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Commission recommends code changes to let short plats defer frontage improvements until building permit or pay in-lieu fee
Summary
The commission recommended council adopt city-initiated amendments allowing large lots created by short plats to defer frontage (curb/sidewalk) construction until building permit stage or to participate in the city's sidewalk in-lieu fee program, with staff control over when in-lieu payments are appropriate.
The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission voted March 4 to recommend city council adopt amendments to two Sandpoint City Code sections that change when developers must construct frontage improvements for short plats.
City engineer Brandon Staglin explained the amendments are city-initiated and would allow owners creating large lots through a short plat to defer curb and sidewalk construction along public street frontages until the future building-permit stage, or alternatively to pay a sidewalk in-lieu fee under the same conditions the city already applies to building permits.
Staglin said a short plat (a subdivision of four…
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