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2. Resolutions 5329A, 5329B, 5329C - Hwy 93 S/Siderius - Adopting, Revising or Rejecting Growth Policy AmendmentREPORT TO: Kalispell Mayor and City Council FROM: Sean Conrad, Senior Planner Myrt Webb, Interim City Manager SUBJECT Growth Policy Amendment for the Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment/ Siderius Commons Project MEETING DATE: December 1, 2008 BACKGROUND: The planning board held a public hearing on September 9, 2008 to consider a request by the Siderius Family Limited Partnership in conjunction with the City of Kalispell to amend the Highway 93 South Growth Policy Amendment section contained in the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 and the Kalispell Growth Policy Future Land Use map. The Highway 93 South area is loosely defined as the lands south of Cemetery Road, east of Airport Road, west of Demersville Road and north of Rocky Cliff Drive with U.S. 93 bisecting the area north to south. The map amendments include eliminating the industrial land use designation north of Ashley Creek and placing the urban mixed use land use designation in its place. In addition, the suburban residential land use designation on the west side of Highway 93 and north of Ashley Creek would convert to the urban residential land use designation. Kalispell Planning Department staff presented staff report #KGPA08-1 and evaluated the proposed project. Staff noted the new issues, goals and policies in the staff report which reflect development requests from landowners and take into consideration changes within the overall development of the city and existing and proposed public facilities in the area. These public facilities include the past widening of Highway 93 to a 4-lane, the proposed Highway 93 Bypass, future Kalispell City Airport Expansion, Kalispell's 40-acre Biological Treatment Facility on Cemetery Road, and the recent extension of municipal water and sewer down Highway 93. Staff recommended the planning board recommend the council approve the proposed changes to the Highway 93 South Growth Policy Amendment area including the revised issues, goals and policies for this area. During the public hearing two people spoke in favor of the proposed amendment. Two others spoke of their concerns regarding increased housing density, increases in crime, the need for more affordable housing and impacts to city infrastructure. After closing the public hearing the planning board discussed the proposal and recommended unanimously that the council consider the new issues, goals and policies within the Highway 93 South Growth Policy Amendment area as presented by staff. To coincide with the revised issues, goals and policies the planning board recommended renaming this area as "Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment". The planning board is also recommending the city council consider a revised boundary area to generally include land in the area described below: From Highway 93 west on Cemetery Road to Ashley Creek and following Ashley Creek south to the point where Ashley Creek is in the vicinity of Rocky Cliff Drive. At this point the boundary continues east on Rocky Cliff Drive to Highway 93 with the boundary line continuing east of Highway 93 along the southern boundary of Old School Station subdivision to a point just east of the subdivision to the 100-year floodplain line of the Flathead River. From the floodplain line the boundary continues north along the floodplain until the floodplain intersects with Demersville Road. The boundary then continues north along Demersville Road until its intersection with Lower Valley Road. The boundary then continues west on Lower Valley Road to its intersection with Highway 93. This area includes portions of sections 28, 29, 32, and 33 of Township 28 North, Range 21 West. Following the public hearing at the planning board the city council held a work session on the growth policy amendment request on October 20th. During the work session the council directed staff to provide the council with information to hold a public hearing. At the council's November 3=d meeting the council elected to hold a public hearing on the growth policy amendment. The public hearing took place on November 17th. During the public hearing four people spoke in favor of the growth policy amendment with one person speaking to his concerns about the potential for increased office space outside of Kalispell's downtown. The public hearing was closed following all public comment. The council now has the option to act on the growth policy amendment. RECOMMENDATION: A motion to approve Resolution No. KGPA-08-1 as recommended by the planning board would be in order. ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the city council. Respectfully submitted, r Sean Conrad Senior Planner Report compiled: November 24, 2008 c: Theresa White, Kalispell City Clerk 444�wxl- Myrt ebb Interim City Manager PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OIff .A .j- November 24, 2008 Myrt Webb, Interim City Manager City of Kalispell P.O. Box 1997 Kalispell, MT 59903 Planning Department 201 V Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 Phone: (406) 758-7940 Fax: (406) 758-7739 www.kafispell.com/planniniz Re: Growth Policy Amendment for the Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment/Siderius Commons Project Dear Myrt: The planning board held a public hearing on September 9, 2008 to consider a request by the Siderius Family Limited Partnership in conjunction with the City of Kalispell to amend the Highway 93 South Growth Policy Amendment section contained in