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Lewiston council amends comprehensive plan to require groundwater considerations
Summary
The City of Lewiston approved a resolution to amend its 2044 comprehensive plan to incorporate state law requiring local plans to consider effects on source, quantity and quality of groundwater.
The Lewiston City Council on Sept. 22 approved Resolution 2025-21 to amend the city's comprehensive plan to add language requiring planners to consider the effect of plan changes on groundwater quantity, quality and source.
Assistant City Planner Katie Hollingshead told the council the change reflects a new requirement in state law and that the amendment would insert the statutory language into two places in the city's comprehensive plan. "The amendment that is in front of you tonight is to add that specifically to our comprehensive plan," Hollingshead said.
Hollingshead said the revision implements recent changes in Idaho law (cited in the staff packet as Idaho Code section 67-6508 and…
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