Ordinance 1349 - Amending Definition of CasinoORDINANCE NO. 1349
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING S 27.37.010 (44), KALISPELL ZONING ORDINANCE, BY
AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF CASINO AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Kalispell has submitted a written request
to amend § 27.37.010 (44) of the Kalispell Zoning
Ordinance, by amending the definition of casino, and
WHEREAS, the request was forwarded to the Kalispell City -County
Planning Board and Zoning Commission by the Flathead
Regional Development Office after having been
evaluated under §27.30.020, and
WHEREAS, FRDO evaluated the requested text amendment and
recommended, per Report #KZTA-99-6, that the text of
the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance, Definitions, be
amended as to the definition of "casino," and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City -County Planning Board and Zoning
Commission recommended that the text of the Kalispell
Zoning Ordinance, Definitions, be amended as to the
definition of "casino," and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the FRDO Report'and the
transmittal from the Kalispell City -County Planning
Board and Zoning Commission and hereby adopts the
findings made in Report #KZTA-99-6 as the Findings of
Fact applicable to this Ordinance.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS:
Section I. The City of Kalispell Zoning Ordinance,
Ordinance No. 1175, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 27.37.010. Definitions
(44) Casino. An establishment that offers any form of
legalized gambling authorized under Title
23, Chapter 5, Parts 1 (except for Section
23-5-160 regarding shaking dice or shake -a -
day games) and 3 through 6, Montana Code
Annotated, either as a primary use or as an
accessory use. Organizations and
facilities designated as exempt under state
law shall not be classified as casinos.
Section II.
All parts
and portions of the Kalispell Zoning
Ordinance
not amended hereby shall remain the
same.
Section III.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days
from and
after its final passage by the City
Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED
BY THE CITY
COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL,
MONTANA, THIS 20TH DAY OF MARCH, 2000.
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Wm. E. Boharski
Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clerk