Comprehensive Plan for the City of Sandpoint, Idaho

	2009 Sandpoint Comprehensive Plan Download Entire Document (3.81 mb) HERE

	Studio Cascade, Inc.
	Bill Grimes, Principal 114 W. Pacific, Suite 200 Spokane, WA 99201 Voice: 509-835-3770 Fax: 509-835-3763 Email

	City of Sandpoint
	Planning Department 1123 Lake Street Sandpoint, ID 83864 Voice: 208-263-3370 Fax: 208-263-3678 Email

	Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee
	Chair Brandon Moon Voice: 208- 263-3408

Sandpoint has grown dramatically in recent years, with equally dramatic changes in terms of transportation, housing, and civic infrastructure. Additional factors have pushed middle and lower-income families to the outskirts or to neighboring towns, increasing traffic and changing Sandpoint's character.

Issues like these caused the City to commission a complete overhaul of its current comprehensive plan, a document first adopted in 1977. The new plan addresses a 20-year horizon, and will be used to guide policies related to land use, transportation, natural resources, housing, and more.

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Community Profile
Chapter 3 - Community Design
Chapter 4 - Land Use
Chapter 5 - Housing
Chapter 6 - Transportation
Chapter 7 - Recreation
Chapter 8 - Public Services, Facilities and Utilities
Chapter 9 - Economic Development
Chapter 10 - Natural Resources and Hazardous Areas
Chapter 11 - Special Areas or Sites
Chapter 12 - Implementation
Appendix A - Acronyms and Definitions
Appendix B - Idaho Regulatory Takings Act Guidelines
Appendix C - Land Use Map
Appendix D - Functional Roadway Classification Map
Appendix E - Potential Wetlands Map

Overview of Presentation, Draft Land Use Maps, and Draft Vision Statement from the October 11, 2007, meeting:

Check Out the Four Alternative Land Use Plans Discussed During the September 11, 2007, meeting:
Existing Focused	Dispersed Hybrid

Check Out the Results of the Community Photo Survey See how our community views Sandpoint's current:
Character Commercial Areas Neighborhoods	Park Space Streets Public Facilities
And click HERE to see a movie that gives a fun perspective ( Caviar and Corndogs ) of Sandpoint, submitted by one of its residents.

Meeting Summaries

April 5	Vision Workshop: Group exercises to help establish broad-brush goals for Sandpoint – what should life here be like in 20 years? Help define Sandpoint's “Vision statement.” Click HERE to see a summary of the comments made at that meeting.

May 3	Issues and Priorities Workshop: Presentation and exercises to turn vision concepts into planning goals, and begin prioritizing them in ways that make sense for Sandpoint. Click HERE to see the Draft Vision Statement presented at this meeting. Click HERE to see results from Plan Priorities Scoring.

May 31	Strategies & Choices Workshop: Presentation illustrating various strategic approaches Sandpoint's plan might take – evaluate, critique, and help improve the plan's overall direction! Click HERE to see a summary of the comments made at that meeting.

September 11	Alternative Workshop: Presentation of growth strategies as refined by the last meeting, research, and the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee's summer outreach. Click HERE to go to the Alternative Land Use Plans discussed at this meeting.

October 11	Policy Workshop: Presentation of previous workshop and steering committee results, draft land use strategy group review of draft vision, land use plan, evaluation of policy alternatives. Click HERE to go to the presentation, draft Land Use Maps, and draft Vision Statement presented at this meeting. Click HERE to see a summary of the comments made at that meeting.

November 15	Public Comment Portion of Steering Committee Meeting *Click HERE to see the written public comments presented at this meeting.*