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Sandpoint opens public hearing on updated off‑street parking rules; council continues deliberation
Summary
Council opened and closed a public hearing Aug. 6 on proposed revisions to Title 9, Chapters 1 and 5 of the Sandpoint City Code to clarify parking rules, add alley hard‑surfacing triggers and adjust the downtown parking‑exempt area, then continued deliberation to a future meeting.
The Sandpoint City Council opened a public hearing Aug. 6 on comprehensive amendments to the city’s off‑street parking and loading code (Title 9, Chapters 1 and 5), then closed the hearing and continued deliberations to a subsequent council meeting to allow more review.
City planner Bill Dean summarized a line‑by‑line rewrite intended to clarify definitions, clean up procedural language, and add policy changes aimed at downtown development and alley improvements. Major proposals included: a requirement that alleys be hard‑surfaced when development intensity exceeds a duplex plus an accessory dwelling…
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