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Indoor fitness studio approved for existing Boise commercial building

Wolfpack Fitness may open small, reservation-only classes of up to 20 people in an existing building, with 15 parking stalls restriped and sidewalk and driveway work. Approval carries conditions on bicycle parking, drive-aisle markings and exterior lighting.

ApprovedDRH25-00360Filed Oct. 8, 2025Morris Hill · 4585 W Emerald St+1 related filing
Site plan for Indoor fitness studio approved for existing Boise commercial building
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 to use an existing building at 4585 W Emerald St in Boise for an indoor fitness business with small, reservation-only classes of no more than 20 participants each. The site will have 15 parking stalls restriped, with sidewalk and driveway work along Emerald and Garden Streets, and no exterior building changes or new landscaping are proposed.

Indoor Recreation

Project name on file: 4585 W EMERALD ST

Timeline

  1. Nov. 8, 2025

    Review Complete: Completed

  2. Nov. 7, 2025

    DR: Complete

  3. Oct. 27, 2025

    DR: In Review

  4. Oct. 27, 2025

    Assign Reviewers: Completed

  5. Oct. 20, 2025

    Fee Payment: Payment Received

  6. Oct. 20, 2025

    Prescreen Review: Passed

  7. Oct. 15, 2025

    Prescreen Review: In Progress

  8. Oct. 14, 2025

    Prescreen Review: Corrections Required

  9. Oct. 8, 2025

    Prescreen Review: In Progress

  10. Oct. 8, 2025

    Application Submittal: ePlanReview

  11. Oct. 8, 2025

    Application filed

Documents

Site plans

  • Architect's site plan keyed to parking, accessible stalls, a new trash enclosure fence and striping for a fitness tenant moving into an existing building.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 1 page · 176 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Site plan, new tenant improvement (sheet A-1.0)

Plans

  • Architect's site detail sheet showing handicap parking sign and post specifications, trash cart screening, and accessible parking marking details for a tenant improvement.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 1 page · 170 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Site details sheet A-1.2 with handicap sign and trash screen details
  • Architectural sheet showing existing walls, doors, windows and fixtures to be removed or reused for a tenant improvement, prepared by Designs Plus, P.A.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 1 page · 170 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Existing and demolition floor plan, sheet A-2.0
  • Architectural floor plan for the design review application showing restroom and gym layout, wall types, fire extinguisher and exit notes, and plumbing fixture locations.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 1 page · 186 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download New floor plan, sheet A-2.1

Project narrative

  • Architect's letter describing a 15-stall parking plan (with a stated 14-stall figure in one place), class-size limits, one ADA stall, and trash cart screening for the fitness facility.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 2 pages · 160 KB · PDS-Letter of Intent

    Download Letter of intent on parking, ADA and site improvements
  • Planner's advisory summary for a proposed indoor fitness recreation use in an existing commercial building, covering parking count and solid waste access requirements.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 2 pages · 446 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Concept review summary

Decisions

  • Staff-level Design Review approval for site improvements at an indoor recreation use, issued Nov. 7, 2025, with conditions, appeal deadline and permit requirements.

    Nov. 7, 2025 · 11 pages · 182 KB · PDS-Action Letter

    Download Design Review approval letter with conditions

Notices

  • Planning and Development Services notice that a site improvement project to use an existing building for indoor recreation was approved, with appeals due by November 17, 2025.

    Nov. 4, 2025 · 2 pages · 1.3 MB · PDS-Legal Notice

    Download Notice of design review approval

Application

  • Design review application for a commercial indoor recreation project on a 0.42-acre MX-2 parcel, filed by ADP Architects for the property owner, with site footprint and project details.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 6 pages · 235 KB · PDS-Application

    Download Design review application form
  • Design review application for an indoor recreation fitness tenant improvement in an existing commercial building on a 0.42-acre parcel, with site, landscape and existing-structure details.

    Oct. 8, 2025 · 6 pages · 230 KB · PDS-Application

    Download Design review application form

Photos

  • Four dated photos of the building's west, south, east and north sides, a looking-north road view, and the front ramp.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 4 pages · 216 KB · PDS-Photos

    Download Site photos of building sides and ramp

Correspondence

  • ACHD staff report on design review for a tenant improvement converting an existing building to a fitness facility, covering trip generation, planned roadway improvements, and conditions of approval.

    Nov. 21, 2025 · 15 pages · 536 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

    Download Ada County Highway District staff report
  • Boise Parks and Recreation reviewed the Design Review application with Community Forestry and has no comments or recommendations.

    Nov. 7, 2025 · 1 page · 59 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

    Download Boise Parks and Recreation comments
  • Public Works says the project must connect to the central sanitary sewer if it adds new plumbing fixtures, and sewer capacity fees may apply at building permit issuance.

    Nov. 7, 2025 · 1 page · 40 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

    Download Public Works sewer comments
  • Public Works Solid Waste staff find the plan acceptable, with carts stored inside the screening fence and staged at the street, and link to trash enclosure design standards.

    Nov. 7, 2025 · 1 page · 87 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

    Download Public Works solid waste comments
  • Memo from the Boise Public Works street light trades supervisor stating no comments on the design review application.

    Nov. 7, 2025 · 1 page · 125 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

    Download Public Works street light comments
  • Public Works Solid Waste staff confirm that weekly cart pickup with street staging and the proposed screening is acceptable for this site, resolving a prior waste-service comment.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 2 pages · 65 KB · PDS-Correspondence

    Download Solid Waste email confirming carts are acceptable
  • Veolia Water Idaho reports water pressure and flow available at a nearby hydrant for fire sprinkler design, to be attached to architectural plan sets.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 1 page · 131 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Veolia Water fire flow availability letter

Other documents

  • Noticing radius map

    Nov. 4, 2025 · 508 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Transmittal to review agencies

    Oct. 30, 2025 · 99 KB · PDS-Transmittal Agencies

  • Product sheet for a molded vinyl privacy fence with woodgrain finish, noise-reduction and pool-code features, and matching gates.

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 1 page · 69 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs

    Download Vinyl fence product information
  • Statement of legal interest

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 53 KB · PDS-Statement of Legal Interest

  • Affidavit of statement of legal interest

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 78 KB · PDS-Statement of Legal Interest

  • Submittal checklist

    Oct. 27, 2025 · 932 KB · PDS-Submittal Checklist

  • Fee receipt

    Oct. 20, 2025 · 135 KB · PDS-Receipts

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