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KOOTENAI COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN December 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ADOPTING RESOLUTION CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Page Overview 1 - 1 Philosophy and Intent of the Plan 1 - 3 Conclusion 1 - 3 CHAPTER 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 - 1 CHAPTER 3 HISTORY AND SPECIAL SITES Overview 3 - 1 Historic Sites and History of Kootenai County 3 - 1 Archeological and Native American Sites 3 - 2 Preservation Activities 3 - 2 History of Kootenai County 3 - 3 Conclusion 3 - 9 CHAPTER 4 POPULATION Population Analysis 4 - 1 Future Population Trends 4 - 2 CHAPTER 5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Overview 5 - 1 Future Population Trends 5 - 1 Personal Income and Wages 5 - 1 Current Household Income Distribution, Education, & Poverty 5 - 5 Sources of Employment, Earnings, and Output 5 - 8 Housing Affordability 5 - 9 CHAPTER 6 HOUSING Market Analysis 6 - 1 Housing Locations 6 - 2 Housing Supply 6 - 2 Housing Demand 6 - 3 Housing Occupancy 6 - 3 Housing Affordability 6 - 4 Alternative Housing, Homeless, and Special Needs 6 - 4 Conclusion 6 - 4 Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 7 EDUCATION Overview 7 - 1 Facilities and Enrollment 7 - 1 Finances 7 - 2 Transportation 7 - 2 Private Education 7 - 2 Home Schooling 7 - 3 Higher Education 7 - 3 Summary 7 - 3 CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC FACILITIES AND UTILITIES Overview 8 - 1 Septic Suitability 8 - 1 National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors 8 - 3 CHAPTER 9 TRANSPORTATION The Regional Highway Participants and the Process 9 - 1 Other Transportation Networks 9 - 2 Public Transportation 9 - 2 Air Transportation 9 - 3 CHAPTER 10 PARKS AND RECREATION Overview 10 - 1 Structure of the Parks and Waterways Advisory Board 10 - 1 Recreational Sites and Facilities 10 - 1 Funding 10 - 2 Other Public and Private Recreation 10 - 3 Conclusion 10 - 3 CHAPTER 11 NATURAL RESOURCES Overview 11 - 1 Air Characteristics 11 - 1 Land Characteristics 11 - 2 Federal Lands 11 - 2 State Department of Lands 11 - 2 Vegetation, Fish, and Wildlife 11 - 3 Water 11 - 4 Minerals 11 - 7 CHAPTER 12 HAZARDOUS AREAS Overview 12 - 1 Mass Movement 12 - 2 Flood Zones 12 - 2 Heavy Metal Contamination 12 - 2 Faults/Earthquakes 12 - 3 Wildfires 12 - 3 Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 13 COMMUNITY DESIGN Overview 13 - 1 Regional Land Use and Community Assessment 13 - 2 Objectives 13 - 4 Countywide Design 13 - 5 Design Alternative Exercises 13 - 6 Sub-area Design 13 - 8 Summary 13 - 10 CHAPTER 14 LAND USE Overview 14 - 1 Existing Conditions and Uses 14 - 1 Bitterroot 14 - 8 Cougar Gulch 14 - 8 East Coeur d'Alene Lake 14 - 8 Fernan 14 - 9 Mica 14 - 9 North Kootenai 14 - 9 Rathdrum Prairie 14 - 10 Selkirk 14 - 10 Worley 14 - 11 Areas of City Impact 14 - 11 Future Land Use 14 - 18 Scenic 14 - 19 Resource/Recreation 14 - 20 Country 14 - 20 Suburban 14 - 21 Shoreline 14 - 21 Transitional 14 - 21 Border 14 - 22 Village 14 - 22 Interpreting Land Use Maps 14 - 23 Future Land Use Map 14 - 24 CHAPTER 15 PROPERTY RIGHTS Relevant Constitutional and Statutory Provisions 15 - 1 Takings 15 - 1 Emergency and Interim Moratoriums and Ordinances 15 - 2 Summary 15 - 2 CHAPTER 16 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Overview 16 - 1 Conclusion 16 - 2 Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 17 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPACT FEES Overview 17 - 1 Summary of Population Projections 17 - 2 Summary of Capital Plans 17 - 2 Available Sources and Levels of Funding for Capital 17 - 2 Conclusion 17 - 4 GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS KOOTENAI COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN December 2010 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Elmer "Rick" Currie, Chairman Richard Piazza Todd Tondee KOOTENAI COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Dan Green, Chairman Paul Matthews, Vice Chairman Jody Bieze Linda Fillios Kathlene Kolts Judy Morbeck Mark Triplett KOOTENAI COUNTY BUILDING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT Scott Clark, Director Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTRIBUTORS William Grimes, AICP, Studio Cascade Wes Hansen, Kootenai Environmental Alliance Tiffany Allgood, Environmental Planner, Coeur d'Alene Tribe The Cities of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden Lake, Hayden, Post Falls and Rathdrum Terry Harris, Kootenai Environmental Alliance Simone Kincaid, Kootenai County Historic Preservation Commission Scott Fields, Water Quality, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Ronald Harbison, Kootenai County Reprographics Center Roger Saterfiel, Director of Solid Waste Rebecca Stevens, Lake Management, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Randy Swick, US Forest Service Patrick Braden, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Nick Snyder, Director