Bonners Ferry City Zoning Code

   The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures to amend, repeal, supplement, or enact new sections of this title.

(Ord. 621, 5-20-2025)

   The city council or planning and zoning commission may initiate an amendment to this title, the comprehensive plan, official zoning map, or comprehensive plan map. Any citizen, landowner, or taxpayer may file an application with the city clerk to amend the official zoning map, comprehensive plan map, zoning codes, or comprehensive plan text, in accord with the requirements of this chapter.

(Ord. 621, 5-20-2025)

   The method of notice of time and place for the public hearing shall be as outlined in Chapter 8 of this title.

(Ord. 621, 5-20-2025)

   The application for text or mapping amendments shall be made on a form provided by the city and shall contain at a minimum the following:

   A.   A completed application. Signatures of record landowners are required for mapping amendments;

   B.   A narrative explaining the reason for the amendment and how it is in accord with the adopted comprehensive plan;

   C.   The effect of the proposed amendment on the delivery of public services;

   D.   A legal description of the subject property where mapping amendments are proposed, stamped by an Idaho-licensed surveyor;

   E.   A site plan for all mapping amendments, drawn to scale and showing boundary lines, utility locations, street patterns, and adjoining properties within three hundred feet (300') of the subject property; and

   F.   Any additional information deemed necessary by the zoning administrator to complete the application.

(Ord. 621, 5-20-2025)

   The commission and city council shall analyze proposed changes to the zoning ordinance, maps, or text to ensure that they are not in conflict with the policies of the adopted comprehensive plan.

(Ord. 621, 5-20-2025)

   The planning and zoning commission shall consider the application and related evidence and make its recommendations to the council, following its public hearing. They may request studies from the applicant or public agencies concerning social, economic, fiscal, and environmental effects of the proposed amendment, supplement, or change.

(Ord. 621, 5-20-2025)

   A.   The council may require a public hearing before making a decision.

   B.   No amendment shall be allowed to permit a nonconforming use, which will materially interfere with the use of the adjoining premises in conformity with the regulations applicable to the use district in which it is located.

   C.   Upon approval of the amendment of any zoning map or this title, an ordinance shall be prepared, approved, and published in accord with the requirements of state code.

   D.   Upon approval of an amendment to the comprehensive plan map or text, a resolution shall be adopted in accord with the procedures of state code.

(Ord. 621, 5-20-2025)