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County upholds Sparrow Acres subdivision approval despite neighbors’ groundwater concerns
Summary
Kootenai County denied an appeal of a two-lot minor subdivision (Sparrow Acres) and affirmed the director’s decision, subject to plat utility buffers, required geotechnical analysis at development and pump-test or storage proof for water; commissioners split on whether more water-study evidence was available.
Kootenai County commissioners on Feb. 26 denied an appeal (APP25-0001) of a two-lot minor subdivision known as Sparrow Acres, affirming the planning director’s earlier approval while attaching conditions that require utility buffers be shown on the plat, a geotechnical analysis at development, and proof of water via a pump test or storage before a certificate of occupancy.
Planner Blake and staff recounted that the 10-acre parcel east of Coeur d'Alene on French Gulch Road had been approved administratively for a two-lot subdivision with shared driveway, individual wells and septic. Staff summarized the…
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