Coeur d'Alene council approves zone change for Fruitland Lane parcel, directs development-agreement talks on attainable housing

Coeur d'Alene — The City Council on March 17 approved a zone change for a 0.522-acre vacant parcel at 3620 North Fruitland Lane, adopting findings that the request conforms with the comprehensive plan and adding a condition that staff and the applicant negotiate a development agreement addressing attainable or workforce housing.

Planning staff told the council that public facilities — streets, water, stormwater and sewer — can serve the site and that the property has no topographical constraints. Staff relayed a city-engineer estimate that the R17 theoretical maximum would generate about 59 trips per day if built to the maximum of nine dwelling units; staff emphasized that figure represents total trips generated by residents, not trips originating from the parcel.

Under current zoning (MH8) the lot could be…