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06-11-85 Planning Board and Zoning CommissionKALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING COMMISSION JUNE 11, 1985 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by President, James Stephens, at 7:30 AND ROLL CALL p.m. Those present were Stephens, Crick, Hall, Santa, Reynolds, LeDuc, and Trippett. Those absent were Sloan and Manning. Others present were Nakul Verma, Planning Director, David Greer, Senior Planner, Tom Jentz, Senior Planner, and 11 members of the audience. APPROVAL OF Hall moved that the minutes of the meeting for May 14, 1985 be MINUTES, MAY approved as submitted. LeDuc seconded and the motion carried. 14, 1985 STEBBINS ADDI- Stephens called on David Greer to give the staff report on a petition TION NO. 178 from Leonard M. Stebbins for annexation into the City of Kalispell of approximately .36 acres of land with a R-4 (Urban Single -Family Residential) zoning designation. The subject property includes Tracts 5-9 and 5-9A located in the southeast vicinity of Kalispell near the intersection of Fourteenth Street East and Eighth Avenue East. Greer stated that the staff recommendation is for annexation with the requested zoning designation subject to the one condition included in the staff report. Motion Following brief Board discussion, Trippett moved to recommend to the City Council that the application by Leonard M. Stebbins for annex- ation of the subject property with the requested zoning designation be approved subject to the condition as shown in the staff report. Hall seconded and motion carried unanimously. CHRISTIAN Stephens called on Greer to give the staff report on a request by R. CENTER ADDITION D. Ross of the Christian Center for annexation into the City of Kalispell approximately 17.7 acres of land with a R-4 (Urban Single - Family Residential) zoning designation. The subject property is located east of North Haven Heights, west of Highway 93, and south of Four Mile Drive and is a portion of Lot 1, Section 1, Township 28 North, Range 22 West, in Flathead County, Montana. Greer stated that the staff recommendation was for the approval of the annexation and requested zoning with two conditions given in the staff report. Jim Lancaster, secretary -treasurer for Christian Center Board, clari- fied that the exit routes for the property would be Summit Ridge Road and Four Mile Drive. Motion Following Board discussion, Trippett moved to recommend to the City Council that the application by the Christian Center for annexation of the subject property with the requested zoning designation be approved subject to the two conditions as shown in the staff report. Reynolds �: seconded and the motion carried unanimously. ALPINE BUSINESS Stephens called on Greer to give the staff report on an application by CENTER PRELIMI- Al Miller for preliminary plat approval of Alpine Business Center Sub - NARY PLAT division comprised of a three -unit office building and .a 46=unit mini -storage building proposed on approximately 3.005 acres located on the south side of Kelly Road approximately 1,100 feet east of Highway 93. It is outside of the city limits of Kalispell and is being processed as a county subdivision. Greer gave the staff report recommending the approval of the prelimi- nary plat subject to ten conditions as presented in the staff report. Greer pointed out that a letter had been received from Mark III Inc. offering four comments that they felt should be addressed in the conditions of approval. Public Hearing Al Miller spoke for his proposed subdivision stating that he had no arguments with the ten conditions of approval. Dean Marquardt, representing Mark III, Inc., brought up the four points of comment as mentioned in their letter to the Planning Office -and stated that they would be very happy to work with the developer to accomplish solutions to some of the problems that exist due to the presence of the slough. If these minor problems can be worked out, then they felt that they could live with this subdivision. Board Discussion Trippett asked how far the private sewer line was from the proposed subdivision? Marquardt stated that it was about 350 feet and further stated that there is a state law that if there is a sewer line within O 500 feet then they must connect with the sewer line. It was determined that Marquardt owned the sewer line. Further discussion showed concern over the storm run-off into the slough and preventing excavation materials from getting into the slough. Motion Santa moved that the application for preliminary plat approval of Alpine Business Center be recommended for approval subject to the ten conditions as submitted in the staff report plus the four comments from Mark III, Inc. Trippett seconded and the motion carried unani- mously. NORTHERN LIGHTS Stephens requested Greer to introduce and explain the request from the ADDITION NO. City Council of Kalispell to consider the recommended R-4 (Urban Resi- 182 dential) zoning designation for "wholly surrounded territory" which is inended to be annexed into the City of Kalispell. The subject land is in the general area of Northern Lights Boulevard known as Northern Lights Addition No. 182 and is west of the Kalispell Junior High School. Greer gave a short description of what was being proposed for this area of "wholly surrounded territory" by the City Council citing Section 7-2-4502 MCA as the authority of the City to annex this territory even if the majority of the residents in the area protest. He stated that the staff recommends that the subject properties be zoned as proposed by the City Council because the subject territory has developed according to .the proposed zoning and it is compatible with the adjoining properties. -2- Trippett felt that the people should be able to petition whether they want to be zoned and what zoning designation they wished. L. M. Ormiston, a .resident of the subject territory, stated that there �_. are covenants on that property and all structures are governed by those covenants of the subdivision. He stated that the residents would not have any better services than