The Kootenai Land Company (KLC) (https://www.kcolandcompany.com/) will be provided unrestricted access to increase the zoning sizes in the Coeur Terre project; all they have to do is pay. That means that R-17 (17 houses per acre or three (3) stories high) could be changed to R-34 (up to six (6) stories), enabling high-rise buildings outside Coeur d’Alene and in the urban area.

ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (File No. A-4-22) (https://www.cdaid.org/files/Council/Packet020723WEB.pdf)

5.2 Increase in Zoning Density: If, within two (2) years of the recordation of the Annexation ordinance and this Agreement, the Owners, or any successor-in-interest, requests a zone change which results in an increase in density, the Owners agree to pay an additional Annexation Fee representing the difference between the fee described in paragraph 5.1…

The Coeur d’Alene City Planning department is not city planning. It has provided a free-for-all that requires the community to fight to preserve state laws once the development starts. The Coeur d’Alene Comprehensive Plan 2022-2042 (https://www.cdaid.org/files/Planning/2042CompPlan/Coeur%20d’Alene_2042CompPlan.pdf) does not appear to agree to Idaho state code 67-6502 in almost all sections, especially those protecting surrounding properties. It states that C-17 zoning can be used for Mixed-Use High, which can be six (6) stories to eight (8) stories. The bordering properties are R-1, R-3 and R-8. The approval would allow for well over double the density.

Once the annexation is approved, the development plan allows for a second city to be built that has the potential to be denser than the current downtown of Coeur d’Alene.

Simply, it is a disaster in the works.

BRIAN ROGERS

Post Falls