Variance · Planning application
Nampa approves variance for 20-foot landscape buffer at car lot
Nova Auto Group LLC won approval to measure the required 20-foot landscape buffer from the back of the sidewalk rather than the property line. The City Council decided the request at a public hearing held Feb. 2, 2026, with conditions requiring compliance with city codes and a landscape plan covering an irrigation…
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Nampa's record. See the official record
Nova Auto Group wants to build a vehicle repair bay and sales office at 2409 Sundance Rd in Nampa, along the widened Highway 55/Karcher Rd corridor. The company asks the City Council to measure the required 20-foot landscape buffer from the back of the sidewalk instead of the property line, so about 6 feet of the buffer would sit in city right-of-way and 14 feet on the property. The full 20-foot-wide buffer would still be built.
Request to begin 20-foot landscape buffer from sidewalk rather than from property line.
Project name on file: Nova Auto Buffer
Timeline
Feb. 24, 2026
13 documents added
Feb. 4, 2026
City Council Decision/Action Letter
Feb. 2, 2026
Decision: Approved
Nampa City Council: Approved.
Feb. 2, 2026
Public hearing: Nampa City Council
Jan. 20, 2026
Notice to Area Property Owners
Dec. 23, 2025
Notice to Agencies/Departments
Nov. 4, 2025
Assess Fees (Variance)
Nov. 4, 2025
Plan Intake Passed
Nov. 4, 2025
Application filed
Nov. 4, 2025
Accepted for review
Documents
Site plans
- Download Site plan showing variance-requested building setbacks
Site plan with dimensions for a building placed 2 ft from the property line, showing bays, office, waiting area, ADA ramp, parking aisle and landscape buffer.
Nov. 4, 2025 · 2 pages · 425 KB · Site Plan
Project narrative
- Download Pre-application meeting notes
Planning and zoning staff notes from an Oct. 15, 2025 pre-application meeting on a used car dealership, covering zoning, landscape buffers, and design review requirements.
Nov. 4, 2025 · 4 pages · 852 KB · Pre-App Mtg Notes
- Download Applicant narrative requesting landscape buffer variance
Applicant explains that a 20-foot landscape buffer starting at the sidewalk, rather than the property line, would make a planned used auto sales office building feasible on a shallow lot.
Nov. 4, 2025 · 2 pages · 276 KB · Narrative
Staff reports
- Download Staff report on landscape buffer variance request
Staff report for a City Council decision on a variance letting a 20-foot landscape buffer be measured from back of sidewalk rather than property line, for an auto dealership in a community business zone.
Feb. 3, 2026 · 23 pages · 9.2 MB · Staff Report
Decisions
- Download Recorded variance permit
Recorded City of Nampa variance permit allowing the 20-foot landscape buffer to be measured from the back of the sidewalk in a Community Business zone, with two conditions of approval.
Feb. 24, 2026 · 2 pages · 435 KB · Recorded Permit #2026-006591
- Download Reasoned statement of findings, conclusions and decision
Nampa City Council's signed decision approving a landscape buffer variance, with findings of fact, the five variance criteria, and conclusions of law.
Feb. 24, 2026 · 4 pages · 233 KB · Reasoned Statement SIGNED
- Download Council decision letter approving landscape buffer variance
Letter notifying the applicant that the City Council approved the variance from the 20-foot landscape buffer requirement, with two conditions on building standards and a landscape plan.
Feb. 4, 2026 · 5 pages · 380 KB · Available Online
Application
- Download Master application for variance
Planning and Zoning master application for a variance requesting a 20-foot landscape buffer measured from the sidewalk rather than the property line, for a commercial lot.
Nov. 4, 2025 · 2 pages · 1.5 MB · Application
Other documents
- Affidavit regarding buffer variance
Nov. 4, 2025 · Affidavit
- Download Business ownership agreement for Nova Auto Group, LLC
Agreement between the two members of Nova Auto Group, LLC covering ownership shares, capital contributions, management, profit distribution, and transfer rules, with a notary acknowledgment.
Nov. 4, 2025 · 2 pages · 549 KB · Business Ownership Agreement
- Application checklist
Nov. 4, 2025 · Checklist
- Download Record of survey for Nova Auto buffer variance
One-page recorded survey filed by Kimley-Horn, recorded with the Canyon County Recorder in June 2024; the scanned text is mostly recording stamps and is hard to read.
Nov. 4, 2025 · 1 page · 233 KB · Record of Survey
- Special warranty deed
Nov. 4, 2025 · Special Warranty Deed
