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Kootenai County Public Meeting Calendar
5/10/2012 - Property Assessment Appeal Information and Forms
 Understanding an appeal of your property assessment to the Board of Equalization: The function of the Board of Equalization (BOE),pursuant to Idaho Statue 63-502, is strictly confined to assuring that the market value for assessment purposed has been found by the Assessor as provided for in Idaho Code. Consequently, the Board has a narrow focus--to determine if the market value placed on your p... [Read More]
5/9/2012 - Land Use Ordinance Update: Waterfront Properties
The Board has received a great deal of input from property owners in the unincorporated area concerning the proposed land use ordinances, including comments from shoreline owners. Additionally, there are many inaccurate rumors about how the proposed Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) will affect property owners along our lakes and rivers.
We have listened to these comments and we recognize the need to safeguard the expectations of these property owners to build, rebuild and enjoy their waterfront... [Read More]
5/4/2012 - Land Use Ordinance Update: Neighborhood Conservation District
Kootenai County's ordinance consultant, Kendig Keast Collaborative, is proposing a new zoning district; Neighborhood Conservation (NC). This district would be applied to numerous established areas of Kootenai County. In this new district, ten sub-districts are proposed, each of which corresponds to an existing neighborhood pattern. By using this approach, large areas of the County with existing homes on parcels (10 acres or less) would be zoned with an NC sub-district as this will most closely re... [Read More]
4/25/2012 - Summary of Changes to Citylink Bus Service
These proposed changes allow us to achieve the required cost savings, while maintaining as much service as we can in the highest population centers. Please click here to read a summary of the changes to the Citylink Bus Service, effective May 14, 2012. A map of the new Citylink and Paratransit routes may be found here. Schedules for the revised bus routes may be found... [Read More]
7/1/2011 - Unified Land Use Code Project
Having recently adopted the new Comprehensive Plan, Kootenai County is now in the process of reviewing and rewriting the ordinances that relate to land use and development. For more information about the process, please click here. The rewritten ordinances will be brought together into a "Unified Land Use Code", which will be guided by the Comprehensive Plan and further shaped by extensive... [Read More]
5/11/2012 - Kootenai County Annual Boat Launch Pass
 Please click here for your 2012 Annual Boat Launch Pass.
Your pass may be purchased on-line and the County Parks and Waterways Department will mail it to you.
Click here to view sites where Boat Launch Passes are required. Annual launch passes for your vehicle may be purchased for $20 for boats registered in Idaho, and... [Read More]
5/11/2012 - Noxious Weed Control for 2012
Give Noxious Weeds a Hand - and Pull! You are hereby authorized to kill noxious weeds on sight! To assist with that effort, the Kootenai County Noxious Weed Control Department offers weed identification, site visits, herbicide type/rate advice, loan-out backpack sprayers, ATV tank sprayers with hand wands and booms, fertilizer/seed spreaders, small harrows, publications and other land management information, all free of charge. Spread the Word-Not the Weed! Please contact our Weed Specialists at the Noxious Weed Control Department, 10905 N. Ramsey Road, Hayden, Idaho 83835 or by phone (208... [Read More]
7/25/2011 - Paratransit Bus Service
 Kootenai County is pleased to announce Paratransit services will begin August 1, 2011 with scheduling beginning July 25. This new service replaces the former NICE/KATS paratransit service. Paratransit is provided as a complementary service to fixed route bus service for people who are eligible under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Paratransit Applications here.
3/30/2011 - 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Released
 We are pleased to make available this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the County for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011. Please click here to be taken to the Financial Report webpage. We encourage readers to consider the information presented here in conjunction with additional information that we have furnished in our letter of transmittal.
6/14/2010 - Coeur d'Alene Airport Master Plan
The Coeur d'Alene Airport is undertaking an update to its 2000 Master Plan. Please click here to view the website for the Master Plan Update. This Plan will provide information on historic and current airport activities, evaluate projected future airport activities, and identify a plan to direct and accommodate airport improvement and development - all in an effort to expand Coeur d'Alene Airport's service to its users and its community.
7/1/2009 - Aquifer Protection Program Agreement with BNSF
Now available on a monthly basis are reports from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). These reports are prepared pursuant to the Kootenai County Commissioners' request for monthly updates. It is a compilation of information required by the DEQ under the Aquifer Protection Program Agreement with BNSF per the County's Conditional Use Permit. Please click here for the link.
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