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Kootenai County to hold public hearing on Sparrow Acres two‑lot subdivision appeal after commissioners express water‑impact concerns
Summary
After deliberations about groundwater, geotechnical requirements and pipeline easements, Kootenai County commissioners voted Oct. 9 to grant a public hearing on APP25‑0001 (Sparrow Acres). The board said the appellant must provide clear, data‑driven evidence about well impacts.
Kootenai County commissioners on Oct. 9 voted to grant a public hearing for appeal APP25‑0001, Sparrow Acres, a two‑lot minor subdivision east of town along French Gulch Road, after extended deliberation about groundwater, geotechnical analysis and pipeline easements.
Planner Blake Sutter presented the appeal record, saying the director approved a two‑lot minor subdivision on March 24; each lot exceeds five acres, with a shared driveway and separate wells and septic systems. The county received an appeal from the appellant (name in record: Dave Driscone; transcript later also references “David Rusconi”) on April 21. The matter has undergone two hearings before the hearing examiner — June 19 (record incomplete due to missing audio) and Sept. 11 — and staff and the hearing examiner both recommended denying the…
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