NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Sandpoint Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at their meeting on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, 1123 Lake Street, Sandpoint, ID, to consider the following:

1. CUP05-03 (Common Knowledge Bookstore and Tea House)- A request by Natalia Ocasio and Shelby Rognstad to amend an existing Nonconforming Use Permit to allow for in-house preparation of food served in the approved cafe area, and to change their hours of operation to 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The currently-approved hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. The bookstore was initially granted a Nonconforming Use Permit in 1999 (CUP99-03). The 300 square foot cafe was added in 2005 and is limited to serving non-alcoholic beverages and foods packaged for resale. The site is located at 823 Main Street in the Residence "B" zone and described as Lots 3 and 4, Block 15, West End Addition.

2. CUP07-04 - A request by Gloria Waterhouse for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the use of an existing, legally-nonconforming fourplex as a Tourist Home in the Residence "B" zone, for extended-stay vacation rentals of one to several weeks. The site is located at 225 / 227 South Fourth Avenue and described as Lot 8, the South 4 feet of Lot 9, and the North 2 feet of Lot 15, Block 5, Weil's Second Addition.

3. OA07-01 - The City has initiated an amendment to Sandpoint City Code, Title 9, to amend the definition of "home occupation" to include daycare for 6 or fewer children and such one-one-one uses as tutoring and music lessons; to allow Group Daycare Facilities by Conditional Use Permit in the Residence "B" zone; to prohibit commercial and private kennels in the Residence "A," "B," and "C" zones; to allow galleries as a conditional use in the Professional Office zone and as a permitted use in the Commercial "D" zone; to allow helicopter pads as a permitted use where accessory to a valid permitted use in the Professional Office and Commercial "D" zones; to modify the required front and rear yard setbacks of the Light Industrial "ER" zone; and to increase the minimum driveway aisle for 90 degree parking and the minimum permanent access easement width for lots not having frontage on a public street from 25 to 26 feet.

Copies of the ordinance and the complete files for the above are available for review at the Sandpoint Planning Department. Any person needing special accommodations to participate in the above noticed meeting should contact the City of Sandpoint seven days prior to the meeting at City Hall, 1123 Lake Street, Sandpoint (263-3370).

Legal SNP# 8705

May 30, 2007