March 10 AgendaAGENDA KALISPELL CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026 The public can participate in person in the Council Chambers or via videoconferencing. Please sign in 5 minutes prior to the meeting to ensure connection. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ISb0HU7cQ-GuzmlUCypqCw
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The regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Commission is scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 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 February 10, 2026 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 item(s) listed below: 1. File #KA-26-01 – Tumbleweed Offices I., LLC has submitted a petition for annexation and initial zoning
of B-2 (General Business) for approximately 4.2 acres of real property located at 1430, 1436, and 1440 US Highway 2 West, Kalispell, Montana. 2. A request has been submitted to include 4th Avenue West between 5th Street West and 6th Street West within the Westside Parking Management Zone. The Westside Parking Management Zone was established by Ordinance 1759 on August 2015. At that time, it was found that within the vicinity of Flathead High School the demand for curbside parking far exceeds the curbside space available resulting in limited availability of curbside parking for residents, congested streets and compromised roadside
safety. Accordingly, residents, students and teachers have to purchase parking permits in order to park on the street within the Parking Management Zone. Ordinance 1759 allows for the amendment of the Parking Management Zone by increasing or reducing the boundary after holding a public hearing before the
Kalispell City Planning Board. Requests to be added or removed from the management zone shall be done at the block face level (both sides) of the avenue or street by petition from at least 75% of the property owners. In this case, a petition has been submitted by property owners on the frontage described
above to be included in the Parking Management Zone. The petition includes a request to be included within the Parking Management Zone from 8 of the 10 property owners (80%). The area proposed to be included within the Westside Parking Management Zone.
3. File #KSTA-26-01 - The City of Kalispell has proposed subdivision regulation text amendments which incorporate recent changes in state law and align the ordinance with the Montana Land Use Planning Act. Changes are focused on procedural changes in how subdivision applications are processed by making subdivision review a primarily administrative process subject to appeal to the Planning Commission, City Council, and District Court. E. Old Business F. New Business
G. Adjournment Next Regular Meeting: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 PARTICIPATION Documents for this meeting are available at the QR code below and will be added as they become available.
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