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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7-5-4401 MCA, the four city wards, for election and other
purposes, must have regard to population so as to make them as nearly equal as
possible; and
WHEREAS, Census 2010 population figures for the City of Kalispell have been published and
show that the population has changed and shifted in the city such that the existing
boundaries of the wards no longer contain populations that are nearly as equal as
possible; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Department, using the Census 2010 population figures and GIS
software, has analyzed the data and modified the ward maps by adjusting the ward
boundaries as little as possible to correct the population differences between the
wards, said map attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Council hereby finds that the adjustments to the ward map, as
drafted by the City Planning Department, adequately and appropriately divides the
city into four wards with populations nearly equal as possible.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA,
THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1446, CODIFIED AT SECTION 6-1 OF THE CITY CODE BE
AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The territory embraced within the limits of the City shall be and the same is
hereby divided into four wards, bounded and described as hereinafter set forth and as shown
on the map attached hereto and incorporated fully herein by this reference.
A) Ward No. 1: shall consist of all that territory within the corporate limits of the City of
Kalispell, lying westerly of Highway 93 North and westerly of North Meridian Road, and
northerly of the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad line.
B) Ward No. 2: Ward No. 2 shall consist of all that territory within the corporate limits of
the City of Kalispell lying easterly of Highway 93 North, and easterly of North Meridian
Road, and northerly of the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad line.
TOGETHER WITH land lying southerly of said railroad line described as beginning
at the intersection of the railroad line and 4th Avenue East North; thence southerly
along 4th Avenue East North and 4th Avenue East to 2nd Street East; thence westerly
along 2❑d Street East and 2nd Street West to 51h Avenue West; thence northerly along
5th Avenue West to said railroad line; thence easterly along the railroad line to the
intersection of 4th Avenue East North and the point of beginning.
C) Ward No. 3: Ward No. 3 shall consist of all that territory within the corporate limits of
the City of Kalispell lying southerly of the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad line,
and northerly of a line described as being the easterly extension of loth Street East and
running westerly along loth Street East and loth Street West to 5th Avenue West; thence
southerly along 51h Avenue West to 11th Street West; thence westerly along llth Street
West and the westerly extension of 111h Street West to Alternate Highway 93.
TOGETHER WITH land lying westerly of Alternate Highway 93 and northerly of a
westerly extension of Sunnyside Drive, and southerly of the old Burlington Northern
Sante Fe Railroad line.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM land southerly of the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad
line described as a line beginning at the intersection of the railroad line and 4th Avenue
East North; thence southerly along 4th Avenue East North and 4th Avenue East to 2°`'
Street East; thence westerly along 2nd Street East and 2nd Street West to 5th Avenue West;
thence northerly along 5th Avenue West to said railroad line; thence easterly along the
railroad line to the point of beginning.
D) Ward No. 4: Ward No. 4 shall consist of all that territory within the corporate City limits
of the City of Kalispell lying southerly of a line described as being the easterly extension
of loth Street East; thence running westerly along loth Street East and loth Street West to
5th Avenue West; thence southerly along 51h Avenue West to 111h Street West; thence
westerly along 11th Street West and the westerly extension of 111h Street West to
Alternate Highway 93.
SECTION II. As there are additions made to the corporate limits of the City of Kalispell,
the aforesaid boundary lines of the respective wards shall be extended in a Southerly,
Northerly, Easterly or Westerly direction, as the case may be, along the center line of the
nearest extended street running Southerly, Northerly, Easterly, or Westerly, as the case may
be, to the City limits.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of
its final passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR THIS
5TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2011.
Tammi Fisher
Mayor
Theresa White
City Clerk
City of Kalispell Wards - Effective January 3, 2012 (Ordinance #1706)
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