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Kootenai County and cities spar over AOI maps, notice procedures and boundary inclusions ahead of Dec. 18 hearing
Summary
County staff briefed the board on proposed Area of Impact (AOI) maps and a plan to use the state 15‑day notice for a map-only submittal; city attorneys and the City of Hauser’s counsel urged inclusion and raised boundary, notice and revenue-sharing concerns ahead of the Dec. 18 hearing.
Kootenai County staff briefed the Community Development board on a coordinated Area of Impact (AOI) mapping effort and legal ambiguities in a new state statute that could affect boundaries and notice procedures.
Director David Callahan told the board staff had opted to advertise the current submittal as a map-only AOI action so it would be subject to the state’s 15-day notice requirement rather than the county land-use code’s 28-day notice. "We sent out, as the state law requires, the notice to all of the property owners in the unincorporated county, outside of the city limits, but within the mapped areas of the AOIs," Callahan said,…
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