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REPORT TO: Doug Russell, City Manager
FROM: PJ Sorensen, Senior Planner
SUBJECT: Ordinance 1868 — Meridian Apartments Phase 2
Zone Change (Second Reading)
MEETING DATE: November 15, 2021
BACKGROUND: Meridian Investments, LLC, has submitted an application for a zone change on
approximately 1.0 acres of land located to the east of 41 Meridian Court. The property is currently
zoned R-4 (Residential), and the proposed zone change would be to B-1 (Neighborhood Business).
The zone change would allow multi -family dwellings as a conditionally permitted use on the
property. The property is located east of 41 Meridian Court and can be described as Lots 13A, 14A,
and 15A of Bergman Tracts, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of
the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, Montana.
The Kalispell City Council, at their meeting on November 1, 2021, approved the first reading of
Ordinance 1868 unanimously, along with the accompanying conditional use permit for a multi -family
residential use.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ZONE CHANGE: It is recommended that the Kalispell City Council approve the second reading of
Ordinance 1868, an Ordinance to amend Section 27.02.010, official zoning map, City of Kalispell
Zoning Ordinance 1677, by rezoning certain real property described as Lots 13A, 14A, and 15A of
Bergman Tracts, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Clerk
and Recorder of Flathead County, Montana, from R-4 (Residential) to B-1 (Neighborhood Business)
in accordance with the Kalispell Growth Policy Plan- It 2035, and provide an effective date.
FISCAL EFFECTS: There are no anticipated fiscal impacts at this time.
ALTERNATIVES: Deny the request.
ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance 1868
The following items are linked from the November 1, 2021, Council Materials:
October 12, 2021, Kalispell Planning Board Minutes
Staff Report
Application Materials & Maps
Aimee Brunckhorst, Kalispell City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1868
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 27.02.010, OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, CITY OF
KALISPELL ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE NO. 1677), BY ZONING CERTAIN
REAL PROPERTY, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 13A,14A, AND 15A
OF BERGMAN TRACTS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF ON FILE
AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF FLATHEAD
COUNTY, MONTANA (PREVIOUSLY ZONED CITY R-4) TO CITY B-1
(NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE KALISPELL GROWTH
POLICY PLAN — IT 2035, AND TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Meridian Investments, LLC, the owner of the property described above, petitioned
the City of Kalispell that the zoning classification attached to the above -described
tract of land be zoned B-1 on approximately 1.0 acre of land; and
WHEREAS, the property is located at 41 Meridian Court; and
WHEREAS, Meridian Investments' petition was the subject of a report compiled by the Kalispell
Planning Department, Staff Report #KZC-21-03, dated October 6, 2021, in which the
Kalispell Planning Department evaluated the petition and recommended that the
property as described above be zoned B-1, Neighborhood Business, as requested by
the petition; and
WHEREAS, after considering all the evidence submitted on the proposal to zone the property as
described B-1, Neighborhood Business, the City Council finds such initial zoning to
be consistent with the Kalispell Growth Policy Plan -It 2035 and adopts, based upon
the criterion set forth in Section 76-3-608, M.C.A., and State, Etc. v. Board of
County Commissioners, Etc. 590 P2d 602, the findings of fact of KPD as set forth in
Staff Report No. KZC-21-03.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 27.02.010, of the Official Zoning Map of the Kalispell
Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1677) is hereby amended by
designating the property described above as B-1, Neighborhood
Business, on approximately 1.0 acre of land.
SECTION 2. The balance of Section 27.02.010, Official Zoning Map, City of
Kalispell Zoning Ordinance not amended hereby shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from and after the
date of its final passage and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL THIS 15TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2021.
ATTEST:
Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
Mark Johnson
Mayor