After a handful of public meetings and hours of testimony, Boise City Council members couldn’t reach a consensus on an application to build 430 homes on 110 acres south of Columbia Road on Boise’s eastern edge.

Three members of the council repeated concerns they’d cited in previous meetings about the project’s lack of secondary access for traffic and emergency services.

The other three Councilmen said the developer had done enough to address safety and traffic concerns.

The tied vote, a rarity in Boise, left the decision up to Mayor David Bieter who denied the project application.

The Idaho Statesman reports, this is the second time in three months that he city has denied the same application.