Planning and Zoning – February 23, 2023

Meeting Minutes

P&Z Members in attendance:

☒ Caleb Davis, Chair     ☒ Wade Purdom, Co-Chair     ☐ David Hollabaugh     ☒ John Cranor
☒ Rob Woywood     ☒ Scott Fuller           ☒ Bill Benage
☒ Adam Isaac            ☒ Ron Self

Chair Davis called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Roll call: Commission members present are noted with a checked box above. Also in attendance: Acting Zoning Administrator Clare Marley, Assistant Contract Planner Tessa Vogel, Boundary County Commissioner Ben Robertson, and members of the public.

Consent Agenda: Commissioner Purdom moved, and Commissioner Fuller seconded the motion, to approve the January 26, 2023, minutes. The Chair declared the motion approved on a voice vote, with Commissioners Self and Woywood abstaining due to being absent from the January 26, 2023, public meeting.

New Business: The Chair amended the agenda to move the subdivision discussion to the beginning of the code update reviews.

Acting Zoning Administrator Clare Marley and Assistant Contract Planner Tessa Vogel presented discussions on ordinance updates regarding the subdivision process, lot design, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, and dwellings. The Commission reviewed the code update topics, and requested staff provide additional information on:

• Methods to address lot designs;
• Code language for short plats to ensure that multiple short plats are not created from a single parcel;
• Panhandle Health District requirements for sanitary restriction certificates;
• Private road designs and minimum county standards and whether those are adaptable to private roads;
• Assessor information on how submerged lands are treated for acreage calculations;
• Effects of duplexes and ADUs to water districts;
• Minimum square footage for homes;
• A draft definition of dwelling.