Update September 15, 2023:

P&Z will hear CAR23-00014 on October 2nd at 6 PM at Boise City Hall. This hearing is regarding the request to rezone the property at 3102 Sycamore to R-1B to allow splitting it into 2 (it used to be 3 total lots) lots (at the neighborhood meeting the owner indicated that he will likely sell the new lots for development as opposed to developing them himself). Documents for the Hearing may be downloaded and viewed at the link below.

Update July 3, 2023:

Neighborhood Meeting will be held July 6, 2023 at the food truck parked behind the house (access off of Taft) at 7 PM July 6, 2023. The notice may be downloaded/viewed below. The project is to rezone as R1-BS (Sycamore Overlay), split the lot into a total of three lots, and build two new houses on the two newly created lots.

June 29, 2023

3102 Sycamore is in the Collister Neighborhood Association just across Taft St from the VPNA. It spans from Sycamore on the West to the Church on the East. If you have an interest Taft St or what is going on near your property, it may be worth taking a look at.

The project is to re-zone and split the 0.7 acre lot at 3102 Sycamore into a total of 3 or possibly more parcels. The main house which faces Sycamore will be preserved and the lot splits will create skinny lots accessible off of Taft St. See some of the drawings at the end of this page from the pre-application hearing.

The developer is planning for the neighborhood meeting for this project and has had a pre-application meeting. As the CIty has advised the developer that a potential course of action is to wait until the new Zoning Code goes into effect in December 2023, it is unclear what their next steps will be.

NBR23-00105 is the application for a neighborhood meeting list regarding 3102 Sycamore (that’s the house on the NE corner of Taft and Sycamore) which is planned to be a 3 lot (or more?) PUD and zoning change to R-1B.  This lot is also right next to the Church.

Also see PAC23-00056, the pre-application meeting notes and documents. The documents are very interesting. Looks like they previously were planning a lot of driveways on Taft.

Also note, regarding the drawings, the Planning departments notes to the developer pasted below. This will likely scale back the development. And the developer is currently planning on R-1B re-zone with only 2 additional lots, both which will have driveways on Taft.

• Taft Street Concept Design from Sycamore Drive to 36th Street is currently underway. This design had two alternatives. To learn more about this, see the website. Taft Street, Sycamore Drive to 36th Street (arcgis.com)
  
• Please work with ACHD to determine scope of work for your site. The existing right-of-way on Taft Street is 30 feet along this site and 50 feet on the abutting parcel to the east. The full design of Taft Street is currently incomplete. We know that additional right-of-way will be required. Curb, gutter and sidewalk/multi-use pathway will be located on each side of the roadway. The applicant will be
  required to dedicate sufficient right-of-way for the local street and will need to continue to coordinate with the City of Boise’s Mobility Division for buffers between the curb and the sidewalk or multiuse path and with ACHD.
  
• Sycamore Drive will also be required to be improved with curb, gutter and 5-foot detached sidewalks.
  
• This site is located within the Sycamore Overlay.
  
• The land use designation is Suburban. R-1M is not a viable option for several reasons. 1. The land use does not support it. 2. R-1M requires a parking to be located behind the structure. In the event of attached units are provided, they are required to be alley loaded. In the event of detached structures, parking shall be alley loaded or located a minimum of 10-feet behind the front façade of the home and can utilize a driveway that is a maximum of 12-feet in width.
  
• Sycamore Plan lists objective of supporting higher density residential along the perimeter. There was an unsuccessful application in 1989 to rezone to R-1C on this property.
  
• R-1B may be a viable option to accommodate 2 dwellings on the site. You are encouraged to monitor the City’s Code rewrite process as other options/opportunities may evolve for development of the property.
  
• Encouraged to meet with neighbors (not as an official neighborhood meeting) to discuss ideas of how to develop property before deciding on a final proposal.
  
• Please schedule another pre-application meeting once Taft Street Project parameters have been established.
  
• The Parks/Forestry department did comment: Ensure all existing trees on-site four inches in diameter or greater (whether removed or retained) are evaluated by an approved Arborist.