The Treasure Valley has been facing a housing shortage, with skyrocketing rents over the last few years and increasing homelessness. So Ada County’s planning staff recommended that the county allow duplexes, apartments and townhomes in more areas as part of a new zoning code rewrite.
Then the feedback came in: “Allowing multifamily as a conditional use is a slap in the face to the residents already residing in Ada County,” wrote several people in emails and messages to the county.
“This proposal to allow multi-family housing as a conditional use is an affront to the residents who have relied on the integrity of zoning regulations to preserve the character and potential of our neighborhoods,” said one resident who lives southwest of the Boise Airport…