Reserve at Johnson Ranch Work Session Memo Development Services Department 201 1st Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 Phone: (406) 758-7940 Fax: (406) 758-7739 www.kalispell.com/planning
To: Kalispell Planning Commission
From: PJ Sorensen, Assistant Director
Date: February 11, 2025 Work Session – The Reserve at Johnson Ranch PUD BACKGROUND: The work session for The Reserve at Johnson Ranch Planned Unit Development
(“PUD”) will begin immediately after the conclusion of the regularly scheduled meeting. At this work session, planning staff will give an overview of the project and answer general questions from the Planning Commission. Per Section 27.19.020(5)(a), a work session for a PUD application must be completed prior to any public meeting. The work session is intended for informational purposes only to
inform both the public and the Planning Commission about the various aspects of the project. It is not
intended to be a public hearing and the Planning Commission will not take any formal action on the
application. 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. The property can be described as (1) Parcel B of Certificate of Survey No. 14346, located in the Southeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 29 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Flathead
County, Montana; and (2) The East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 29 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana, excepting therefrom that portion deeded to Flathead County for road purposes, recorded December 5, 1899, in Book 30, Page 582, and also excepting therefrom that portion deeded to the Montana Department of
Transportation for highway purposes, recorded June 28, 2007, as Doc. No. 2007-179-14150. Questions for the Planning Commission to consider 1. Are the application requests appropriate for the project?
2. Is there other information that the Commission would need in order to be able to make a
recommendation to the City Council on these application requests?
Next Steps
Following the discussion in the work session format, the Planning Commission may hold a public
hearing on the application requests at the Tuesday, March 11, 2025, regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting. The Planning Commission may then forward the matter to the City Council. Attachments: Application materials