Comprehensive plan amendment · Planning application
191-acre urban renewal district proposed to fund water lines, streets and paths
The Garden City Urban Renewal Agency's plan would use tax increment financing for public works such as water lines, buried power lines, sidewalks and bike connections. The planning commission found it consistent with the comprehensive plan. The City Council held a hearing Nov. 24.
Location
The filing doesn't give an address or parcel number, so it isn't on the map.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Garden City's record. See the official record
The Garden City Urban Renewal Agency has proposed the South of Chinden Urban Renewal Plan for a district of the city south of Chinden Boulevard. The plan would use tax increment financing to pay for public works such as larger water lines, streets and sidewalks, bike and pedestrian paths, burying power lines, and park improvements to encourage redevelopment. The Planning and Zoning Commission is reviewing whether the plan fits the city's comprehensive plan before it goes to the City Council.
Garden City Urban Renewal District is proposing a plan for a new district: South of Chinden (SoChi) Urban Renewal Plan
Project name on file: Garden City Urban Renewal District SoChi Urban Renewal Plan
Timeline
Nov. 24, 2025
Public hearing: Garden City City Council
Oct. 15, 2025
Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval
Oct. 15, 2025
Public hearing: Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission
Documents
Staff reports
- Download Staff memorandum on South of Chinden urban renewal plan
Planning staff memo to the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewing the proposed SOCHI Urban Renewal Plan for conformity with the Garden City Comprehensive Plan.
Oct. 14, 2025 · 7 pages · 1.1 MB · Staff Report
Decisions
- Download Findings of fact, conclusions of law and decision on South of Chinden urban renewal plan
Planning and Zoning Commission's signed recommendation on the proposed South of Chinden urban renewal plan, covering findings on eligibility and conformity with the comprehensive plan.
Oct. 14, 2025 · 3 pages · 163 KB · Recommendation (decision)
Application
- Download Urban renewal plan resolution for South of Chinden project
Resolution by the Garden City Urban Renewal Agency recommending and adopting an urban renewal plan with revenue allocation financing provisions, subject to conditions.
Oct. 8, 2025 · 10 pages · 4.3 MB
- Download Urban renewal plan for the South of Chinden project
Full urban renewal plan from the Garden City Urban Renewal Agency covering project objectives, property acquisition, relocation, and redevelopment actions, with the ordinance adoption fields still blank.
Sept. 25, 2025 · 64 pages · 853 KB
- Download Planning submittal form for comprehensive plan amendment
Garden City planning submittal form marking a code or plan amendment request, with applicant, property owner, and property information fields; much of the handwritten text is illegible.
Yesterday · 1 page · 136 KB · Application packet
- Download Draft urban renewal plan for the Glenwood/Chinden project
Draft urban renewal plan from the Garden City Urban Renewal Agency, covering introduction, project area, redevelopment actions, permitted uses and related procedures.
Yesterday · 68 pages · 4.0 MB
- Download Draft resolution accepting Glenwood/Chinden eligibility report
Draft resolution by the Garden City Urban Renewal Agency accepting an eligibility report for an area proposed as an urban renewal and revenue allocation area, and requesting council and county consideration.
Yesterday · 5 pages · 1.9 MB
- Download Location map
Aerial base map with a 0 to 1,200 scale bar; the text shows only imagery credits, so the site area is not identified.
Yesterday · 1 page · 899 KB
Studies and reports
- Download Urban renewal eligibility report
Eligibility study by Kushlan | Associates for the Garden City Urban Renewal Agency on a proposed new urban renewal district and revenue allocation area extending into unincorporated Ada County.
Oct. 8, 2025 · 19 pages · 1.1 MB