Conditional use · Planning application
Garden City approves vehicle and equipment storage on vacant lot for service business
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the permit with conditions on July 15. Storage must cover less than 20% of the 0.178-acre lot and be screened from view, and old chain-link, barbed wire and sheet metal fencing must go. No new buildings are planned.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Garden City's record. See the official record
A service provider business (such as a contractor) is allowed to use a vacant lot on E 43rd Street near 4290 W Chinden Blvd in Garden City for vehicle parking and equipment storage that supports its main site on Chinden. No new buildings are proposed. The two parcels are 0.38 and 0.178 acres.
Brian Schneider with Intelligent Design Mechanical Solutions, LLC is requesting a Conditional Use Permit for Service Provider at 4290 W. Chinden Blvd & E 43rd. St.; Ada County Parcels #R2734501350 & #R2734501334, located in the C-1 Highway Commercial Zoning District and C-2 Mixed-Use Commercial District.
Timeline
July 15, 2026
Approved
Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission: Approved. Decision signed July 16, 2026.
July 15, 2026
Public hearing: Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission
April 15, 2026
Public hearing continued to July 15, 2026
Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission: the April 15, 2026 hearing was moved to July 15, 2026.
March 18, 2026
Public hearing continued to April 15, 2026
Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission: the March 18, 2026 hearing was moved to April 15, 2026.
Documents
Site plans
- Download Updated parking lot site plan with landscape requirements
Revised site plan for a parking facility showing landscape buffer widths, tree and shrub counts against code requirements, and parking stall layout with a fence replacement note.
July 7, 2026 · 1 page · 380 KB · Revised plans
Plans
- Download Preliminary landscape plan and zoning information, parking lot
Landscape requirements, plant schedule, setbacks and parking calculations for a revised parking facility site plan, with notes on buffers, fencing and a relocated storage container.
June 24, 2026 · 1 page · 369 KB · Revised plans
Staff reports
- Download Staff report for conditional use permit hearing
Garden City staff report recommending approval of a conditional use permit for a rental property used as an HVAC service provider, with conditions, for the July 15, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing.
July 14, 2026 · 22 pages · 1.1 MB · Staff Report
Decisions
- Download Conditional use permit findings of fact, conclusions of law and decision
Planning and Zoning Commission decision, dated July 15, 2026, on a service provider use at the Chinden Blvd. and 43rd St. site, with findings on zoning, land use and flood hazard.
July 15, 2026 · 12 pages · 282 KB · Decision
Notices
- Download Affidavit of property posting with photo documentation
Notarized affidavit attesting that the property was posted for a conditional use permit hearing at least 17 days in advance, with a cover sheet of posting photos.
Yesterday · 2 pages · 2.7 MB · Notice
Application
- Download Conditional use permit application
Application for a conditional use permit by Intelligent Design Mechanical Solutions LLC for an HVAC business on a C-1 zoned property in Garden City, with a rental-property use description and justification.
Yesterday · 20 pages · 1.8 MB · Application packet
Correspondence
- Download Idaho DEQ general comments on air quality and wastewater
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality's June 29, 2026 comment letter on the conditional use permit, covering air quality permitting, fugitive dust and sewer capacity checks.
June 28, 2026 · 4 pages · 709 KB · Agency comment
- Download Idaho Transportation Department comments
ITD asks that Chinden Blvd access remain ingress-only, the parking lot be restriped, and any right-of-way landscaping or frontage work go through an ITD permit.
March 5, 2026 · 1 page · 192 KB · Agency comment
- Download Idaho DEQ agency comments
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality's general comments on air quality, wastewater and recycled water rules, with contacts for the Garden City conditional use permit.
Feb. 16, 2026 · 4 pages · 743 KB · Agency comment
- Download City Engineer review comments on site design and conditions
Centurion Engineers, reviewing for Garden City as city engineer, says approval should be conditioned on addressing review items, covering fire district approval, irrigation facilities, and water and sewer connections.
Feb. 13, 2026 · 3 pages · 414 KB · Agency comment
- Download Fire district comments on hazardous materials requirements
The North Ada County Fire & Rescue District approves the permit as proposed, with conditions on safety data sheets and a hazardous materials management plan, and notes building code requirements.
Feb. 11, 2026 · 2 pages · 308 KB · Agency comment
- Download Fire district comments on hazardous materials requirements
The North Ada County Fire & Rescue District approves the permit as proposed, with conditions on safety data sheets and a hazardous materials management plan, and notes building code requirements.
Feb. 11, 2026 · 2 pages · 308 KB · Agency comment
