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08-13-02KALISPELL CITY PLANNING BOARD & ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MEETING AUGUST 13, 2002 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL The regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and CALL Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Board members present were: Bill Rice, Sue Ellyn Anderson, Jean Johnson, Ron Van Natta, Jim Atkinson and Bonnie Spooner. Mark Brechel was absent. Thomas Jentz represented the Tri-City Planning Office. There were approximately 10 people in the audience. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Atkinson moved and Anderson seconded to approve the minutes of the Kalispell City Planning Board meeting of July 9, 2002, as submitted. On a vote by acclamation the motion passed unanimously. PUBLIC HEARINGS West View Estates - LBO Limited Partnership Initial Zoning and Annexation - CANCELLED West View Estates Preliminary Plat - Owl Corporation - CANCELLED Mountain View Plaza LP Preliminary Plat - CANCELLED ProLand LLC - Verizon Wireless and Flathead Industries Conditional Use Permit - CANCELLED NORTHRIDGE LUTHERAN A request by Northridge Lutheran Church for a conditional CHURCH CONDITIONAL use permit to allow an approximate 11,361 square foot USE PERMIT expansion of their existing church on property located in an R-3, Single -Family Residential zoning district. President Van Natta disclosed he is an officer of the Northridge Lutheran Church and chose to step down. Vice President Rice disclosed he is a member of the church but has no monetary interest in the proposal. He chose to remain seated to the board and sit in for President Van Natta. STAFF REPORT Thomas Jentz, of the Tri-City Planning Office, gave a #KCU-02-6 presentation of staff report KCU-02-6, a request for a conditional use permit to allow the expansion of the Northridge Lutheran Church on an undeveloped area to the north. The addition would be off the north and west ends of the existing building. The new portion would add approximately 11,361 square feet and would be intended for use as classrooms and a gathering place. Additional restrooms would also be part of the addition. The entire Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of August 13, 2002 Page 1 square footage of the church with the existing and new addition would be approximately 20,226 square feet when completed. The building height would vary in areas from 14 feet to 30 feet in the new part of the . building. Jentz mentioned some minor issues regarding sidewalk and storm water drainage. He noted a letter received stating concerns about storm water drainage, landscaping, and lighting. Staff recommended approval of the request with conditions. Atkinson asked and Jentz answered that the snow storage area was an engineering design issue and their concern was that it be looked at and not forgotten. APPLICANT/AGENCIES Alan Peterson, with Architects Northwest, said they were amiable to the conditions and the only thing they would ask was that they wait until the neighborhood has more of a sidewalk before they have to put one in. PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing was opened to those who wished to speak on the issue. PROPONENTS No one wished to speak. OPPONENTS No one wished to speak and the public hearing was closed. MOTION Spooner moved and Atkinson seconded to adopt staff report KCU-02-6 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the conditional use permit be granted subject to conditions. BOARD DISCUSSION Rice commented on the letter received saying he hoped the church would be good neighbors and address those concerns. Spooner suggested the sidewalks go in now since she didn't know how soon the residential area would get sidewalks and the church would benefit by having a safe walking area. There was a brief discussion regarding the sidewalks. John Peterson said it was not a big issue in the overall scheme. It was concluded that sidewalks were an important element of the project. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. ROY, MICHAELI AND A zone change request by Roy, Michaeli and Amanda Deulfer AMANDA DEULFER ZONE from R-3, Residential, a Single -Family Residential zoning CHANGE district to B-2, General Business. Jean Johnson stated his firm is involved in the project and chose to step down. Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of August 13, 2002 Page 2 �\ 1 STAFF REPORT Thomas Jentz, of the Tri-City Planning Office, gave a #KZC-02-2 presentation of staff report KZC-02-2. He explained the existing zoning and nature of the request and that the property owners are requesting the property be rezoned from R-3, Single -Family Residential, to B-2, General Business. Minimum lot size requirement for the both zones is 7,000 square feet. The property owner would like to sell the property and feels that the zone change to B-2 would allow a broader range of uses and would make the property more marketable. Upon review of the findings of fact and evaluation of the statutory criteria staff recommended the requested zone change from R-3 to B-2 be denied and the property be rezoned to R-5, Residential/Professional Office, based on non-compliance with the High Density Residential designation of the North Meridian Neighborhood Plan which includes this property as well as issues related to the. upgrade of Meridian Road. APPLICANT/AGENCIES Jean Johnson, with Paul Stokes and Associates, said he provided technical assistance to the applicant. He said the facts represented in the staff report were not portrayed accurately and the only way to change that was to amend the findings. He handed