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Bonner County commissioners split then affirm digital zoning map for disputed parcel
Summary
The Bonner County Board of Commissioners declined a request to reinterpret a split zoning designation as entirely recreation, instead voting to leave the parcel’s zoning as shown on the county's digital map (Recreation and Ag Forest 10), citing an upcoming comprehensive-plan and zoning-map update to resolve mapping discrepancies.
Jake Gabel, Bonner County planning director, told the Board of County Commissioners that a landowner had asked the board to interpret the county zoning map under BCRC 12-3-15(H) because the parcel appears to be split between Recreation and Ag Forest 10 on the county's digital zoning layer. Gabel said no formal land-division application was pending and that the county is working on aligning the comprehensive plan map and the official zoning map with parcel lines in a future update.
During public comment, Dave Bowman, a Bonner County resident who reviewed older paper maps, said the split on the digital map appears to be an error in the county GIS and urged the board to review historic records. "It's clearly a mistake…
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