Bonner County
The Bonner County Planning Department is here and the main page for Bonner County is here. On the main Bonner County page, scroll down about halfway to find the interactive Meetings and Events calendar. Meetings are separated by department. Click on the meeting you want in the sidebar to see the individual meeting page with the Zoom link and the agenda.
Bonner County Current Projects are here. These are all the in-progress applications for conditional use permits, subdivisions, and so on.
Bonner County’s Title 12 code is here. This is the code outlining allowable land use in Bonner County, including zoning and what is allowed in each zone.
The Bonner County Comprehensive Plan is here.
Interactive Bonner County maps (such as the parcel viewer and GIS) are here and the video tutorial on how to use them is here. Click the search button at the top and look up data by owner, parcel number, or address. Click on surrounding parcels to compare acreage size, for example. Please note that GIS boundary lines on parcels are always approximations, and a survey would need to be done to ensure that they are exact.
To search Bonner County’s property records, such as deed and ownership history, go to the Assessor’s property search page here.
If you still cannot find the Bonner County land use documents you’re looking for after using the links above, you can submit a public records request for land use documents (or something else) here.
The Bonner County Trails Plan is here.
The current Headwaters Economics interactive demographic profile on Bonner County is here and its 2015 report on Bonner County is here.
Lake Assist is here. Lake Assist provides assistance to Bonner County residents on water quality concerns, and offers suggestions for reducing pollution to our waterways.
Panhandle Health District (look in the Licensing and Permitting tab for land use links) is here.
Cities within Bonner County
The City of Dover’s Planning Department is here.
The City of Ponderay’s Planning Department is here and Ponderay’s Comprehensive Plan is here.
The City of Priest River’s Planning and Zoning Department is here with easy links to the Comprehensive Plan, zoning, and more.
City of Sandpoint Planning Department is here with easy links to Sandpoint’s Comprehensive Plan, the current projects being considered within Sandpoint city limits, zoning ordinances and more.
state Links
The Idaho Secretary of State business search is here. Use this to find out who is running a development company listed on a Bonner County subdivision application, for example.
Idaho’s Public Records Act is here and its open meetings rules are here. These are the laws that say public notice must be provided for things like subdivision applications.
Idaho’s Local Land Use Planning Act is here.
To look up (or apply for) an Idaho encroachment permit, go here. Any dock that encroachs into a public waterway, for example, needs an encroachment permit.
National Links
Apply for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program here. This is a partner-driven approach to conservation that funds solutions to natural resource challenges on agricultural land.
Strong Towns is here. Strong Towns is a nonprofit dedicated to helping North American cities become safer, better, and more financially resilient through bottom-up civic engagement.
The American Planning Association (APA) is here and the Growing Smart Legislative Handbook created by APA is here.