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Sandpoint commission defers proposal to allow sidewalk in-lieu fees for short plats to pedestrian committee
Summary
The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission on June 17 deferred a staff proposal to let short plats and lot-line adjustments use the sidewalk in-lieu fee (City Code 7-3-10-h), asking the Pedestrian Bicycle Advisory Committee to review connectivity and enforcement implications.
Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Moe Dunkel and staff heard a public hearing on amendments to Sandpoint City Code section 7-3-10-h on June 17, when City Engineer Brandon Stagland described a draft change to allow short plats and lot-line adjustments to pay a sidewalk in-lieu fee instead of constructing frontage sidewalk.
Stagland told commissioners that the change would allow short plats and lot-line adjustments to use the existing sidewalk in-lieu program but would not change the rule for full subdivisions under Title 10, Chapter 1. "What this code amendment is is a change to chapter 7-3-10-h in regard to using the sidewalk in lieu fee program for short plats and lot line adjustments," he said.
The proposal prompted public comment and commissioner questions about whether the change would weaken…
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