09-11-01KALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES OF MEETING
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
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CALL TO ORDER AND At 7:00 p.m. Board President Stevens called for an
ROLL CALL acknowledgment of the events of the day. The United States has
been attacked and there are many, many civilian losses.
Stevens noted that the reason Don Hines is not in attendance
tonight is because he is land locked in Seattle. Stevens asked
for a moment of silence, and if they wished to say a prayer for
those people who lost their lives today, and for their friends and
relatives.
Greg Stevens called the meeting to order at approximately 7:02
p.m. Members present were: Ron Van Natta, Gregory Stevens,
Brian Sipe, Don Garberg, Dale Pierce, Rob Heinecke, Don Mann
and Bill Rice. Don Hines had an excused absence. Johna
Morrison and Forrest Sanderson represented the Flathead
County Planning 8v Zoning Office. There were approximately 12
people in the audience.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES Heinecke suggested amending the minutes to include the
names of the Board members when a roll call vote is taken.
Stevens noted that he had spoke to Sanderson regarding the
minutes, and agreed that the Board members who voted Aye
O and the members who voted Nay should be identified, except
when the vote is unanimous. Sanderson stated that this would
now be standard procedure in preparing the minutes of the
meetings.
Stevens stated that the minutes of August 14, 2001 did not
clearly get across what he was trying to say when he cited the 6
points from the Master Plan. Stevens has provided Sanderson
with a copy of those points so that the minutes can be
amended.
Van Natta mentioned that he felt the minutes should be taken
off the tape since this is the official record, and not from the
Master Plan. Stevens added that it would be more time
consuming and difficult to do it that way but that he had no
objections.
On a motion by Sipe and seconded by Rice they moved to
accept the minutes as amended. The minutes as amended for
the meeting of August 14, 2001 were unanimously approved as
submitted.
Stevens moved to the next agenda item. The agenda that he
has been presented is not in accordance with their rules and
O procedures. In their rules and procedures, it requires them to
have public hearings and actions first.
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QUARTER HORSE The public hearing is a request by Helen Vogler Kaeding for
ESTATES preliminary plat approval of Quarter Horse Estates. Quarter
PRELIMINARY PLAT Horse Estates is a 14 lot residential subdivision on
APPROVAL approximately 120 acres off of Stillwater Road, 2 miles
northwest of Kalispell.
STAFF REPORT Johna Morrison, of the Flathead County Planning & Zoning
Office, gave a presentation of staff report FPP-01-101, a request
for preliminary plat approval. The property is currently located
in the West Side Zoning district and is zoned SAG-5 and SAG-
10, one family limited suburban agricultural functions with 5
and 10-acre minimum lot sizes.
Garberg asked if it could be considered spot zoning. Morrison
said that it is not, because it is all SAG-5 and SAG-10 in that
area. She pointed out that there is quite a few subdivisions
just South of the area, but mostly the area is zoned Suburban
Agricultural.
Van Natta asked if they will need to pave 750 feet of road
anywhere or is it from the junction road (Stillwater). Van Natta
suggested that it should be amended in the staff report,
because the way it is currently written would allow them to
pave anywhere.
Rice wanted lots 1 and 8 explained to him again. , Morrison
explained that lots over 20 acres in Flathead County are not
subject to Environmental Health review until their build time
and then it would be the county that conducts the review.
Heinecke wanted Morrison to confirm that the smallest parcel
is 5-acres.
Larry Linne, is representing Helen Kaeding. This project is a
APPLICANT combination of rezoning that was done on this section of land a
year ago. This section was generally all AG-80. The board
recommended a SAG-5 zoning for the whole section.
The Commissioners expressed their concern about having all of
the sections zoned SAG-5. They preferred to see the zoning
spread out so as you left town the zoning would show larger
lots. The Commissioners decided it would be best to zone the
east end of the section in fives, the middle two sections in tens
and the far west corridor of that section in 20 acre parcels. It
was with their recommendation that this type of arrangement
was established: eight 5-acre parcels on the east side, then the
10's and the 20's. The 20's were basically created because at
O the end of the property is a BPA transmission line and a pond.
As sanitation goes, they are still reviewing all of the lots.
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The percolation holes were put in the ground in the spots
located on the line marks of engineering. There has been
l� ) discussion about whether to pave or not to pave the road. It is
economically infeasible to pave the road a half a mile for 14
lots. The cost of the paving is astronomical and 14 lots could
not carry the financial weight of the project. After a year and a
half of work on this, he would hope the Board would go along
with the Commissioner's request for this type of layout and
approve this subdivision.
Stevens asked if the board had any questions for the applicant
at this time, no.
There were no written comments received on this issue.
PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing was opened to those who wished to speak
on the proposal.
PROPONENTS Charles Lapp has known Helen Kaeding for about 3 or 4 years
now. When he first met her she was in the process of trying to
figure out what to do with her farm. She had been trying to sell
it for several years. No one wanted to buy a farm located so
close to Kalispell. The way it was zoned at that time it had to
remain in one piece, because it was not big enough to divide
into two. It was a complex situation for her and he is just glad
that after all these years of work, she is able to do something
with the property. Lapp is in favor of the subdivision.
OPPONENTS No one wished to speak in opposition and the public hearing
was closed.
MOTION Heinecke moved and Rice seconded to adopt the amended staff
report FPP-01-01 as findings of fact and forward a
recommendation to the County Commissioners to approve the
preliminary plat for Quarter Horse Estates.
BOARD DISCUSSION Heinecke said he was a little concerned with the use of
hardship for this area, but looking at the 14 lots he can
understand trying to get around the two access required for the
length of road. The hardship seems reasonable to him so he is
speaking in favor of the proposal.
Stevens pointed out that Heinecke had a technical point and
suggested the staff report include it as a language oversight.
The condition should read: from Stillwater Road to the end of
the access road.
Stevens concurred with Mr. Lenne, that this is kind of a
combination of what they went through on behalf Ms.
(� Grosswiler, Mrs. Keading and Ms. Meyers on that particular
section of land. He commented on how it was nice to see some
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of them there tonight.
ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote.
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OLD BUSINESS None
NEW BUSINESS None
ADJOURNMENT The county portion was completed at approximately 7:30p.m.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, October 9, 2001 at 7:00 p.m.
Greg Stevens, President Traci Tull, Recording Secretary
Approved as submitted/corrected: _/_/01
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