the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 and the Kalispell Growth Policy Future Land Use map. The Highway 93 South area is loosely defined as the lands south of Cemetery Road, east of Airport Road, west of Demersville Road and north of Rocky Cliff Drive with U.S. 93 bisecting the area north to south. The map amendments include eliminating the industrial land use designation north of Ashley Creek and placing the urban mixed use designation in its place. In addition, the suburban residential land use designation on the west side of Highway 93 and north of Ashley Creek would convert to the urban residential land use designation. Sean Conrad of the Kalispell Planning Department presented staff report #KGPA08-1 and evaluated the proposed project. Mr. Conrad noted the new issues, goals and policies in the staff report which reflect development requests from landowners and take into consideration changes within the overall development of the city and existing and proposed public facilities in the area. These public facilities include the past widening of Highway 93 to a 4-lane, the proposed Highway 93 Bypass, future Kalispell City Airport Expansion, Kalispell's 40-acre Biological Treatment Facility on Cemetery Road, and the recent extension of municipal water and sewer down Highway 93. Staff recommended the planning board recommend the council approve the proposed changes to the Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment area including the revised issues, goals and policies for this area. During the public hearing two people spoke in favor of the proposed amendment. Two others spoke of their concerns regarding increased housing density, increases in crime, the need for more affordable housing and impacts to city infrastructure. After closing the public hearing the planning board discussed the proposal and recommended unanimously that the council consider the new issues, goals and policies within the Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment area as presented by staff. RESOLUTION NO.5329A A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE KALISPELL GROWTH POLICY 2020, TO BE KNOWN AS THE HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH/SIDERIUS COMMONS GROWTH POLICY AMENDMENT. WHEREAS, the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 was originally adopted by the Kalispell City Council on February 18, 2003, and WHEREAS, the Siderius Family Limited Partnership formally requested a growth policy amendment on 207 acres within Sections 29 and 32, Township 28 North, Range 21 West, Flathead County, more particularly described as Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey 17744, the amended subdivision plat of lots 3 and 5 of Ashley Business Park and amended plat of the amended plat of lot 4 Ashley Business Park Subdivision, and Parcel A of Certificate of Survey 8369; and WHEREAS, urban scale residential densities continue to expand south of the current Kalispell city limits in and around the subject area for which a growth policy amendment has been requested; and WHEREAS, the Kalispell Planning Board, upon considering the Siderius Family Limited Partnership request, reviewed the entire Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy and determined to redefine the area to be amended to include the land generally south of Cemetery Road, east of Airport Road, west of Demersville Road and north of Rocky Cliff Drive, with US Highway 93 bisecting the area north to south, as further described on Exhibit "A", all within the boundaries of the current Kalispell Growth Policy 2020; and WHEREAS, the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 currently designates this area as I-111, Light Industrial -Highway; SAG-10, Suburban Agricultural; SAG-5, Suburban Agricultural; AG-80, Agricultural; and I-2, Heavy Industrial, and the petitioners and the Planning Board are proposing an amendment to change a portion of this area, within the area designated in Exhibit "A" to Urban Mixed Use and Urban Residential; and WHEREAS, on September 9, 2008, the Kalispell City Planning Board held a public hearing, after due and proper notice, received public comment upon, and reviewed Kalispell Planning Department report #KGPA-08-1, which evaluated the proposal based upon the goals and objectives of the Growth Policy, the purpose of zoning and current circumstances in the planning jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, at the conclusion of said public hearing and after consideration of the proposed amendment, the Kalispell City Planning Board, adopted report #KGPA-08-1 as the findings of fact and recommended approval of the proposed Growth Policy amendment; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, on November 3, 2008, passed Resolution 5320, a Resolution of Intention to Adopt, Revise or Reject a Proposed Amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 and called for a public hearing to be held on November 17, 2008, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, after due and proper notice, held a public hearing on November 17, 2008, and received five (5) public comments on the recommendations of the City Planning Board and the Kalispell Planning Department report #KGPA-08-1, which evaluated the proposal based upon the goals and objectives of the Growth Policy, the purpose of zoning and current circumstances in the planning jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, based upon the recommendations of the Kalispell Planning Board, as well as considering the evidence provided by oral and written public comment, the City Council of the City of Kalispell finds that it is in the best