Hearing Examiner

Hearing Examiner

Hearing Examiner meetings are held in the Maryanne Jordan City Council Chambers on the 3rd floor of City Hall. Meetings start at 5:00 p.m. and are open to the public. The meeting's end time depends on the length of the agenda. All public meetings are held in a hybrid format allowing both virtual and in-person attendance to ensure compliance with the Idaho Open Meetings Law:

• Watch Live (YouTube)

All applicants, neighbors and residents are strongly encouraged to attend virtually. You can watch the meeting on the City of Boise's Public Meetings YouTube channel.

• Participate Virtually (Zoom)

If you want to testify at the meeting, you can sign-up in advance. A sign up form will be available below once the hearing's agenda has been set. The form will remain active until noon on the day of the hearing. At that point, advanced sign-ups will close and the form will not be displayed. However, any member of the public will still be allowed to speak after everyone on the sign-up list has spoken.

For each hearing item, in-person testimony will be heard before online testimony.

Learn more about how to participate

• Attend at City Hall 

This meeting location is accessible for those with physical disabilities. Participants may request reasonable accommodations, such as a language interpreter, from the City of Boise to facilitate participation in the meeting. If you require assistance with accommodation, please contact us at CommunityEngagement@cityofboise.org or call (208) 972-8500.

Meeting Information

• Meeting Agenda
• Watch Live (YouTube)
• Participate Virtually (Zoom)

About the Hearing Examiner
The Hearing Examiner is a new role supporting the planning and development review and approval in the City of Boise. They are  professionally trained attorney or planner with land use experience or training and is approved by the Mayor and City Council for the role of acting as a legal review of administrative decision by the planning department. The Hearing Examiner will hold a minimum of one hearing per month, which will hear variance-only applications an appeals for most projects that are decided through the administrative process of the Planning and Development Services Department.

Learn more about Public Meetings

• Planning Public Hearings and Providing Testimony