Land use amendment hearing set

October 12, 2016

The Boundary County Planning and Zoning Commission will meet in special session to review Application 16-111, which proposes changes to the Boundary County Land Use Ordinance 2015-2. The Boundary County Land Use Ordinance applies to all lands in Boundary County which lie outside the incorporated city limits of Moyie Springs and Bonners Ferry. The hearing, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 27, will specifically address proposed updates to Section 2 - Definitions, Section 7 - Conditional Use Permits, Section 11 - Subdivisions, Section 12 - Variances, 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. Prior to the hearing the public is invited to review these proposed changes online at http://www.boundarycountyid.org/node/66 or to get a summary of the proposed changes visit the Planning & Zoning Administrator in Room 16 at the County Courthouse. Public participation in establishing Land Use guidelines is vital to maintaining the intent of the Comprehensive Plan established for Boundary County. You are invited to attend the Public Hearing and to share your views. The special session will take place in the Main Courtroom at the County Courthouse, 6452 Kootenai Street, Bonners Ferry.