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Bonner County continues appeal on Priest Lake vacation rental occupancy; applicants seek records
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners continued an administrative appeal by Bill and Karen Ferguson of a planning staff decision to reduce a vacation rental's permitted occupancy from 12 to 9 persons, citing parking rules adopted in 2024. The board agreed to continue the hearing to July 8 so the applicants can review additional records.
Bonner County planning staff approved a renewal of a vacation rental permit for property in the Huckleberry subdivision on Priest Lake on May 19, 2025, but limited maximum occupancy to nine people because the property shows three off-street parking spaces, Planning staff said.
Alex Vann, planning staff, told commissioners that Ordinance 707 (adopted in 2024) changed occupancy limits and requires all parking serving a vacation rental to be located on the same property as the rental. "When the applicant submitted a request for their vacation rental permit renewal, they were required to meet the standard set forth in the current ordinance," Vann said, and the county therefore changed the permit's occupancy from 12 to 9 based…
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