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Policies Articulated by Planning Board Concerning North 93 NeighborhoodPOLICIES ) BY PLANNINGBOARD CONCERNING• NEIGHBORHOOD GOAL: Gateway entrances to Kalispell that enhance the community through improved design. POLICIES: 1. Gateway Entrance Corridors (areas of special concern) would extend up to 150 feet of either side of the existing R/ W for primary highways and up to 50 feet for secondary highways. 2. The following roadway corridors are identified as gateway entrances to Kalispell. a. Highway 93 North corridor north of Four Mile to the County Landfill. b. US Highway 2 (LaSalle) from Reserve Drive to Birch Grove c. Whitefish Stage from Reserve Drive to Birch Grove. (minor entrance way) 3. The following design standards are intended to enhance the gateway entrances to Kalispell a. Access control is important along the gateway entrance roads. b. Access should be coordinated so as to allow only collector or arterial streets to intersect. The judicious use of right -in right -out approaches, frontage roads and good internal development street design should be the rule to reduce or eliminate the need for direct access onto major gateway roads. c. With the construction of the Church Drive overpass on US 93, every effort must be taken to fully utilize this interchange and conversely limit direct access onto US 93 for at least 3/4 mile along areas north and south of this facility to avoid congestion points and the need for future traffic signals. The judicious use of right -in right -out approaches, frontage roads and good internal development street design will mitigate the need for direct access out. d. Extra setbacks, buffering and landscaping along US Highway 93 North and US Highway 2 and to a lesser degree along Whitefish Stage Road are the norm. e. In those areas planned for general commercial development on a gateway entrance, it should occur as an integrated development utilizing and enhancing the property back from the gateway as opposed to occurring as a shallow linear strip. Significant individual business highway exposure, individual access points, and pole signage would not be the norm. f. Additional design standards should be developed to ensure that signage enhances development, not detracts from it. Wall signage integrated into the overall building design is preferred over free standing signage. Monument signs are preferred over other types of free standing signage. g. Where the adjacent gateway road speed is posted at 35 mph or lower: i. A minimum 20 foot landscape buffer should be provided abutting the gateway road. ii. Street trees should be incorporated into the landscape buffer. iii. A pedestrian trail or sidewalk should be incorporated at the outside edge of the R/ W. h. Where the adjacent gateway road speed is posted from 36 - 45 mph: i. A minimum of 40 feet of landscaped buffer area should be provided. ii. Street trees and berming should be incorporated into the landscaping. iii. A pedestrian trail or sidewalk should be incorporated at the outside edge of the R/W. i. Where the adjacent gateway road speed is posted above 45 mph: i. A minimum 100 - 150 foot impact area should be provided for major entrances and a 50 foot entrance for minor entrances. ii. Within this impact area, a combination of berming, landscaping using live materials and trees as well as grass, a pedestrian trail system and frontage roads should be incorporated. iii. Primary buildings should not be located in this area. iv. Four sided architecture should be the norm for development adjacent to the impacted area. V. Monument signs would be anticipated to occur in the rear portion of the impacted area, other free standing signs would not. 4. Neighborhood commercial should be used as a means to buffer key intersections and to meet immediate local needs, not to serve as a destination shopping area. 5. Neighborhood commercial areas would in turn be buffered from lower density and intensity residential areas through the use of higher density residential uses and office uses. 6. Pedestrian and trail systems should be incorporated into berming, landscaping, greenbelts, park areas and setback standards along gateway entrances to enhance or maintain the scenic value of the entrance corridor from public facilities, neighborhoods, schools and commercial services. GOAL: The development of an integrated residential/commercial neighborhood between US 93-Reserve Drive, Whitefish Stage and a future Rose Crossing. Development will be mixed use in nature creating an overall integrated neighborhood with a town center as opposed to commercial development fronting the Gateway entrances... ® Access onto the major Gateway roads would be limited. Development in this 700 acre site would typically be: Up to 25% general commercial, Up to 25% office and high density residential and associated uses, 10% open space uses A minimum of 40% in various other residential configurations. ® Commercial activity would be generally centered within the development designed to serve both the adjacent neighborhood as well as the greater community. It can serve as a town center as opposed to a linear strip along the highway.