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Council approves Pleasant View Meadows annexation and RM zoning after remediation assurances
Summary
Post Falls council approved annexation and Residential Mix zoning for a 4.52-acre former dump site that a developer says has been remediated and will yield 29 homes; planning staff and the applicant emphasized remediation records and limited city infrastructure impact.
The Post Falls City Council voted to annex and assign Residential Mix (RM) zoning to the Pleasant View Meadows property, a roughly 4.52-acre site along Pleasant View Drive the applicant says was a remediated former landfill.
Kyle Cotton, the applicant representative for Pleasant View Meadows, told the council the project is a “blight-to-bright transformation” that has undergone targeted geotechnical remediation and that “0 remediation costs [will be] passed on to taxpayers.” He described a preliminary layout that would deliver 29 homes — two blocks of five townhouses facing Pleasant View, 18 twin-home lots and a single-family lot — and preserve about 24 percent of the site as green space for future Corbin Ditch trail connectivity.
Planning staff said the annexation and RM zone conform with Post Falls’ comprehensive plan goals for diversified housing in the Riverbend focus area and reported neutral agency comments and sufficient wastewater capacity. Staff also noted the site sits over the Ratzinger Prairie aquifer and that the developer provided documentation of remediation and daily logs from the geotechnical engineer of record.
Councilors asked about product types and minimum sizes; Cotton clarified that the proposed townhouses would be on individual parcels while “multifamily townhomes” would be a different, rental-style product, and gave approximate sizes (townhouses about 1,300–1,400 square feet; twin homes around 1,100 square feet; smaller single-story units 600–800 square feet).
Two motions were taken separately for legal clarity: the annexation (ANNX-25-10) and the RM zoning assignment. Both motions passed on roll call. Chair closed the public hearing after three residents registered in favor but did not wish to speak.
The council’s approval moves the project to the entitlement and subdivision phase, during which the developer will dedicate additional right-of-way, finalize infrastructure plans, and work through building permits and HOA responsibilities for private interior utilities. The applicant said water could be transitioned from East Green Acres Irrigation District to the city based on a letter from the irrigation board that allows the request.
Next steps include submittal of subdivision plans and any required special use or design review processes associated with future building permits.
