This is a polygon data set depicting the current comprehensive planning areas for Boise City. A comprehensive planning area is defined in Chapter 4-1, page 171, of Blueprint Boise, the current Boise City Comprehensive Plan as, "On the largest scale, the entire area (area of impact) for which the City has authority to prepare comprehensive plans. On a smaller scale, planning area refers to the various sub-areas (i.e. West Bench, Central Bench, Southwest, etc,) which the City has defined as making up the larger planning area. These sub-areas are defined by physical barriers and/or the character of existing developments within them, and may each have specific planning objectives and policies articulated in the Comprehensive Plan." Each polygon in this data set is a specific smaller scale (sub-area) planning area. Collectively, the polygons represent the geography for the Boise City large scale comprehensive planning area.

This data set is a critical component of the official Land Use Map within the Boise City Comprehensive Plan. It is used to identify specific areas within Boise City and the Boise Area of Impact to which specific land use designations and policies are applied. The data set is used to assist Boise City staff to identify specific planning areas and manage the growth of those areas to be consistent with the policies and intentions set out in the Boise City Comprehensive Plan.

The dataset is generally coincident with the Boise Area of Impact; and is updated through City Council approval when the Boise Area of Impact changes. The data is current to the date the data set was published.

For more information, please visit City of Boise Planning & Development.