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Commission reviews design for seven‑unit infill at 1331 Church Street, requests facade variation and porch/eave changes
Summary
Planning staff presented a design‑review packet for development on six contiguous substandard lots at 1331 Church Street. The commission provided advisory feedback — not an approval — asking the applicant to introduce variations (A/B facades), modest setback staggering, deeper porches and eave/roof articulation to avoid a repetitive streetscape.
The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 21 conducted a design review of a proposed attached‑housing project at 1331 Church Street — a plan that would build contiguous units on six substandard lots of record — and provided advisory feedback to the applicant and staff.
Eric Brubaker, the city’s associate planner, and City Planner Bill summarized the application and explained why the commission was reviewing it: under Sandpoint’s substandard‑lots provisions, development of more than four units on contiguous substandard lots triggers design review by the commission (a review, not an approval). Brubaker said the project’s site plan re‑orients units toward Church Street, proposes rear alley access for ADUs/garages, and includes frontage improvements and sidewalk work along Church.
Brubaker read the relevant design guideline language to…
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