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Sandpoint planning staff preview sweeping Title 9 zoning changes, schedules Dec. 16 public hearing
Summary
City planning staff told the Planning & Zoning Commission on Dec. 2 that a package of Title 9 amendments — including a single 70% impervious surface cap, a 35% two‑story footprint limit, smaller allowed townhouse lot sizes and modest RM density increases — will go to public hearing Dec. 16; staff said the changes aim to permit ADUs and legalize some historic small lots while limiting taller structures that could loom over neighbors.
City planning staff previewed a package of zoning amendments Dec. 2 that would revise how Sandpoint measures lot coverage and building footprint, modify minimum lot sizes for some housing types and slightly raise allowed multifamily density in RM zones. Staff scheduled a public hearing for Dec. 16 to accept testimony and recommended commissioners consider the changes at that hearing.
Jason Welker, community planning and development director, told the commission the administration has brought the amendments to the commission multiple times and believes the package is close to final. "We've come to you three times now... and I think we're getting close to the finish line here," Welker said, framing the changes as a set of relatively simple code clarifications and targeted relaxations intended to increase housing options.
The package summarizes three principal changes: adopt a single 70% maximum impervious‑surface standard; keep a 35% maximum building footprint for two‑story structures while allowing single‑story structures to…
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