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Variance sought for two driveways at proposed 97-unit apartment building

The developer asks to build two driveway access points and reduce the spacing between them, citing no usable alley for trash and emergency vehicles. The request is under review by the Design Review Commission.

In reviewCVA26-00036Filed Aug. 18, 2026Winstead Park · 5620 W Fairview Ave+7 related filings
Site plan for Variance sought for two driveways at proposed 97-unit apartment 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

97 unit multi-family development

Project name on file: 5620 W FAIRVIEW AVE - DRH Major

Timeline

  1. Oct. 15, 2026

    Document added: PDS-Correspondence - NOTIFICATION LETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 2, 2026 HE HEARING

  2. Oct. 14, 2026

    15 documents added

  3. Sept. 29, 2026

    Planning and Zoning: In Review

  4. Sept. 29, 2026

    Assign Reviewers: Completed

  5. Sept. 23, 2026

    Fee Payment: Payment Received

  6. Sept. 23, 2026

    Prescreen Review: Passed

  7. Sept. 22, 2026

    Prescreen Review: In Progress

  8. Aug. 18, 2026

    Application Submittal: ePlanReview

  9. Aug. 18, 2026

    Application filed

Documents

Renderings

  • Four schematic perspective renderings of the proposed building, one each from the southwest, northwest, northeast and southeast corners.

    Sept. 30, 2026 · 4 pages · 5.3 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Schematic renderings, four corner perspective views

Plans

  • Four-side exterior elevations (west, south, north, east) with a material key listing fiber cement siding, metal panels, CMU veneer, storefront glazing, unit windows, and prefabricated aluminum balconies.

    Sept. 30, 2026 · 2 pages · 2.0 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Exterior elevations with material key
  • Architectural floor plan for the first level of a multifamily building, showing the overall unit mix, room legend, and gross building area schedule by floor, marked preliminary design and not for construction.

    Sept. 30, 2026 · 2 pages · 305 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download First floor plan with unit mix and gross area schedule
  • Site mobility plan listing 65 bike parking spaces, two nearby transit routes, a proposed bus pass program, and existing and proposed sidewalk widths.

    Sept. 30, 2026 · 1 page · 1.1 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Mobility plan showing bike parking and sidewalks
  • Landscape plan sheet with zoning requirements, on-site and right-of-way landscape coverage figures, tree and plant schedules, and street buffer tree counts for the variance application.

    Sept. 30, 2026 · 2 pages · 4.6 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

    Download Site and landscape plans

Project narrative

  • Applicant's letter justifying a variance from access and connectivity standards, citing an unopened ACHD alley right-of-way and hardship for solid waste and emergency access.

    Sept. 30, 2026 · 2 pages · 246 KB · PDS-Letter of Intent

    Download Letter of explanation for variance request

Notices

  • Notice that the Hearing Examiner will consider a variance from Access and Connectivity standards on a 0.71-acre mixed-use site, with comments directed to the assigned city planner.

    Oct. 14, 2026 · 2 pages · 860 KB · PDS-Legal Notice

    Download Notice of the Nov. 2 Hearing Examiner public hearing

Application

  • Application form requesting a variance for a second access point and one-way drive design to allow solid waste collection on a 97-unit multi-family site.

    Aug. 18, 2026 · 3 pages · 204 KB · PDS-Application

    Download Variance application form

Photos

  • Nine photographs of the site taken on Sept. 23, 2026, submitted with the variance application; the pages contain only date and case-stamp captions, with no descriptive text.

    Sept. 30, 2026 · 9 pages · 845 KB · PDS-Photos

    Download Site photos

Correspondence

  • Letter to the applicant scheduling the variance application for a Nov. 2, 2026 Hearing Examiner hearing, with site posting and proof-of-posting deadlines.

    Oct. 15, 2026 · 1 page · 96 KB · PDS-Correspondence

    Download Notice of the Nov. 2 Hearing Examiner hearing

Other documents

  • Aerial map

    Oct. 14, 2026 · 1.2 MB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Land use map

    Oct. 14, 2026 · 303 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Noticing radius map

    Oct. 14, 2026 · 557 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Zoning map

    Oct. 14, 2026 · 429 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings

  • Statement of legal interest

    Sept. 30, 2026 · 233 KB · PDS-Statement of Legal Interest

  • Fee receipt

    Sept. 23, 2026 · 131 KB · PDS-Receipts

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