Public hearing on ROW vacation set for Wednesday

SANDPOINT — Independent Highway District commissioners and Sandpoint City Council will hold a joint public hearing regarding a proposed vacation of a portion of East Mountain View Drive today.

Should the right-of-way vacation be approved, a nearly 165-foot-long by 25-foot-wide section of land on the western side of East Mountain View Drive would be owned by Bonner County — the adjacent property owner on both sides of the portion being considered. 

The vacation would be subject to retention of public and private utility easements, drainage easements, irrigation easements, and other defined items, city officials said in an agenda report. 

The subject portion of land has not been used by the public or maintained as a public right-of-way in the past three years. If approved, Bonner County, which sought the move, would utilize the property for further expansion of the Sandpoint Airport. 

“There are no properties that will be without access to a public street because of the proposed vacation and no access to any federal or state lands or waters will be denied if the request for vacation is approved,” officials said. 

The public hearing will be held on Dec. 6 at Sandpoint City Hall, 1123 Lake St., starting at 5:00 p.m.