18. 2003-2004 City Planning Board Work ProgramTri-City Planning Office
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REPORT TO: Kalispell Mayor and City Council
FROM: Narda A. Wilson, Senior Planner
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT Kalispell City Planning Board 2003 / 2004 Work Program
MEETING DATE: August 4, 2003
BACKGROUND: The planning board met in a work session on June 17, 2003 to
review a potential list of work program projects for the upcoming fiscal year of 2003 /
2004 and did a little brainstorming. Some of the ideas were from previous work
programs, but there are a significant number of items that were added. On July 8,
2003 the Kalispell City Planning Board met and considered the work program for this
fiscal year for the City. The following is the list reviewed by the planning board and
identified in somewhat of a priority.
The planning board is interested in developing policies for the installation of
sidewalks for new development as well as existing areas that lack an adequate
sidewalk system as well as the development of interconnected bike and pedestrian
trails. They are also interested in exploring creative ways of financing the bike and
pedestrian improvements and identifying those in a policy document.
Kalispell Bike and Pedestrian Plan as part of the growth policy update document.
2. Amendments to the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance.
• Update the sign regulations
• Housekeeping by consolidating listed uses in the various districts.
• Historical districts overlay
• Refinement of the treatment of non -conforming uses
• Review parking standards
• Streamline enforcement process
• Address junked and oversized vehicles in residential districts
• Develop landscaping standards
• Develop highway entrance standards
• Develop lighting standards
A motion was made and passed unanimously by the Kalispell Planning Board to
forward a recommendation to the Kalispell City Council that the planning boards
work program for the coming year should include the aforementioned list.
Providing Community Planning Assistance To:
• City of Kalispell • City of Whitefish • City of Columbia Falls •
Kalispell Planning Board Work Program 2003 / 2004
July 21, 2003
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RECOMMENDATION: The planning board's work program should be reviewed by the
city council and affirmed as proposed or modified as deemed appropriate.
FISCAL EFFECTS:
ALTERNATIVES:
Respectfully submitted,
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Narda A. Wilson
Senior Planner
Minor positive impacts.
As suggested by the city council.
Report compiled: July 21, 2003
c: Theresa White, Kalispell City Clerk
Chris A. Kukulski
City Manager
Attachments: Draft minutes from 7/8/03 planning board meeting
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