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Kootenai County commissioners deny proposal to raise agricultural minimum lot size amid tribal water concerns
Summary
Kootenai County commissioners voted to deny an interim change that would have raised minimum agricultural lot size to 10 acres at the request of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, citing insufficient, verifiable water-supply evidence; the tribe had urged the pause to protect groundwater.
Kootenai County commissioners on Feb. 26 denied an interim ordinance (ORA24-0004) that would have raised the minimum lot size in the agricultural zone to 10 acres, a measure the Coeur d'Alene Tribe had urged to protect local groundwater supplies.
The proposal, presented by Community Development Director Mike Beharie and planner Ben Tarbutton, would have aligned the agricultural zone’s minimum lot size with a change already adopted for the rural zone and extended an interim ordinance through June 30, 2027. Tyrell Stevenson, legislative director for the…
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