescreen Review: Passed

  10. Sept. 18, 2026

    Prescreen Review: In Progress

  11. Sept. 16, 2026

    Application Submittal: ePlanReview

  12. Sept. 16, 2026

    Application filed

Documents

Site plans

  • Site plan showing parking, EV charger, fence, mechanical and utility locations, and a five-unit mix of two-bedroom units, dated Sept. 21, 2026, for a variance application.

    Sept. 29, 2026 · 3 pages · 5.5 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Site plan with key notes and unit mix summary

Plans

  • Exterior elevation drawings with roof apex, floor and plate height dimensions, dated 9/21/2026 for the variance application.

    Sept. 29, 2026 · 2 pages · 5.9 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Building elevations (north, south, east and west)
  • Enlarged level 1 and level 2 floor plans for Unit Type 1A, showing room layouts and square footage for a cottage unit.

    Sept. 29, 2026 · 5 pages · 8.3 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Floor plans, Unit Type 1A, levels 1 and 2
  • Landscape requirements, notes, legend, and plant schedule for the cottage village site, including tree and shrub specifications and planting and maintenance notes.

    Sept. 29, 2026 · 3 pages · 1.6 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Landscape plan with plant schedule and notes
  • Three-sheet mobility plan drawing set for a variance application, with sheet numbers A001.0 through A003.0 and no further detail in the extracted text.

    Sept. 29, 2026 · 3 pages · 8.2 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Mobility plan sheets A001.0 to A003.0

Project narrative

  • Applicant's letter describing the five-cottage court proposal, requested parking-location conditional use permit, related setback variances, and site constraints from an irrigation easement.

    Sept. 29, 2026 · 3 pages · 164 KB · PDS-Letter of Intent

    Download Detailed letter of explanation for conditional use permit

Application

  • Application form for a variance on an R-1C zoned parcel for a Cottage Village project, filed by an authorized representative for the owner; setback and other variance fields are partly blank in this excerpt.

    Sept. 16, 2026 · 3 pages · 205 KB · PDS-Application

    Download Variance application form for Cottage Village project

Photos

Correspondence

Other documents

  • Transmittal to agencies

    Oct. 8, 2026 · 133 KB · PDS-Transmittal Agencies

  • Statement of legal interest

    Sept. 29, 2026 · 439 KB · PDS-Statement of Legal Interest

  • Fee receipt

    Sept. 21, 2026 · 131 KB · PDS-Receipts

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