13a. Ordinance 1322 - Text Amendment - Accessory Building Heights - 2nd ReadingFlathead Regional Development Office
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REPORT TO: Kalispell Mayor and City Council
FROM: Narda A. Wilson, Senior Planner
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT Various Amendments to the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance -
City of Kalispell
MEETING DATE: July 6, 1999
BACKGROUND: This is a the second reading on various amendments to the
Kalispell Zoning Ordinance. These amendments are intended to be "general
housekeeping" amendments that will address various issues which continue to arise.
These items were before the Kalispell City -County Planning Board for public hearing
and consideration on June S, 1999.
RECOMMENDATION: A motion to adopt the second reading of the ordinance
amending the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance for the various sections would be in order.
FISCAL EFFECTS: Undetermined.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the city council.
Narda A. Wilson Chris A. Kukulski
Senior Planner City Manager
Report compiled: July 1, 1999
Providing Community Planning Assistance To:
• Flathead County • City of Columbia Falls • City of Kalispell • City of Whitefish •
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 27.22.020 (3)(f) OF THE KALISPELL
ZONING ORDINANCE, (ORDINANCE NO. 1175), BY ALLOWING ACCESSORY
BUILDING HEIGHTS OF EIGHTEEN (18) FEET, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, City of Kalispell has submitted a written request to
amend Section 27.22.020 (3)(f) of the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance,
to allow accessory building heights of 18 feet in Residential, R,
zones, and
WHEREAS, the request was forwarded to the Kalispell City -
County Planning Board and Zoning Commission by the Flathead
Regional Development Office after having been evaluated under
27.14.030, Kalispell Zoning Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, FRDO evaluated the requested text amendment and
recommended, per Report #KZTA-99-6, that accessory building heights
in R zones be changed from 15 to 18 feet, and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City -County Planning Board and Zoning
Commission recommended that the text of the Kalispell Zoning
Ordinance be amended to allow for accessory building heights of 18
feet in all R zones, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the FRDO Report and the
transmittal from the Kalispell City -County Planning Board and
Zoning Commission and hereby adopts the findings made in Report
#KZTA-99-6 as the Findings of Fact applicable to this Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The City of Kalispell Zoning Ordinance,
Ordinance No. 1175, is hereby amended as
follows:
Section 27.22.020 (3)(f). Accessory buildings shall not
exceed a height of 18 feet in all R zones nor the maximum
height of a principal building in other zones. Accessory
buildings in R zones shall be limited to single story
construction.
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SECTION iI. All parts and portions of Ordinance No. 1175
not amended hereby remain unchanged.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)
days after its final passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL THIS DAY -OF JULY, 1999.
Wm E. Boharski
Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clerk
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