February 11 AgendaAGENDA KALISPELL CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2025 The public can participate in person in the Council Chambers or via videoconferencing. Please sign in 5 minutes
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The City of Kalispell does not discriminate based on disability in its programs, services, activities, and employment practices. Accessible parking is available at the City lot north of City Hall, and accessible restrooms are available. If you need auxiliary aids or services for effective communication or other reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting or hearing, please contact the Development Services front desk at (406)758-7940 as soon as possible, preferably at least two working days before the meeting date. The regular meeting and work session of the Kalispell City Planning Commission is scheduled for Tuesday,
February 11, 2025, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Kalispell City Council Chambers, Kalispell City Hall, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell. The agenda for the meeting will be:
A. Call to Order and Roll Call
B. Approval of Minutes of January 14, 2025 C. Hear the Public – The public may comment on any matter on the agenda or not on the agenda. (Comments
are typically held to 3 minutes or less.)
D. Public Hearing The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and take public comments on the agenda items listed below:
1. File #KA-24-10; KPUD-24-05; and KPP-24-06 – Vista Ridge Cottages, LP, has submitted applications for Vista Ridge Cottages, including requests for annexation, initial zoning of RA-1 (Residential Apartment) with a Planned Unit Development overlay and preliminary plat approval for 96 residential units (53 detached single-family and 43 attached single-family/townhouse) on approximately 15.78 acres,
including lots, roads, and common areas. The property is located at 489 Two Mile Drive.
E. Old Business F. New Business
G. Adjournment The planning commission will hold a work session on the item listed below:
1. File #KA-25-01; KGPA-25-01; KPUD-25-01; and KPP-25-01 – Spartan Holdings, LLC, and Whispering
Trails, LLC, have submitted applications for The Reserve at Johnson Ranch, including requests for (a) annexation; (b) a growth policy amendment to create a neighborhood business and high density residential node at the northwest corner of the intersection of Old Reserve Drive and Stillwater Road along with amending an additional portion along the north side of Stillwater Road from Suburban Residential to
Urban Residential; (c) initial zoning of R-3 (Residential), RA-1 (Residential Apartment), RA-2
(Residential Apartment/Office), and B-1 (Neighborhood Business) with a Planned Unit Development overlay; and (d) preliminary plat approval for 186 single-family residential lots, two multi-family lots (one containing 397 units and one with an unspecified number of units), and one commercial lot on approximately 91.8 acres, including lots, roads, and common areas. The property is located at the
northwest corner of Old Reserve Drive and Stillwater Road, and includes property located at 1053
Stillwater Road. 2. In the last legislative session, the Montana Legislature passed Senate Bill 382, which created the new Montana Land Use Planning Act. Under the Act, for cities such as Kalispell, the current growth policy,
subdivision regulations, and zoning regulations are largely replaced with a new land use planning
paradigm. The concept is that a land use plan is established with extensive public input. The plan then becomes a guiding document for land use decisions, many of which, such as subdivisions, become administrative rather than conducted through a public hearing process. The opportunity for the public to be engaged comes with the process establishing the plan and regulations, not with review of a site-specific
project.
This work session is the fourth in a series the Planning Commission will hold in the coming months. It is intended that the focus of this work session will be a summary of parks department facilities, non-city owned utilities, and property tax assessment methods. Future work sessions will be noticed and a formal
hearing will be held before the Commission forwards a recommendation to the City Council for its action.
Next Regular Meeting: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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