High Court hears big boathouse beef
A two-story boathouse at Everwell Bay on Lake Coeur d’Alene was the topic of arguments before the Idaho Supreme Court last week. Justices heard from attorneys for the state lands department and the boathouse owners, as well as from neighbors who accuse the state of breaking its own rules when it allowed the 2,000-plus foot structure.
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The original boathouse at Everwell Bay that Idaho Department of lands said could be "refurbished or replaced," was a single story, 1,000-square-foot structure which was closer to shore, neighbors contend. Courtesy photo
A boathouse on Lake Coeur d’Alene’s Everwell Bay that neighbors call a monstrosity and a mistake was illegally permitted by the Idaho Department of Lands, a Spokane attorney last week told the Idaho Supreme Court.
Attorney Bob Dunn wants justices to overrule a First District Court decision that allowed the boathouse to remain in the bay, and send the case back to Coeur d’Alene to be heard by a jury...
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