Variance · Planning application

Approved: variance for storage site in 759-home East Ranch project

The variance addresses a narrow, awkwardly shaped storage area created when the applicant relocated a road through the middle of the project. City Council approved it with conditions on March 24.

ApprovedVAR-00163-2024Filed June 6, 2024North Nampa · Cherry Ln+8 related filings

Pin at the reported location; the shaded outline is the primary parcel (Canyon County).

From the filing

The application's description as it appears in City of Nampa's record. See the official record

East Ranch is a proposed mixed-use development on about 134.57 acres off Cherry Lane and Middleton Road in Nampa. It would annex the land into the city and include roughly 363 single-family lots, 396 apartment units, light industrial flex space, commercial lots, and a 4.53-acre self-storage facility. The storage site needs a variance reducing its required setback from homes from 100 feet to 25 feet along its northwest edge.
The variance is appropriate to mitigate the unique feature of this site, including, specifically, the shape and size of the storage site resulting from Applicant’s willingness to relocate Cherry Ln. By relocating Cherry Ln. through the middle of the Project, the area in which storage can be constructed is narrow and awkwardly shaped. In re-aligning Cherry Ln and meeting the other requirements of Nampa City Code Sections 10-1-16.A.1.b and 10-1-16.A.3, the area available for storage becomes extremely narrow. As the owner of the neighboring RS4 district, we believe that self-storage—a low intensity use—is an excellent neighboring use to residential development.
Project name on file: East Ranch

Timeline

March 24, 2025
16 documents added
March 24, 2025
City Council Decision/Action Letter
March 24, 2025
Notice to Area Property Owners
March 24, 2025
Decision: Approved with Conditions
Nampa City Council: Approved with Conditions.
Oct. 14, 2024
Notice to Agencies/Departments
Oct. 14, 2024
Set Date for Public Hearing
Sept. 30, 2024
Assess Fees (Variance)
June 17, 2024
Planning Application Review
June 6, 2024
Application filed

Documents

Project narrative

Revised narrative
Sept. 27, 2024 · 3.0 MB · Narrative Revised

Staff reports

Staff report covering annexation and zoning, preliminary plat, conditional use permit, and a 100-foot distance variance for a public storage facility, with traffic and engineering details.
March 24, 2025 · 95 pages · 16.9 MB · Available Online
Download Staff report for variance and related applications, City Council
Planning staff report for the Dec. 10 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing, covering about 134 acres of annexation and zoning plus a mixed-use preliminary plat, with traffic and engineering details.
March 24, 2025 · 86 pages · 15.0 MB · Available Online
Download Staff report on annexation, zoning and preliminary plat
Staff report covering annexation and zoning, preliminary plat, conditional use permit, and a 100-foot distance variance for a public storage facility, with traffic and engineering details.
March 13, 2025 · 95 pages · 16.9 MB · Available Online
Download Staff report for variance and related applications, City Council

Decisions

Letter from Nampa City Council approving annexation and zoning with conditions such as prohibited uses and single-story homes, and stating the decision on the related applications.
March 24, 2025 · 29 pages · 4.4 MB · Available Online
Download City Council decision letter on annexation, plat, CUP and variance
Recommends City Council approval of annexation and zoning of 134.57 acres for East Ranch Subdivision, with conditions on right-of-way, traffic mitigation and well/septic abandonment.
March 24, 2025 · 21 pages · 3.0 MB · Available Online
Download Planning and Zoning Commission decision letter on annexation and preliminary plat

Application

Revised variance application
Sept. 27, 2024 · 2.9 MB · Application Revised
Pre-application meeting notes for storage CUP and variance
June 6, 2024 · 671 KB · Pre-Application Meeting Notes