interest of the City to amend the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020, pursuant to the recommendations of the City Planning Board and adopts as its findings Kalispell Planning Department report KGPA-08-1, said amendment as set forth in the attached Exhibit "A" consisting of text and map and including approximately 550 acres in the Kalispell Growth Policy Future Land Use Map. FOLLOWS:11011', TAEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, AS SECTION I. That pursuant to Section 76-1-604, MCA, the City Council of the City of Kalispell hereby adopts an amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020, said amendment as set forth in the attached Exhibit "A" consisting of text and map and including approximately 550 acres in the Kalispell Growth Policy Future Land Use Map and with appropriate land use assigned upon annexation to the city. SECTION II. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage by the City Council. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 1 ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 2008. Pamela B. Kennedy Mayor ATTEST: Theresa White City Clerk I — IN 11r/wn 11111000 I A RESOLUTION REVISING AN AMENDMENT TO THE KALISPELL GROWTH POLICY 2020, TO BE KNOWN AS THE HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH/SIDERIUS COMMONS GROWTH POLICY AMENDMENT. WHEREAS, the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 was originally adopted by the Kalispell City Council on February 18, 2003, and WHEREAS, the Siderius Family Limited Partnership formally requested a growth policy amendment on 207 acres within Sections 29 and 32, Township 28 North, Range 21 West, Flathead County, more particularly described as Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey 17744, the amended subdivision plat of lots 3 and 5 of Ashley Business Park and amended plat of the amended plat of lot 4 Ashley Business Park Subdivision, and Parcel A of Certificate of Survey 8369; and WHEREAS, urban scale residential densities continue to expand south of the current Kalispell city limits in and around the subject area for which a growth policy amendment has been requested; and WHEREAS, the Kalispell Planning Board, upon considering the Siderius Family Limited Partnership request, reviewed the entire Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy and determined to redefine the area to be amended to include the land generally south of Cemetery Road, east of Airport Road, west of Demersville Road and north of Rocky Cliff Drive, with US Highway 93 bisecting the area north to south, as further described on Exhibit "A", all within the boundaries of the current Kalispell Growth Policy 2020; and WHEREAS, the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 currently designates this area as I-1H, Light Industrial -Highway; SAG-10, Suburban Agricultural; SAG-5, Suburban Agricultural; AG-80, Agricultural; and 1-2, Heavy Industrial, and the petitioners and the Planning Board are proposing an amendment to change a portion of this area, within the area designated in Exhibit "A" to Urban Mixed Use and Urban Residential; and WHEREAS, on September 9, 2008, the Kalispell City Planning Board held a public hearing, after due and proper notice, received public comment upon, and reviewed Kalispell Planning Department report #KGPA-08-1, which evaluated the proposal based upon the goals and objectives of the Growth Policy, the purpose of zoning and current circumstances in the planning jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, at the conclusion of said public hearing and after consideration of the proposed amendment, the Kalispell City Planning Board, adopted report #KGPA-08-1 as the findings of fact and recommended approval of the proposed Growth Policy amendment; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, on November 3, 2008, passed Resolution 5320, a Resolution of Intention to Adopt, Revise or Reject a Proposed Amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 and called for a public hearing to be held on November 17, 2008, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, after due and proper notice, held a public hearing on November 17, 2008, and received five (5) public comments on the recommendations of the City Planning Board and the Kalispell Planning Department report #KGPA-08-1, which evaluated the proposal based upon the goals and objectives of the Growth Policy, the purpose of zoning and current circumstances in the planning jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell finds that it is in the best interest of the City to amend the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020, and revise the recommendations of the City Planning Board by adopting as its findings the following: WHEREAS, in all other respects, not inconsistent with the above, the Council adopts the Kalispell Planning Department report KGPA-08-1 as its findings of fact, and further finds that it is in the best interests of the City to adopt said revised amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 consisting of text and map and including approximately 550 acres in the Kalispell Growth Policy Future Land Use Map. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, AS •, • SECTION I. That pursuant to Section 76-1-604, MCA, the City Council of the City of Kalispell hereby adopts the revised amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020, said amendment consisting of text and map and including approximately 550 acres in the Kalispell Growth Policy Future Land Use Map and assigning an appropriate land use upon annexation to the city. SECTION II. