Planning project · Planning application
Single-story house with 3-car garage approved on hillside lot
The city approved plans for a roughly 2,765-square-foot single-family home with an attached three-car garage on a 0.26-acre lot. It must meet hillside development and wildfire-area standards, and may need geotechnical reports.

From the filing
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Project name on file: 954 E CHARDIE RD
Timeline
May 1, 2026
Planning Applications: Project Entitled
Feb. 20, 2026
Pending Application Submittal: Planning Applications in Review
Feb. 19, 2026
Concept Review Complete: Engineering Preview Complete
A determination has been made that this project will be a Category II Hillside project due to slope, erosion-prone soils, unstable soils, earth movement, and other geologic and hydrologic hazards. 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 site-specific geotechnical report with the possibility of a global slope stability analysis (please see the Agency Comment for Hillside Retaining Wall Permitting within this PLN); 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, having a backslope greater than three feet horizontal to one foot vertical, or that has structural components (these requirements will be assessed again at the time of occupancy); and civil plans.A subgrade inspection by a geotechnical firm will be required at the time of construction once the subgrade is exposed and prior to placement of foundation materials or forms/rebar. A report of the inspection will need to be submitted and accepted by PW Hillside before scheduling your inspection with the Building Department and receiving final occupancy.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. Developer will comply with all requirements of Boise City Hillside Development Code Sections or submit evidence satisfactory to the Boise City Engineer that the proposed development is exempt from the requirements therein stated due to location, topography and/or the absence of adverse conditions associated with slope stability, ground water, erosion and sedimentation.If you would like to discuss this determination, please contact us at HillsideDrainage@cityofboise.org or we can set up a meeting if you prefer.
Feb. 19, 2026
Concept Review Complete: CR Complete - Type 2
Feb. 18, 2026
Concept Review Complete: Engineering Preview
Feb. 11, 2026
Concept Review Complete: Hillside Questionnaire Needed
Feb. 9, 2026
Application Submittal: Online
Feb. 9, 2026
Application filed
Documents
Site plans
- Download Architectural site plan
Site plan sheet A-0.1 for a hillside single-family residence, showing area calculations, drawing index, zoning and setback notes, and fire and wildland-urban interface requirements.
Feb. 9, 2026 · 1 page · 759 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs
Project narrative
- Download Concept review summary report
Advisory concept review summary for a single-family hillside project, flagging Category II hillside status and expected geotechnical and retaining wall submittals.
Feb. 19, 2026 · 2 pages · 469 KB · PDS-Concept Review Summary Report
- Download Project description letter
Letter from the applicant's design firm proposing a new single-story, roughly 2,765 sq ft single-family home with a 3-car garage, built to hillside and WUI overlay standards.
Feb. 9, 2026 · 1 page · 91 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs
Application
- Download Public Works hillside project questionnaire
Applicant questionnaire answering whether the project involves new driveway, new dwelling, grading over 12 inches, and retaining walls under hillside review.
Feb. 11, 2026 · 1 page · 673 KB · PDS-Other Small Docs
- Download Planning project application form
Application for a new single-story single-family dwelling of about 2,765 sf with attached three-car garage in the A-1 zone, designed to Hillside Category II and WUI standards.
Feb. 9, 2026 · 2 pages · 158 KB · PDS-Application
Correspondence
- Download Hillside retaining wall permitting guidance
Public Works guidance on when retaining walls in the hillside zone need a determination, slope stability analysis, and planning-code height and setback limits.
Feb. 19, 2026 · 5 pages · 804 KB · PDS-Agency Comments

