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Backyard pool on foothills lot approved by Boise planning staff
City staff approved a swimming pool on a 0.32-acre residential lot in the Hillside Overlay. The project was reviewed as a more detailed hillside case because of surrounding slopes, so geotechnical and engineering documents may be required.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Boise's record. See the official record
Pool in Hillside Overlay
Project name on file: 925 W HIGHLAND VIEW DR
Timeline
March 24, 2026
Planning Applications: Project Entitled
Sept. 14, 2025
Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review
Updated Via Script
Sept. 8, 2025
Planning Applications: Generate Additional Application
Sept. 8, 2025
Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review
Sept. 8, 2025
Concept Review Complete: CR Complete - Type 2
Sept. 3, 2025
Concept Review Complete: Engineering Preview
Sept. 3, 2025
Concept Review Complete: Engineering Preview Complete
A determination has been made that this project will be a Category II Hillside project due to the nature of surrounding slopes. In addition to the already submitted documents, additional documents may be required during the CFH Review process.Additional documents that you can expect to provide will be a geotechnical report with a possibility of global slope stability analysis; structural calculations for any retaining wall that is greater than four feet of height, more than one retaining wall when the horizontal interior distance between the retaining walls is less than 10 feet and the total of all retaining walls exceeds four feet in height, a retaining wall having a surcharge, or having a backslope greater than three feet horizontal to one foot vertical; and civil plans.NOTE: The hazards of developing and building on property, especially in the Boise foothills, is well known. It is the responsibility of the applicant/owner’s design, geological, and engineering professionals, not the City, to identify, address, and mitigate any hazards to the site. Satisfying these Conditions of Approval is for limited [City purpose] only and should not be relied on for design, geological or engineering purposes.
Sept. 3, 2025
Application Submittal: Online
Sept. 3, 2025
Application filed
Documents
Site plans
- Download Site plan
Sept. 3, 2025 · 1 page · 86 KB · PDS-Maps and Drawings
Project narrative
- Download Concept review summary
Planner's advisory summary determining the pool project is a Category II hillside project and listing the geotechnical, structural and civil documents expected during review.
Sept. 8, 2025 · 1 page · 444 KB · PDS-Concept Review Summary Report
- Download Letter of explanation for pool installation scope
Describes the planned 12x26 foot in-ground fiberglass pool, its equipment placement, paver deck, spillway platform, safety cover, and setback locations.
Sept. 3, 2025 · 1 page · 26 KB · PDS-Letter of Intent
Application
- Download Planning project application form
Application for a pool within the Hillside overlay on an R-1B zoned residential parcel, filed by a landscape contractor with a Hillside Questionnaire requirement.
Sept. 3, 2025 · 2 pages · 154 KB · PDS-Application
- Download Public Works hillside project questionnaire
Checklist asking whether the project involves new parcel lines, additions, new dwellings, driveways, deep grading, or retaining walls, with follow-up wall-height and spacing questions.
Sept. 3, 2025 · 1 page · 31 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs