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage by the City Council. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 1ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 2008. ATTEST: Theresa White City Clerk Pamela B. Kennedy Mayor RESOLUTION NO.5329C A RESOLUTION REJECTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE KALISPELL GROWTH POLICY 2020. WHEREAS, the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 was originally adopted by the Kalispell City Council on February 18, 2003, and WHEREAS, the Siderius Family Limited Partnership formally requested a growth policy amendment on 207 acres within Sections 29 and 32, Township 28 North, Range 21 West, Flathead County, more particularly described as Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey 17744, the amended subdivision plat of lots 3 and 5 of Ashley Business Park and amended plat of the amended plat of lot 4 Ashley Business Park Subdivision, and Parcel A of Certificate of Survey 8369; and WHEREAS, urban scale residential densities continue to expand south of the current Kalispell city limits in and around the subject area for which a growth policy amendment has been requested; and WHEREAS, the Kalispell Planning Board, upon considering the Siderius Family Limited Partnership request, reviewed the entire Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy and determined to redefine the area to be amended to include the land generally south of Cemetery Road, east of Airport Road, west of Demersville Road and north of Rocky Cliff Drive, with US Highway 93 bisecting the area north to south, as further described on Exhibit "A", all within the boundaries of the current Kalispell Growth Policy 2020; and WHEREAS, the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 currently designates this area as I- lH, Light Industrial - Highway; SAG-10, Suburban Agricultural; SAG-5, Suburban Agricultural; AG-80, Agricultural; and I-2, Heavy Industrial, and the petitioners and the Planning Board are proposing an amendment to change a portion of this area, within the area designated in Exhibit "A" to Urban Mixed Use and Urban Residential; and WHEREAS, on September 9, 2008, the Kalispell City Planning Board held a public hearing, after due and proper notice, received public comment upon, and reviewed Kalispell Planning Department report #KGPA-08-1, which evaluated the proposal based upon the goals and objectives of the Growth Policy, the purpose of zoning and current circumstances in the planning jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, at the conclusion of said public hearing and after consideration of the proposed amendment, the Kalispell City Planning Board, adopted report #KGPA-08-1 as the findings of fact and recommended approval of the proposed Growth Policy amendment; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, on November 3, 2008, passed Resolution 5320, a Resolution of Intention to Adopt, Revise or Reject a Proposed Amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 and called for a public hearing to be held on November 17, 2008, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, after due and proper notice, held a public hearing on November 17, 2008, and received five (5) public comments on the recommendations of the City Planning Board and the Kalispell Planning Department report #KGPA-08-1, which evaluated the proposal based upon the goals and objectives of the Growth Policy, the purpose of zoning and current circumstances in the planning jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell finds that it is not in the best interest of the City to amend the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020, as recommended by the Kalispell City Planning Board, said proposed amendment consisting of including approximately 550 acres in the Kalispell Growth Policy Future Land Use Map and assigning an appropriate land use upon annexation to the city for the following reasons: RESOLVEDNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT O KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. That pursuant to Section 76-1-604, MCA, the City Council of the City of Kalispell hereby rejects the amendment that was the subject of the Kalispell Planning Department report #KGPA-08-1 and recommended by the City Planning Board to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 1 ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 2008. Pamela B. Kennedy Mayor Theresa White City Clerk To coincide with the revised issues, goals and policies the planning board recommended renaming this area as "Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment". The planning board is also recommending the city council consider a revised boundary area to generally include land in the area described below: From Highway 93 west on Cemetery Road to Ashley Creek and following Ashley Creek south to the point where Ashley Creek is in the vicinity of Rocky Cliff Drive. At this point the boundary continues east on Rocky Cliff Drive to Highway 93 with the boundary line continuing east of Highway 93 along the southern boundary of Old School Station subdivision to a point just east of the subdivision to the 100-year floodplain line of the Flathead River. From the floodplain line the boundary continues north along the floodplain until the floodplain intersects with Demersville Road. The boundary then continues north along Demersville Road until its intersection with Lower Valley Road. The boundary then continues west on Lower Valley Road to its intersection with Highway 93. This area includes portions of sections 28, 29, 32, and 33 of Township 28 North, Range 21 West. Please schedule this matter for the