Bonner County schedules workshop after resident warns HB 180 could fast-track small wireless facilities

May 14, 2025

A Bonner County resident warned commissioners that Idaho House Bill 180 will shorten local permitting timelines and treat some wireless facilities as utilities, and asked the county to adopt targeted ordinance language. County staff said a public workshop will be scheduled to consider stop-gap and longer-term ordinance changes.

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Anne Wilder Chamberlain, a Bonner County resident, warned the Bonner County commissioners that Idaho House Bill 180 would reduce local review time for small wireless facilities and allow the wireless industry to treat those facilities as utilities, potentially sidestepping local hearings.

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