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Hearing set on zone ordinance changes
November 5, 2016
The Boundary County Commissioners will meet to conduct a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. Monday, December 5, in the Commissioners Office at the County Courthouse, 6452 Kootenai Street, Bonners Ferry to review Application 16-111, which proposes changes to Land Use Ordinance 2015-2, specifically addressing updates to: Section 2 - Definitions, Section 7 - Conditional Use Permits, Section 8 - Special Event Permits, Section 10 - Standards for Specific Uses, Section 11 - Subdivisions, Section 12 - Variances, Section 13 - Mediation and Appeals, Section 18 - Amendments and Section 20 - Parcel Divisions.

The proposed updates are both typographical (correcting formatting and spelling/numbering errors), and substantive. (Substantive changes are changes to actual content which add or delete verbiage thus altering the potential interpretation of an ordinance. An example might be the addition to an ordinance section to state 'No dogs allowed'. Not hard to interpret, but if the words did not exist before, the addition of these words (or removal of them) would be considered a substantive change.)

The deadline for written comment and material for 16-111 is noon Monday, November 28. Written comment may be mailed to: Boundary County Commissioners, PO Box 419, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805, faxed to (208) 267-1205 or emailed to planning@boundarycountyid.org.

Written comment will be accepted at public hearing provided the material is read into the record. There may be a five minute limit per person on verbal testimony.

Further information is available on this application at the Planning & Zoning Office, Room 16 of the courthouse, and the application is available for public review. Information is also available by calling (208) 267-7212 or by visiting the county website at www.boundarycountyid.org/planning/.

Anyone requiring special accommodation due to handicap or disability should contact the planning office at least two days prior to the hearing.
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