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Memo Wood/PUD ConcernIncorporated 1892 Building Department Brian J_Wood Zoning Administrator Telephone (406) 758-7730 248 3rd Avenue East PO Box 1997 Zip 59903 Fax (406) 758-7739 TO: Bruce Williams, City Manager Glen Neier, City Attorney FROM: Brian J. Wood, Zoning Administrator IP DATE: May 2, 1995 RE: Buffalo Commons PUD I have one significant concern regarding the PUD that is not addressed in the development agreement at this time. The Kalispell Zoning Ordinance requires the Zoning Administrator or other appropriate city official to "monitor the Planned Unit Development for compliance with the completion schedule set forth in the approved development plan..." (27.21.020(6)). My concern lies with the uncertain language contained in the plan with respect to phasing. We have no way of knowing the sequence of the PUD's phasing, and there is no firm completion schedule contained in the plan for all five phases (pp. 38-41). The term "expected" is used in each phase's description; the nature of a PUD is to know exactly when a particular segment of the overall plan is to be implemented. The proposal under consideration, as written, would have no expiration date - for a paerticular phase, or for the PUD as a whole. I think it is imperative that such a schedule be included in the development agreement. Not only would the City have a better idea of what will occur and when, the owner/developer does not lock in to a plan that will never expire. It is my understanding that once a plan is approved neither the City nor the owner can make amendments to the PUD. If things don't develop along an anticipated timeline, both parties will at least understand that at a certain date the PUD is abandoned and another zoning designation applied to the undeveloped property.