CUP Dallas Herron/Valcon'sCity of Kalispell
P. O. Box 1997
Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997
GRANT OF CONDITIONAL USE
APPLICANT: Dallas I. Herron
Herron Development
P.O. Box 9200
Kalispell, MT 59904-2200
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Development of the property described as Lots
2 through 6, Block 155 and Lots 7 through 12,
Block 154 and Lots 14 and 15 in Section 7,
Township 28 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M.,
Flathead County, Montana.
OWNER: Herron Development
P.O. Box 9200
Kalispell, MT 59904-2200
ZONE: Light Industrial, I-1
Commercial Industrial, B-5
The applicants have applied to the City of Kalispell for a
conditional use permit to allow the storage of bulk fuel and
petroleum products and the relocation of a petroleum product
packaging facility. The applicant is proposing to relocate a bulk
storage facility which will house various petroleum base products.
This portion of the Valcon operation will be located inside an
existing 100 by 160 by 25 foot warehouse building. The request
also includes the relocation of Valcon's bulk plant. This will
consist of the relocation of eight above ground tanks which measure
11 feet in diameter and 29 feet tall. These tanks will be enclosed
in a concrete dike of approximately 65 by 35 by 2 feet which will
be located West of the existing warehouse building. Valcon's
integrated business plan includes several phases. Phase I involves
the relocation of the petroleum packaging plant from its location
South of First Avenue West and West Montana Street into the
existing warehouse. Other phases include the relocation of the
packaging plant from its present located North of center Street
between Sixth Avenue West and Seventh Avenue West to the West of
the existing warehouse at 640 West Montana Street, the site under
review. These two phases are covered under the conditional use
permit application. Additionally, the offices currently located
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along Fifth Avenue West across from the Kalispell Center Mall will
be relocated to the office buildings adjoining the warehouse. This
building will either be expanded or reconstructed to accommodate
the required additional office space.
The Kalispell City -County Planning Board and Zoning
Commission, after due and proper notice, on August 12, 1997, held
a public hearing on the application, took public comment and
recommended that the application be approved subject to ten
conditions.
After reviewing the application, the record, the FRDO report,
and after duly considering the matter, the City Council of the City
of Kalispell, pursuant to the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance, hereby
adopts Flathead Regional Development Office, Conditional Use Report
#KCU-97-6 as the Council's findings of fact, and issues and grants
to the above -described real property a conditional use permit to
allow the development of the area located between Sixth Avenue West
and Eight Avenue West, South of West Montana Street, an area of
approximately 2.5 acres, in the I-1, Light Industrial, and B-5,
Commercial Industrial zoning districts subject to the following
conditions:
1. That the proposal will be developed in substantial
conformance with the approved site plan. That a revised
site plan indicating parking stalls, driveways and
loading areas be submitted to the Kalispell Zoning
Administrator and approved by the Site Development Review
Committee.
2. That the applicant submit professionally prepared
drawings to the Kalispell Building Department for review
and approval which addresses the building code issues
related to fire suppression and prevention.
3. That the driveway and alley along the East and West sides
of the building be paved as the site becomes occupied and
that an approach permit for the accesses off of West
Montana Street be obtained from the Kalispell Public
Works Department.
4. That the required number of employee parking spaces and
a loading area shall be provided. The parking lot design
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shall comply with the parking requirements of the
Kalispell Zoning Ordinance. The parking lot, loading
areas and driveways shall be paved and striped prior to
occupancy of the building(s).
5. That a landscaping plan which complies with the Kalispell
Zoning Ordinance and which incorporates street trees
along the boulevard in accordance with the specifications
of the Parks and Recreation Department shall be submitted
to the Kalispell Zoning Administrator for approval.
6. That the applicanr shall undertake a weed abatement and
eradication program to remove the overgrown vegetation
from the lot and that any extraneous junk and/or debris
be removed from the site.
7. That lighting for the road, parking lot and structures,
shall be directed to illuminate the intended area and
shall not intrude onto adjoining properties.
B. All development proceedings under this CUP shall be
accomplished in accordance with the Uniform Fire Code and
NFPA 30, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code, of the
National Fire Protection Association, then in effect
within the City of Kalispell.
9. That the development of the site comply with all local,
state and federal permit process and development
standards.
10. That all the required conditions of approval be met prior
to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
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The conditional use permit, herein granted, shall terminate 18
months from the date of issuance if commencement of the
authorized activity has not begun.
Dated this day of S r+Pf x�ey" 1997
Dougl s D. Rauthe, Mayor
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STATE OF MONTANA
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County of Flathead
On this znC� day of Se ieF' b(?V- 1997 before me, a
Notary Pubic, personally appeare Douglas D. Rauthe, Mayor of the
City of Kalispell, known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same on behalf of the City of Kalispell.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
Notarial Seal, the day and year first above written.
Notary Pub State of Montana
Residing at Kalispell, Montana
My Commission Expires I(-f- C� 8
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