they have currently. Motion After further board discussion and exchange with some residents of the area, Trippett moved to table action on this proposal. Reynolds seconded and the motion carried unanimously. MIXED LAND USE Stephens opened the meeting to a discussion of Mixed Land Use PUD PUD ALTER- (Planned Unit Development) alternatives in residential designated NATIVES areas. Greer passed out a "hand-out" and presented some suggested changes that might be made to the Kalispell City Zoning Ordinance relative to commercial uses in residential PUD's and mixed use PUD's. The staff evaluation focused on how commercial uses could be allowed in residen- tial areas via the PUD process. In a residential PUD it was suggested that allowable commercial uses be listed as to type. Another sugges- tion was to allow mixed use PUD's in all land use districts with the requirement that the predominant use of the district be consistent with the underlying land use designation of the comprehensive plan. Paul Palmer, City Council member, suggested that the Board review how a PUD actually works in order to assess ways to provide possibilities for development rather than to inhibit it. OGreer stated that the staff felt that they needed more direction from the Board as to what it is interested in pursuing so that they would know what approach to take to this question. Stephens and Santa both felt that an explanation of the PUD process was needed before further discussion took place. Verma offered to send the members of the Board copies of the PUD ordinance for them to study. CONSIDERATION Stephens called upon Tom Jentz to present. the amendments being pro - OF AMENDING posed to the Kalispell Area Master Plan Map based on public input that PROPOSED KALIS- the Board has received. PELL AREA MASTER PLAN Jentz went through the proposed ten amendments one at a time showing where they were located on the Proposed Master Plan Map, what was the issue involved and what the staff recommendation. 1. Kal-Mont Lumber Site owned by Charles O'Neil located east of Whitefish Stage Road, north of the Whitefish River, and south of Hillcrest Addition. The staff recommendation was to designate it a low -density resi- dential area rather than the requested industrial designation. The Board concurred. 2. The Developers Diversified proposed shopping center site along Highway 93 North. -3- The staff recommended to keep this area as residential whereas the developers requested commercial. Jentz also presented another proposal that would address the uses in the area and (� give a higher density residential designation to this particular site and allow for some commercial development between the existing Kalispell Regional Hospital and north in the Heritage Hospital Highway 93 area. After further discussion, action on this was tabled until later in the meeting. 3. Mel Torgeson owns land north of Evergreen Drive and east of LaSalle Road with the proposed plan showing half of his property commercial and the other half residential. The staff recommended to leave it as proposed and the Board con- curred. 4. Curtis Johnson property which is twenty acres north of the Court Club. He was requesting a commercial or agriculture designation instead of the staff recommendation of suburban residential. The Board chose to leave it as is which is agriculture. 5. North Meridian Road north of Two Mile Drive. The staff recommendation is for high density residential and is being requested to be commercial. The Board concurred with the staff recommendation. 6. Semi -Tool property north of West Reserve Drive. The staff recommended that it be left with an agriculture designation and the Board concurred. 7. Willow Glen Drive designated as an arterial. The staff recommendation for that road to be an arterial was based upon current use of the road. A property owner did not want that road designated as an arterial. The Board agreed with the staff recommendation. 8. Diest property west of Two Mile Drive on Spring Creek Road. Staff recommended a site in this area as being ideal for elemen- tary school site even though a land grant to the School District was no longer valid. The Board concurred. 9. Meridian Addition on South Meridian Road. The staff did not have a new recommendation on this area which has been the focus of numerous studies in the past 7 years. The site is presently designated as urban residential. The Board agreed to leave it with the urban residential classification. 10. Kalispell Regional Hospital neighborhood. -4- The staff .recommended a new Master Plan Map designation called "Medical/Professional" and that Chapter 5 of the Master Plan text be amended to include a definition of "Medical/ - Professional". The Board concurred. Motion After further Board discussion, Reynolds moved to adopt the above stated amendments to the Kalispell Master Plan Map on point one through ten recommending that on point number two that Sunnyview Lane to Heritage Way be allowed to develop as commercial. After further discussion Reynolds proposed an amendment to the motion of making point number nine to be designated as it was under the original Comprehensive Plan. The motion died for lack of a second. Santa moved to adopt the above stated amendments to the Kalispell Master Plan on points one through ten recommending .that on point number two that they go back to the original designation of urban residential and high density residential and on point number nine designate land south of Ashley Creek and north of Foys Lake Road as agriculture. Trippett seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. RESOLUTION TO Stephens opened the meeting to discussion of adopting a Resolution to ADOPT AMENDED adopt the amended Kalispell City -County Planning Jurisdiction Master KALISPELL CITY- Plan. COUNTY PLANNING JURISDICTION Santa moved to adopt Resolution #KPA-85-01. It was seconded and the MASTER PLAN motion carried unanimously. OLD BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS None. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:58 p.m. esiding Office - James Stephens Recording Secretary - Ava Walters Approved: �Z4 9 �U -5-