Canal/Norcrest/Columbus Action Committee v. City of Boise

WALTERS, Justice.

This appeal requires that we determine whether the City of Boise’s conditional use approval of a planned unit development in a mandatory design review zone is a final decision by the City that is ripe for review. We hold that it is, and we therefore reverse the district court’s dismissal of the petition for judicial review of the conditional use approval as premature.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The developer, Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (NHS) filed an application with the City seeking conditional use approval of a proposed mobile home park consisting of sixty-five…