In unincorporated Kootenai County, off-street parking areas and access driveways must be surfaced (asphalt, concrete, pavers, crushed stone, gravel or an approved equivalent) and meet minimum widths. Only licensed, operable vehicles may be kept on a designated driveway or parking area.
The Land Use and Development Code (Title 8, parking standards) requires that required off-street parking areas and access driveways be paved with asphalt, concrete, traffic-rated concrete unit pavers, crushed stone, gravel or an equivalent surfacing material approved by the Director. Minimum driveway widths are set for non-residential access — 14 feet for a one-way entrance/exit and 26 feet for two-way — while residential driveways are treated separately. The code contemplates parking of licensed and operable motor vehicles on the designated driveway or parking area, which is one reason inoperable/junk vehicles fall under separate nuisance rules. Access driveway design and approaches onto public roads also involve the local highway district permit.
Non-compliant surfacing, access or off-street parking is a land-use violation corrected by Community Development; new approaches also need highway-district approval.
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