We didn’t receive our invitation by the County Commissioners “to the County’s development and construction communities” to attend a “Community Development Forum” on Monday evening
This case should signal to the Commissioners that they really need to get on with the business of fixing the outmoded county codes.
The Kootenai County Commissioners still have a LONG way to go, but at this morning’s deliberation of the draft comprehensive plan, some actual glimmers of progress were detected. Today, the Commissioners largely completed deliberations on “planned communities,” one of the more difficult and controversial parts of the draft plan. The Commissioners have been struggling for several meetings with the concepts of “planned communities” and “rural more »
Today, Board of County Commissioners Chairman Rick Currie lashed back at the increasing wave of criticism over the long slow failure to make progress on Kootenai County’s comprehensive plan. Prior to the start of today’s meeting, Currie complained about “misinformation” being spread by “the powers that be.” In response to a particularly toughly-worded opinion piece by former Planning Commissioner Kathlene Kolts complaining about a lack more »
The deliberations have been a long, slow, and epic failure of leadership.
My friends (all 1000 of them) back in Maryland posted this item recently, and wouldn’t it be nice here in Idaho! According to a relatively new Maryland law, all key land use decision makers are now required to take an on-line training course in planning and zoning. We skimmed the course materials (here – a large pdf) and were impressed with the breadth and clarity and organization of more »
As we wrote last month, we were somewhat taken aback by a developer’s request for a variance under the County’s site disturbance ordinance because, well, the ordinance doesn’t have provision for variances. It turns out that the County hearing examiner agreed and recommended that the request for variance be denied as a matter of law. In a well-reasoned opinion, hearing examiner Rebecca Zanetti recommended that more »
We don’t have the wherewithal to comment on every last development proposal in Kootenai County. It’s a complicated process — talking to neighbors, researching the proposals, drafting comments and attending the dreadful hearings. Obviously, some projects have more environmental impact than others. And many projects are in compliance with the law and well within the rights of the particular property owners. And there are some projects more »
The Kootenai County Commissioners continue their lengthy deliberations on the Comprehensive Plan this coming Monday, and they are at a crucial moment. It isn’t over-stating it to say that the fate of the rural landscape is now in their hands. Your calls and emails could be helpful. KEA members and interested individuals are strongly encouraged to contact members of the Board this week, to urge more »
As if to emphasize that we’re just now entering the most important part of the deliberations on the Kootenai County comp plan by the Board of County Commissioners, we’ve received this “form letter” being pushed by the Coeur d’Alene Association of Realtors to their members ramp up pressure on the Commissioners. We’ve had extensive comments on the draft comp plan, but here are some quick observations on more »
