Ordinance 1296 - Text Amendment - Residential Garages597,
ORDINANCE NO. 1296
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 27.22.030(3)(a) OF THE KALISPELL
ZONING ORDINANCE, (ORDINANCE NO. 1175), BY ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL
GARAGES TO BE LOCATED IN FRONT YARDS ON LOTS THAT DO NOT ABUT AN
ALLEY, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Bob Cook has submitted a written request to amend
Section 27.22.030(3)(a) of the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance, by
requesting private garages be allowed to be placed in front yards
on lots that do not abut an alley, 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
27.22.030(3)(a), Kalispell Zoning Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, FRDO evaluated the requested text amendment and
recommended, per Report #KZTA-98-3, that residential garages may be
located in front yards on lots that do not abut an alley, and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City -County Planning Board and Zoning
Commission recommended that the text of the Kalispell Zoning
Ordinance be amended to establish that residential garages may be
located in front yards on lots that do not abut an alley, 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-98-3 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 as
follows:
Section 27.22.030(3)(a):
No accessory structures, except fences, walls, hedges,
and residential garages on lots that do not abut an
alley, shall be located in any front yard; provided,
however, that garages may not encroach on setbacks.
sECTIE II, All parts and portions of Ordinance No. 1175
not amended hereby remain unchanged.
SECTION ITT. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)
days after its final passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND GNED BY THE
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL THIS 7/�� DAY OF ,
1998.
WMT .50harski .
Wm E. Boharski - Mayor
ATTEST -
Theresa White
Clerk of Council
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