Higher-density housing is coming — want to have your say?
By Cate Huisman
Reader Contributor
By now it’s well known that housing is beyond a quandary for Sandpoint. People who have lived and worked here for years have lost their …
By Cate Huisman
Reader Contributor
By now it’s well known that housing is beyond a quandary for Sandpoint. People who have lived and worked here for years have lost their …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There was a tone of frustration in the Oct. 4 meeting of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission, as members took in a presentation on …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The fourth phase of the University Place development went before the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission at its regular meeting Sept. 20, with commissioners voting …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City councilors voted 4-2 to amend the land swap agreement with Bridge Street, LLC at their regular July 20 meeting, making the exchange final …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint City Council members gathered with Planning and Zoning commissioners for a joint workshop July 12, during which they parsed through an in-depth report from …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit application June 7, moving a proposed mixed-used development one step closer to …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Sandpoint City Council voted Jan. 19 to grant two appeals of a conditional use permit handed down by the Planning and Zoning …
By Reader Staff
Keep Bonner County Rural, a newly formed group of citizens dedicated to following land use issues in the county, has filed an application to amend the county’s …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously Nov. 18 to recommend denial of a 700-acre rezone request in the Selle Valley — a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When it comes to bureaucratic battles, little else inspires the masses to assemble quite like a land use issue.
One slated to come before the …
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