🏡 Safe and peaceful neighborhoods
🌲 Protecting rural character and nature
⚖️ Fair application of county laws
🚫 Saying NO to commercial sprawl in rural zones
We are asking Bonner County officials to deny the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) because:
✅ Panhandle Bike Ranch is a Commercial Resort, not a small-scale, low-intensity recreation facility.
✅ Commercial Resorts are prohibited in Rural Residential zones according to Bonner County Code 12-333.
✅ Approval would violate the integrity of the zoning laws that protect all county residents.
#StopTheSagleBikePark #ProtectRuralCommunities #KeepBonnerCountyRural
#StopTheSagleBikePark #ProtectRuralCommunities #KeepBonnerCountyRural
Despite massive opposition, Bonner County has approved a conditional use permit to build a 170-acre commercial downhill mountain bike park in the middle of rural residential areas on E. Dufort Road in Sagle. If Panhandle Bike Ranch gets its way, Sagle residents will experience:
over 1000 visitors each week on a 10 mph dirt road from E. Dufort Road through the residential neighborhood of Five Lake Estates from May 1st until October 15th - this equates to over 22,000 cars a season!
$55 pay-to-ride downhill mountain bike trails
shuttle trucks taking bikers to the top of the mountain from 7 am until dusk
a helicopter landing pad at the top of the mountain
overnight camping sites
large weekend festivals and events every month of the summer