December 1, 2008 regular city council meeting. You may contact this board or Sean Conrad at the Kalispell Planning Department if you have any questions regarding this matter. Sincerely, Kalispell City Planning Board John Hinchey ti Vice President Attachments: Resolution No. KGPA-08-1 Exhibit A - Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment Area Map Exhibit B - Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment issues, goals, policies and recommendations c w/ Att: Theresa White, Kalispell City Clerk c w/o Att: Siderius Family Limited Partnership, Josephine R. Siderius Living Trust, Jo Lynn Yenne, Patricia A. Sanders, Raymond E. Siderius, and Linda L. Siderius, 6010 Highway 35, Bigfork, MT 59911 Jerry Nix, 43 Sunrise Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901 Tia Robbin, P.O. Box 918, Kalispell, MT 59903 RESOLUTION NO. KGPA-08-1 HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH AN AMENDMENT TO THE KALISPELL GROWTH POLICY 2020 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE KALISPELL CITY GROWTH POLICY 2020 ADOPTED FEBRUARY 18, 2003 TO BE KNOWN AS THE HWY 93 SOUTH GROWTH POLICY AMENDMENT WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Growth Policy 2020 was adopted by the Kalispell City Council on February 18, 2003 with Resolution No. 4773; and WHEREAS, There is an increased demand for non industrial development along the Highway 93 south corridor; and WHEREAS, Municipal water and sewer have been extended to serve the area allowing more intense urban development; and WHEREAS, the plan amendment designates this area for the development of commercial, urban mixed use, urban residential, light industrial and suburban residential uses to be known as the Hwy 93 South Growth Policy Amendment; and WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Planning Board held a public hearing on September 9, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Kalispell City Council Chambers after due notice to the public and received comments upon the proposal and evaluated the proposed plan amendment in accordance with the goals and objectives of Kalispell City Growth Policy 2020; and WHEREAS, the adoption of this amendment would effectively amend the Kalispell City Growth Policy 2020 and the designated areas to be made part of the Highway 93 South Growth Policy Amendment along with the associated goals and policies which would serve as a basis for zoning upon annexation to the city; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Kalispell City Planning Board recommends to the Kalispell City Council, Exhibit A, Hwy 93 South Growth Policy Amendment area map and Exhibit B, Hwy 93 South Growth Policy Amendment issues, goals, policies and recommendations be adopted as an amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020. f r go Schutt City Planning Board Exhibit A - Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment Area Map LEGEND FOLPFEW GRUWTH FCUUMEA 3 P.~A.—W."Al- F-4-mil ..kWootfu-ib 03 of mv— FUrURE LANDUSE MtOWWROAL WHkiMHOM COULWROAL MUSTMAL IAWM WED USE HIGH CENUTY RESUOMAL LF&WRE-S'"IAL CAN UMCEB RJEUCADUAS RARIC CH GRENWAM f IN +P%A OW 7, NX Eh NMOWI PA O-wd�YWM7= Exhibit B Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment This amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 adopted February 18, 2003 would be in addition to the existing goals, policies, text and maps. The Highway 93 South Corridor is recognized as a major arterial within the larger Kalispell area and as such its integrity in moving traffic is a primary goal. It is recognized that development will occur along this corridor that will contribute to a local economy in commercial, industrial and residential aspects. The area in the Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment includes from Highway 93 west on Cemetery Road to Ashley Creek and following Ashley Creek south to the point where Ashley Creek is in the vicinity of Rocky Cliff Drive. At this point the boundary continues east on Rocky Cliff Drive to Highway 93 with the boundary line continuing east of Highway 93 along the southern boundary of Old School Station subdivision to a point just east of the subdivision to the 100 year floodplain line of the Flathead River. From the floodplain line the boundary continues north along the floodplain until the floodplain intersects with Demersville Road. The boundary then continues north along Demersville Road until its intersection with Lower Valley Road. The boundary then continues west on Lower Valley Road to its intersection with Highway 93. This area includes portions of sections 28, 29, 32, and 33 of Township 28 North, Range 21 West. Issues: Development along the Highway 93 South Corridor has the potential to compromise the primary objective of the roadway to move traffic because of additional accesses associated with new development. 2. Highway 93 and the Highway 93 Bypass serve as entrance corridors to Kalispell and the viability and scenic nature of these corridors need to be protected and enhanced. 3. The Highway 93 Corridor generates considerable traffic noise which will negatively impact any development along the roadways. 4. Corridor development can oftentimes lack quality landscaping, parking, lighting and architectural design. 5. Municipal water and sewer have recently been extended south from Kalispell along Highway 93. Adequate capacity is available to serve all lands within the Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment area. 6. Lack of an existing grid street system contributes to the potential problems associated with additional accesses being created along Highway 93 as new development occurs. 