out a MDOT plan and said Meridian and Three Mile Drive could be one of the busiest intersections in Kalispell. He didn't think it was high density residential in reality because you wouldn't let kids play in the area. He explained the area was in transition and showed a map representing current zoning. He said it would be a commercially viable corner once the streetlight goes in and thought the request for B-2 was a suitable classification for now and in the future. He requested the board amend the staff report and approve the application. Atkinson asked a clarifying question about the surrounding commercial zoning, as indicated on Johnson's colored map. Johnson said the zoning was currently a hodgepodge. Jentz agreed that the zoning was mixed. Johnson said that if they were going to make reference to the North Meridian Neighborhood Plan they had to talk about the whole thing. He thought the plan should be amended. Atkinson spoke about the differences between the R-5, B-1 and B-2 designations and said his concern was for traffic ingress and egress. Johnson pointed out that if his client sold the property with a B-2 designation that the proposed business most likely would have to come before the planning board with a CUP or a subdivision. He thought they could address the issue of ingress and egress at that time. He noted that it would also go before site review. Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of August 13, 2002 Page 3 rJ PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing was opened to those who wished to speak. PROPONENTS Michaeli Deulfer, 25 Three Mile Drive, said she inherited the property from her parents. She had concerns about the current residential zoning designation saying the area is very noisy with UPS starting at 4:00 a.m. and ambulances using the route to get to the hospital. She didn't see it as a good residential area because of the traffic and noise, especially in the summer when the windows needed to stay open. She said they were trying to sell the property and the sale was contingent on the zoning. Curt Lindeman, a small business owner across the street, had concerns about the issue of safety. With the proposed change of the intersection and the Junior High school down the street he had concerns about a possible high traffic business like fast food that would have 1,500 cars a day. He wanted to make sure the safety factor was considered in the zone change. OPPONENTS No one else wished to speak and the public hearing was closed. MOTION Rice moved and Atkinson seconded to adopt staff report KZC-02-2 as findings of fact and recommended to the Kalispell City Council that the requested zone change from R-3 to B-2 be denied and that the property be rezoned to R- 5, Residential/Professional Office. BOARD DISCUSSION Van Natta wondered if the road were already in place if that would change the recommendation. Jentz stated the greater issue was the Master Plan, which indicated high density residential. It was a matter of timing and once the new growth policy were in place and the board had an opportunity to look at the whole neighborhood they might be here looking at it. He thought the appropriate thing to do would be to change the Master Plan, but the bigger issue was the Growth Policy. He thought the R-5 was in substantial compliance and if it went to B-2 it would be hard to change later if this did not fit the overall plan for the neighborhood. ROLL CALL The motion passed on a roll call vote with 4 in favor and 1, Spooner, voting in opposition. DEBBIE WILLIS INITIAL A request by Debbie Willis for an initial zoning designation of ZONING AND ANNEXATION R-4, Two Family Residential, upon annexation on approximately one acre that lies on the south side of Sunnyside Drive. Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of August 13, 2002 Page 4 U STAFF REPORT Thomas Jentz, of the Tri-City Planning Office, gave a #KA-02-10 presentation on staff report KA-02-10, a request for annexation and initial zoning classification of R-4, Two - Family Residential. The property is currently zoned County R-1, Suburban Residential and will be annexed under the provisions of Sections 7-2-4601 through 7-2-4610, M.C.A., Annexation by Petition. Staff reviewed the statutory criteria and recommended initial zoning for this property upon annexation to be R-4. APPLICANT/AGENCIES Jentz noted that Debbie Willis is the recording secretary. PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing was opened to those who wished to speak on the issue. PROPONENTS No one wished to speak. OPPONENTS No one wished to speak and the public hearing was closed. MOTION Anderson moved and Spooner seconded to adopt staff report KA-02-10 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the initial zoning for this property upon annexation be R-4, Two -Family Residential. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. OLD BUSINESS No old business was reported. NEW BUSINESS Jentz opened discussion on the Growth Policy issue. He said that the City Council has moved ahead to create a Kalispell City Planning Board and they would like the Growth Policy to proceed. Jentz suggested a work session and that the board review the three drafts and previous work done. Discussion followed regarding meeting schedules, agenda time -lengths, extension of services, and City -County political climates. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:28 p.m. The next meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2002. GPI Rori Van Natta, Chairman of the Board bbi� illis, Recordin Secretary APPROVED as ubmitte /corrected: a,/) Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of August 13, 2002 Page 5