3 rules for unincorporated Kootenai County, Idaho.
Verified from official government sources
In the Restricted Residential zone, unincorporated Kootenai County requires a 25-foot front yard, 10-foot side yard (6 feet with an alley), 25-foot rear yard, and 15-foot flanking-street setback. Agricultural and other zones set their own distances.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.2.409(A)
The following setbacks shall apply to all structures in the Restricted Residential zone: Front yard 25 feet; Side yard 10 feet; Side yard, with an alley 6 feet; Rear yard 25 feet; Flanking Street 15 feet.
Kootenai County's residential zones set no numeric building-height cap in the code, but the Light Industrial zone limits buildings to three stories or 35 feet. Height limits do not apply to spires, chimneys, antennas, water tanks and similar rooftop appurtenances.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.2.806
No building hereafter created or structurally altered in a Light Industrial zone shall exceed three stories or a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet.
Kootenai County's residential and suburban zones require that development leave 65% of the parcel as open space free from structures. The code prohibits any building from occupying a greater percentage of lot area than allowed.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.2.406
On parcels that are a minimum of nine thousand nine hundred (9,900) square feet but less than five (5.00) acres in size, the following uses are permitted, provided that all uses shall leave sixty-five percent (65%) of the parcel as open space free from structures.
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