07-09-96KALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
AND ZONING COMMISSION
MINUTES OF MEETING
J U LY 9, 1996
CALL TO ORDER The regularly scheduled meeting of the Kalispell City -
AND ROLL CALL County Planning Board and Zoning Commission was called
to order at 5:32 p.m. by President Therese Hash. Board
members present were Walter Bahr, Milt Carlson, Jean
Johnson, Robert Sanders, Michael Conner, Joe
Brenneman., Pam Kennedy, and Therese Hash. Fred
Hodgeboom was absent (excused). Narda Wilson, Planner
Il, represented the Flathead Regional Development
Office. There were five (5) people in the audience.
APPROVAL OF The minutes of the meeting of June 11, 1996 were
MINUTES approved as submitted on a motion by Bahr, second by
Carlson. All members present voted aye.
GLACIER TENNIS Hash introduced the continuation of the public hearing on
ASSOCIATION / a request by the Glacier Tennis Association for a
CONDITIONAL USE conditional use permit to allow the construction of an
PERMIT / approximately 20,000 square foot building which will
CONTINUANCE provide a three court tennis facility on the some property
as the Northwest Healthcare facility known as "The
Summit". The tennis facility is proposed on property located
at 205 Sunnyview Lane which is on the northwest corner of
Sunnyview Lane and Windward Way in the City of Kalispell.
Request to A letter was distributed to Board members from Drew Smith,
Withdraw MD, President of the Glacier Tennis Club, Inc., formally
requesting that the application for a three (3) court tennis
facility be withdrawn. An amended application for a four
(4) court tennis facility is anticipated for public hearing on
August 13, 1996.
OLD BUSINESS The first item under old business was the review and
C, discussion of potential performance standards for shelters.
Staff Presentation At the June 11 th meeting, the Planning Board considered a
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request by Samaritan House for a text amendment to allow
shelters as a conditionally permitted use in the RA zoning
districts. At that time, Wilson was directed to look into
potential performance standards to use in conjunction with
a conditional use permit for shelters. The information
compiled from her research resulted in eight (8) suggested
performance standards, which the Board can discuss and
refine.
Board Discussion Kennedy strongly objected to the performance standards,
especially those that limited the number of people per
sleeping room, the size of the sleeping room per person,
that there has to be a full-time manager, and the
requirement for a State license. She felt that they should
not be in the zoning ordinance, as it would eliminate many
potential shelters. Not all shelters are required to be
licensed by the State of Montana, because there are no
licensing standards, such as a battered women/children's
shelter.
OThe Board felt that there were public health concerns and
discussed the Health Department requirements for public
accommodations.
Hash was also concerned about the limit on the number of
persons per room, as it could split families.
After further discussion, the Board decided to review each
application for a conditional use permit for shelters on its
own merit, and apply conditions at that time.
The next item under old business was discussion on a
definition of transitional housing.
Staff Presentation Wilson presented background and information she found
for transitional housing and concluded that in general
terms, "transitional housing" is in a supervised setting which
provides some sort of counseling, therapy or rehabilitation.
Discussion The Board commended staff on bringing forward this
Uinformation, and will consider it as the need arises. ,
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There was reminder of the "Planning 101" presentation by
the Montana Association of Counties and Montana
Association of Planners on Thursday, July 11th.
NEW BUSINESS David Greer, Montana Planning Consultants, was
introduced to give an update, on the progress of the West
Valley Neighborhood Plan, part of which is in the Kalispell
Planning Jurisdiction.
Judy He �r, the Chairperson for the Steering Committee
for the West Valley Neighborhood, was introduced, and
gave a brief review of the work being done in the
neighborhood planning process.
A Steering Committee was formed in August of 1995, after
there was a proposal to develop a mini -mart near West
Valley School The neighborhood formally asked the
County Commissioners to help fund the neighborhood
planning process, and hired Montana Planning Consultants
to facilitate.
After his presentation, Greer answered questions of the
Board, and determined that the Board supported a public
designation for the proposed athletic complex on State
land.
It was projected that the public hearing on the West Valley
Neighborhood Plan could be in October, as an
amendment to the Master Plan, concurrent with zoning.
Kennedy updated the Board on the Council's progress
regarding the Urban Renewal Tax Increment District.
The Kalispell Airport Tax Increment District is a separate issue
and she gave an update on the status of that, as well.
Kennedy proceeded with an outline of the status of Draft
11 of the Kalispell Charter, which is being drafted by the
Kalispell Study Commission. There are three items of
concern, which are sub -options for voter approval. (1)
Lower the number of Council members from 8 to 4. (2)
Have Council members voted on by the entire City, rather
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than by Ward, although must live in a ward. (3) The
Council shall not levy more than 107 mils on real and
personal property for all purposes. Overall, the Study
Commission determined that the City Government is doing
a good job.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was
adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
Therese Fox Hash, Pr
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Cr beth Ontko, Secretary
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