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Sandpoint Council adopts amendments to zoning and off‑street parking code (Title 9) after minor drafting clarification
Summary
Council adopted an ordinance amending Sandpoint City Code Title 9, chapters 1 and 5 (definitions and off‑street parking/loading) after a clerical clarification; the ordinance passed first reading and was adopted under suspension of the rules.
The Sandpoint City Council on Sept. 17 adopted an ordinance amending Title 9 of the Sandpoint City Code, updating definitions and off‑street parking and loading facility rules.
City planner Bill Dean presented the ordinance and answered council questions about cross‑references in the draft. Dean told the council the ordinance had been reviewed by the planning commission and staff: "If you have any questions of me, I'd be happy to clarify or amplify anything, to make you comfortable in understanding what's before you," he said.
Council discussion focused on a scrivener’s issue: a cross‑reference to a bicycle‑parking design standard (section 9‑5‑14) that had been moved to a separate standards document. Council President Deb Rule and staff confirmed the intent was to rely on an adopted standards document rather than duplicate design text in the ordinance and proposed removing the outdated cross‑reference.
The clerk read the ordinance title: "An ordinance of the city of Sandpoint, a municipal corporation of the state of Idaho amending Sandpoint city code title 9 chapter 1 definitions and chapter 5 off street parking and loading facilities, providing for severability and providing for publication and an effective date." Councilor Kyle Schreiber moved to approve first reading by title only; Councilor Rick Howarth seconded. The first‑reading roll call was: Rule yes; Duquette yes; Howarth yes; Espiro yes; Schreiber no. The motion passed first reading.
Councilor Howarth moved to suspend the three‑reading rule and adopt the ordinance in its entirety; Councilor Pam Duquette seconded. The suspension and final adoption passed on roll call with votes recorded as follows: Duquette yes; Schreiber yes; Espiro yes; Howarth yes; Rule yes. The ordinance becomes effective following publication of the summary, per the city clerk.
Clarifying details noted during debate: staff will update cross‑references to point to an adopted parking and bicycle‑parking standards document rather than to struck code sections; a parking‑in‑lieu fee referenced in discussion is in the city’s fee schedule and was described in packets as $25,000 per space when last updated.
The council flagged the change as largely procedural and asked staff to reissue the final ordinance text with the clarified cross‑reference to the standards document.
