Approved: 14-foot retaining wall for hillside home's rear yard

Project overview sketch showing a proposed 14-foot concrete retaining wall to replace failing tiered walls, with a sloped extension, prepared by Sean Cafferty Construction and Rodney Evans + Partners in September 2025.

Dec. 1, 2025 · 1 page · 1.6 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

Letters from the country club's general manager and another writer supporting the variance to continue a retaining wall next to the maintenance storage area.

Dec. 1, 2025 · 4 pages · 2.4 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

Grading and retaining wall plan sheet with a symbol and abbreviation legend, wall top and footing elevations, and finished grade notes; text is mostly legend.

Dec. 1, 2025 · 1 page · 882 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

Engineering drawing showing grading and retaining wall layout with top-of-wall and finished grade elevations, plus a 20-foot setback, filed with a variance application.

Dec. 1, 2025 · 1 page · 890 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

Letter from Rodney Evans + Partners explaining the request to vary retaining wall standards to replace a failing rear-yard wall system with a 14-foot concrete wall.

Dec. 1, 2025 · 2 pages · 261 KB · PDS-Letter of Intent

Planning staff memo to the Hearing Examiner recommending approval of a variance to allow a 14-foot retaining wall within a rear setback on a hillside lot.

Dec. 29, 2025 · 36 pages · 14.9 MB · PDS-Project Report/Memo

Hearing examiner approved a variance to exceed the maximum retaining wall height, based on hardship from a failing wall on a sloped hillside lot and public safety reasons.

Jan. 8, 2026 · 7 pages · 210 KB · PDS-Action Letter

Sworn statement that the variance property was posted on Dec. 19, 2025, at least 15 days before the Jan. 5 Hearing Examiner hearing, with posting photos submitted.

Dec. 19, 2025 · 4 pages · 13.8 MB · PDS-Other Small Docs

Notice of a Jan. 5, 2026 Hearing Examiner hearing on a variance to exceed the maximum retaining wall height in a hillside-overlay residential zone, with testimony instructions.

Dec. 17, 2025 · 2 pages · 755 KB · PDS-Legal Notice

Applicant's variance application form for a 14-foot-tall wall, filed alongside a Category II Hillside permit request, with property and owner information.

Nov. 10, 2025 · 3 pages · 207 KB · PDS-Application

Six pages of dated site photos showing existing retaining walls, wall transitions and the indoor tennis and maintenance buildings, with captions noting wall tapers and grade changes.

Dec. 1, 2025 · 6 pages · 7.6 MB · PDS-Photos

The Boise Fire Department has no comments on the variance application, noting building code requirements will be addressed at the building permit stage.

Dec. 23, 2025 · 1 page · 151 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

Boise Parks and Recreation reviewed the application with Community Forestry and has no comments or recommendations.

Dec. 23, 2025 · 1 page · 57 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

Public Works staff support the variance to replace a failing wall with a taller reinforced concrete wall, conditioned on meeting engineering requirements for the Category II hillside application, with preliminary…

Dec. 23, 2025 · 2 pages · 154 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

Public Works sewer review states no objection to the variance, requires central sanitary sewer connection for plumbing, and notes possible sewer capacity fees at building permit.

Dec. 23, 2025 · 1 page · 41 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

Letter to the applicant scheduling the variance application before the Hearing Examiner on Jan. 5, 2026, with site posting and proof-of-posting deadlines.

Dec. 16, 2025 · 1 page · 95 KB · PDS-Correspondence

Dec. 17, 2025 · 899 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

Dec. 17, 2025 · 571 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

Dec. 17, 2025 · 532 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

Dec. 17, 2025 · 551 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

Dec. 3, 2025 · 99 KB · PDS-Transmittal Agencies

Dec. 1, 2025 · 1.4 MB · PDS-Statement of Legal Interest

Nov. 11, 2025 · 134 KB · PDS-Receipts