Planning applications, hearings and decisions in Downtown Nampa, from the City of Nampa's public record.
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Temporary use (1 day to 1 month) · Planning application
A temporary-use permit for a fireworks stand, filed June 3, 2025, is now marked expired. The site is a commercial building on a city lot.
Comprehensive plan amendment · Planning application
The city's 2040 Comprehensive Plan now includes the city and Nampa Fire Protection District capital improvement plans and impact fee studies as appendices, and adds a section on fire district impact fees for new development. The change is citywide policy, not a construction project.
Conditional use · Planning application
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the permit on July 15 after a public hearing. The barbershop must meet current building, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire codes, along with all city standards in place at the time of the building permit.
Comprehensive plan amendment · Planning application
The City Council approved text changes on July 21 to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. They add the city's and fire district's capital improvement plans and impact fee studies, and cover the city collecting fire district impact fees from new development. No construction is involved.
Temporary use (1 day to 1 month) · Planning application
A temporary use permit was filed May 21, 2025, for a fireworks stand on a commercial property. The application is now marked expired, and no decision is on file.
Variance · Planning application
The city approved a request to place a 12-by-16-foot shed three feet from the property line at a home. The shed will store ATVs. The staff-level decision was made June 30.
Comprehensive plan amendment · Planning application
The text amendment to the city's comprehensive plan was filed May 15 and approved Sept. 15, the same day as the public hearing. The facts on file do not describe specific buildings or projects.
Legal non-conforming use/site rights · Planning application
The city approved the request on May 13, a day after it was filed. It recognizes an existing duplex as a legal nonconforming use, sought in preparation for the property's purchase.
Design review · Planning application
The city approved exterior paint colors for the front facade of a commercial storefront, changing the brick body to red and the blue trim to gray. The approval covers design and colors only and does not replace required building, sign, or site permits.
Development review · Planning application
The city approved the design with conditions on April 22. Plans call for a renovated front facade, an enclosed rear second-floor balcony, and a new stair and elevator addition in the rear yard.
Conditional use · Planning application
A conditional use permit request to operate an auto sales lot in a commercial building, based on a previously approved permit, is listed as void. It was filed Feb. 14, 2025.
Code amendment · Planning application
The city approved, with conditions, a text amendment to its code chapter on erosion, sediment control and grading. The application was filed Feb. 6 and decided June 11. No further details on the changes were provided.
Site improvement permit · Planning application
The city permit covered a new center parking area with trash enclosure, sidewalk, driveway approaches, drainage, landscaping, and new water and sewer lines. It was filed Feb. 3, 2025, and has expired.
Design review · Planning application
The city approved repainting the front and rear of the building, which houses Cafe de Coco and a neighboring shop, in tan with matte black metal trim. Work includes a new storefront, canopy repairs and replacement tiles. Building and sign permits are still required.
Design review · Planning application
The city approved, with conditions, a design for an outdoor plaza called Nampa Container Park. It would have walk-up food and drink service in repurposed shipping containers, a live performance stage, gathering space and restrooms. The decision came Feb. 26.
Variance · Planning application
City Council approved the variance on April 21 with conditions. It continues relief from the required landscape buffer first granted in 2014 for a 2,627-square-foot Carl's Jr. drive-thru, allowing internal parking and pass-through window service.
Code amendment · Planning application
The city approved, with conditions, a set of changes to multiple chapters of its Title 10 zoning code. The request was filed Dec. 30, 2024, and a decision was made May 14, 2025.
Home occupation daycare registration · Planning application
The city approved a home occupation registration for Ready Set Grow Daycare, which will operate out of an existing residence. The application was filed and decided on Dec. 6, 2024.
Conditional use · Planning application
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the permit with conditions on Feb. 11, letting the owner sublease individual salon spaces to beauty professionals. The permit cannot be transferred with the business, and the spaces must meet current building and fire codes.
Design review · Planning application
The plans would upgrade exterior finishes, add a small office space, turn a garage into a break room and convert the interior from offices to a dental office. The city determined design review was not necessary, and the file is closed.
