Kootenai County staff, applicant spar over subdivision and "replication" risks in Elder Road CZDA continuation

Kootenai County Community Development held a continuation of a public hearing July 10 on two conditional zoning development agreements (CZDAs) affecting two parcels on Elder Road, during which staff and the applicant discussed whether the CZDAs would allow replicated commercial uses if the parent parcels were later subdivided. No formal vote or final decision was recorded during the portion of the meeting in the transcript.

The CZDAs under review would change how the West parcel (described in the hearing as about 33 acres) and the East parcel (about 27 acres) could be used, including a proposed designation of "commercial resort" on the West parcel. Director David Callahan, Community Development, apologized at the start for a file error and described the short preparation window before the hearing: "My apologies. We've heard as of last night, you had the same file twice in your electronic file. ... We corrected that this morning about 30 minutes ago."

Vlad Finkel, Kootenai County Community Development staff, told the commissioners that the proposed scope of uses in the CZDAs is largely…