of Parks, Waterways & Noxious Weeds Monica Jainschigg, Copy Editor Consultant Molly Fricano, Planning Commission Secretary Local Kootenai County Chambers of Commerce Kevin Boling, Forest Capital Partners/Westslope Properties Kezziah Watkins Josh Arnold, Planner, Coeur d'Alene Tribe John Tindall, PE, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Joel Plaskon, PlanRight Jeff Benzon, Information Services, GIS Mapping Division Jack Gunderman, Planner I, Building & Planning Department Greg Delavan, Airport Director Grant Forsyth. Professor of Economics EWU Gary Stevens, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Dorothy Dahlgren, Kootenai County Historic Preservation Commission Donald Davis, PE, Idaho Transportation Department Dr. Fred A. Hurand, FAICP, Planning Consultant David Christianson, Information Services, GIS Mapping Division David Reid, Kootenai County Reprographics Center Supervisor Dale Peck, Panhandle Health District Cheri Howell, Planning Consultant Coeur d'Alene Association of Realtors Bradley Marshall, Citizens for Balance Bill Johnson, North Idaho Builders Association Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Board of County Commissioners expresses sincere appreciation to all those who contributed time, energy, and vision to develop this comprehensive plan. The Planning Commission deserves special recognition for their extraordinary effort over many long evenings that they dedicated to the planning process. It was their careful, considerate review of draft elements, public comments, and the statutory requirements that led to articulation of Kootenai County's vision for the future in this plan. We sincerely thank each of you for your tremendous effort on this most difficult task. We are also grateful to the many state agencies, city mayors, councils, managers, planners, and staff from County departments for their effort in developing and reviewing this plan. The Board acknowledges and thanks the hundreds of citizens who attended countless public meetings, workshops, local neighborhood meetings, and public hearings. Your thoughtful review of the plan and its goals and policies have been essential to capturing the spirit and vision of what makes and will keep Kootenai County great. Thanks to everyone who participated and contributed. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ____________________________________ Elmer "Rick" Currie, Chairman ____________________________________ Richard Piazza ____________________________________ Todd Tondee Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan RESOLUTION NO. 2010-117 KOOTENAI COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners ("the Board"), in 2007, initiated an evaluation and update of the Comprehensive Plan of Kootenai County ("the Plan") in response to acknowledged change in the County's circumstances, values, needs and demands since the adoption of the current Plan in 1994; and WHEREAS, the Board does hereby acknowledge its appreciation for the volunteer time and effort devoted by citizen volunteers, including members of the Planning Commission, in the preparation of a draft revised, amended Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the Board received a recommendation from the Planning Commission on said matter following duly noticed and conducted public hearing procedures by said body; and WHEREAS, the Board conducted duly noticed public hearings pursuant to the provisions of section 67-6509, Idaho Code, made material changes to the recommendation of the Planning Commission and conducted an additional duly noticed public hearing as required under section 67-6509, Idaho Code; and WHEREAS, the Board has reviewed and considered all materials, communications, public testimony, maps, and exhibits of current record on said revised, amended and updated Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the Board has accepted Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. CP-083-08, as revised, as it relates to the elements set forth in section 67-6508, Idaho Code, and the purpose established in section 67-6502, Idaho Code; and WHEREAS, the Board has found that the subject revised, amended and updated Comprehensive Plan will promote and protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare of the citizens of Kootenai County; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Kootenai County, Idaho, that Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. CP-082-08, entitled "Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan," shall be, and the same is hereby adopted as the official Comprehensive Plan of Kootenai County, Idaho. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan adopted pursuant to this Resolution shall supersede, replace, and repeal the Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 94-08 on March 16, 1994, and all amendments thereto adopted prior to the date of this Resolution. Upon a motion made by Commissioner ______________________________________, seconded by Commissioner ____________________, that the foregoing