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Sandpoint council approves smaller ‘area of impact’ map to send to Bonner County
Summary
The Sandpoint City Council voted 6–1 to forward a reduced area-of-impact boundary to Bonner County, shrinking the city’s planning footprint from about 12.3 square miles to roughly 3.4 square miles and asking the county to consider local connectivity and service issues during its review.
The Sandpoint City Council voted 6–1 on May 7 to forward a staff- and Planning & Zoning Commission–recommended adjustment to the city’s area of impact to Bonner County, cutting the area under the city’s review from about 12.3 square miles to roughly 3.4 square miles.
City Planning Director Welker told the council the state law defines an area of impact as “where growth and development are expected to occur beyond the city’s limits” and noted recent legislative language limiting an area of impact to no more than two miles beyond city limits. “What we have here is a proposal that reduces our AI by roughly 80 percent while keeping areas that could…
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