Kootenai County sued over Potlatch Hill cell tower denial
After commissioners approved a cell tower off Potlatch Hill Road in late 2022, dozens of community members asked the county to reverse the decision.
KAYE THORNBRUGH/Press file
COEUR d’ALENE — Kootenai County is facing a federal lawsuit from AT&T after it nixed a proposed cell tower off Potlatch Hill Road.
The lawsuit, originally filed last year in U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, challenges Kootenai County’s denial of AT&T’s application for a conditional use permit to build a wireless communication tower.
The board made a split decision in October 2022 to approve the permit for landowner Thomas Ingle, AT&T and SmartLink to build a “wireless communications facility to provide the latest 5G and 4G LTE technology.” AT&T asserted the tower would increase the coverage area by 20 miles.
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