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Kootenai County adopts interim ordinance to regulate marine service businesses on inland lakes
Summary
The county approved ORA25-2, an interim ordinance creating a defined marine services use in commercial zones and allowing specified activities within a 25-foot shoreline protection area; the board added language to permit not-for-profit operators.
Kootenai County commissioners on April 10 approved ORA25-2, an interim ordinance that creates a marine services use in county commercial zones and permits certain marine-related activities within the 25-foot shoreline protection zone.
Director David Callahan, who presented the ordinance, said the change "fills a gap in our current development code where we have never actually had a marine services section" and that the interim approach lets staff later refine a permanent rule as part of the comprehensive-plan update. Ben Tarbutton, who joined Callahan for the presentation, told the board staff coordinated with other agencies while…
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