Sandpoint workshop advances move to impervious‑surface standard to ease small‑lot development

Nov 5, 2025

Sandpoint’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 4 heard staff propose replacing separate building‑footprint limits with a single impervious‑surface standard—as high as 70% on some small lots with stepped reductions on larger lots—to allow more flexible development and potentially more ADUs and attached units.

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Sandpoint’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 4 heard a workshop from Community Planning and Development Director Jason Welker on a draft code amendment that would replace the city’s separate building‑footprint cap with a single impervious‑surface standard and adjust multifamily density rules in the RM zone.

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