Northwestern Energy/890 North Meridian CUP 2026
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Debbie Pierson,Flathead County MT by TP 1/22/2026 2:24 PM
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Kalispell City Clerk
PO Box 1997
Kalispell,MT 59903
City of Kalispell
P. O. Box 1997
Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997
GRANT OF CONDITIONAL USE
APPLICANT: Northwestern Energy
3010 W 69th St
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 of Montana Power Addition No. 139, according to the map or
plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and
Recorder of Flathead County,Montana,excepting out a Bargain and
Sale Deed document number, 200133208220.
ZONE: B-1,Neighborhood Business
The applicant had previously applied to the City of Kalispell in 2020 for a conditional use
permit to expand the existing non-conforming utility yard at 890 North Meridian Road,which was
approved but never commenced construction. This application represents a renewed request to
expand the legally established non-conforming use and seeks new approval for expansion under
current zoning standards in the B-1 (Neighborhood Business) zone.
The Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission,after due and proper notice,on
December 9,2025,held a public hearing on the application,took public comment and Commission
recommended that the application be approved subject to eight (8) conditions.
After reviewing the application, the record, the Kalispell Planning Department report, and
after duly considering the matter,the City Council of the City of Kalispell,pursuant to the Kalispell
Zoning Ordinance,hereby adopts Kalispell Planning Department Conditional Use Report#KCU-25-
08 as the Council's findings of fact, and issues and grants to the above-described real property a
conditional use permit to expand the legally established non-conforming use and seeks new approval
for expansion under current zoning standards in the B-1 (Neighborhood Business)zone, subject to
the following conditions:
L That commencement of the approved activity must begin within 18 months from the date of
authorization or that a continuous good faith effort is made to bring the project to completion.
2. That the development and use of the site shall be in substantial conformance with the
submitted application and architectural/site plan drawings.
3. Prior to occupancy, the applicant shall apply for a building permit through the City of
Kalispell Building Department to review the proposed addition and improvements.
4. To ensure the traffic flow and access comply with Kalispell Design and Construction Standards,
as well as compliance with other site development standards,the development shall receive Site
Review Committee approval prior to issuance of the building permit.
5. The northern existing driveway on North Meridian Road shall be removed and rebuilt to city
standards,including,but not limited to,a sidewalk matching the existing sidewalk on each side
and curb/gutter.
6. Glenwood Drive shall be upgraded to an urban local standard for the full length of the frontage.
This infrastructure shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the street, street lighting,
street signage,drainage,curb,gutter,boulevard and sidewalks. The sidewalk shall be extended
through the existing driveway per city standards.
7. Additional screening shall be installed along the north property line and the west frontage on
Glenwood Drive. Screening shall consist of solid fencing, evergreen landscaping, or a
combination of both sufficient to block views of the utility yard and stored equipment,subject
to approval by the Parks Director.Landscaping shall also be incorporated into the rocked areas
at the Glenwood entrance.
8. The purpose of the conditional use permit is to allow an addition to the building. Under the
ordinance, up to a 50%cumulative increase of the building is allowed with a conditional use
permit (applies to both building footprint and floor area). There was an administrative
conditional use permit issued in 2011 for a 1720 square foot storage building. The prior permit
and the proposed addition would utilize all of the allowable increase and no further additions
will be allowed.
Dated this 5th day of Janugg, 2026.
Rya Hunter
Mayor
STATE OF MONTANA )
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County of Flathead )
On this e5 day of 2026 before me, a Notary Public, personally
appeared Ryan Hunter,Mayor of the City of Kalif pell,known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same on behalf of
the City of Kalispell.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, the
day and year first above written.
Not Public, State of Montana
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