7. Lack of any pedestrian and bicycle facilities in the Highway 93 South neighborhood. 8. Topography and other natural features in this area such as the 100 year floodplain adjacent to the Flathead River on the east side and Ashley Creek on the west limit where development can occur. 9. Lineal development along highway corridors generally contributes to traffic problems and conflicts associated with single accesses, visual clutter and a diminished quality of life. 10. The city airport impacts properties immediately south of the future runway in the area south of Cemetery Road. Impacts include limitation on building heights, need to plan for appropriate uses, noise, and air traffic. 11. Proposed airport expansion plans may cause the re -alignment of Cemetery Road. 12. The proposed Highway 93 bypass will serve as a barrier to local north -south traffic flow for properties on the west side of Highway 93. There is a need to maintain a north -south connection so as to provide an alternate to Highway 93. 13. There is an apparent remnant strip of former railroad right-of-way owned by MDT which extends from the future Highway 93 bypass south to the existing Highway 93 right-of-way. Use/re-use of this land needs to be planned for. 14. The city's 40 acre biosolids land application site located on the south side of Cemetery Road is an important part of the Kalispell sewer treatment facility. It is important to provide long term protection of this site from the intrusion of incompatible land uses. 15. There appears to be a future need for a school site serving the north end of the Somers/Lakeside School district to accommodate new development in the area. 16. As commercial and industrial development occurs along the Highway 93 South Corridor there will be impacts with proposed future residential property immediately behind and adjacent to this development pattern. 17. Noise impacts associated with Industrial uses, Highway 93 and the future Highway 93 Bypass on adjacent residential development negatively impact the quality of life for theses residents. 18. Fire and EMS services to this area exceed the minimum response times the Fire Department holds itself to because the closest fire station is located over 1 1/2 miles north of the Highway 93 South Neighborhood. 19. There are no neighborhood or regional parks to serve the immediate needs of existing or future residents. Goals: 1. A CONCENTRATED COMMERCIAL CENTER BISECTED BY HIGHWAY 93 TO SERVE THE IMMEDIATE COMMERCIAL NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THE SOUTH 93 CORRIDOR. 2. EXPANSION OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF CEMETERY ROAD/LOWER VALLEY ROAD NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED UNDER A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, SIGNAGE, SETBACKS, AND OTHER ISSUES RELATING TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE COMMUNITY ENTRANCE WAY TO KALISPELL. 3. PRESERVING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 93 AND THE HIGHWAY 93 BYPASS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. 4. DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH CORRIDOR SHOULD OCCUR IN AREAS WHERE PUBLIC SERVICES, UTILITIES AND FACILTIES ARE AVAILABLE OR CAN BE PROVIDED. 5. NEW DEVELOPMENT WHETHER COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL OR RESIDENTIAL SHOULD BE OF HIGH QUALITY IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY. 6. FREE FLOWING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 93 SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND NEW DEVELOPMENT SHOULD INCORPORATE DESIGN AND TRAFFIC FEATURES THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR PRESENT OR FUTURE TRAFFIC SIGNALS BETWEEN FOUR CORNERS AND HIGHWAY 82. 7. A GRID STREET SYSTEM SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AS NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. 8. DEVELOPMENT SHOULD INCORPORATE DESIGN FEATURES AND LAND USES APPROPRIATE TO ADJACENT AIRPORT TRAFFIC. 9. MDT OWNED EXCESS OR SURPLUS RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY NOT NEEDED FOR THE HIGHWAY 93 BYPASS SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE AREA. 10. THE FUTURE VIABILITY OF THE CITY OWNED BIOSOLIDS LAND APPLICATION SITE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF CEMETERY ROAD NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED. APPROPRIATE DESIGN, SETBACKS AND MITIGATION FEATURES SHOULD BE ACCORDINGLY INCORPORATED INTO ANY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED ADJACENT TO THIS SITE. 11. WORK WITH THE SOMERS/LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO LOCATE A FUTURE SCHOOL SITE IN THIS AREA. 12. THE HIGHWAY 93 BYPASS, THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 93 AND THE BYPASS AND HIGHWAY 93 ARE GATEWAY ENTRANCES AND SCENIC CORRIDOR ENTRANCES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND AS SUCH NEED SPECIAL TREATMENT AND PROTECTION. 13. PRESERVE THE TRANQUILITY OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS BY MINIMIZING POTENTIAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHWAY AND INDUSTRIAL USES. 14. BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION TO SERVE CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. 15. PROVIDE FOR THE ONGOING ACQUISTION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKS, BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAILS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILTIES. 16. PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE TRAILS SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONNECT WITH OR PROVIDE FOR FUTURE CONNECTION WITH EXISTING OR FUTURE TRAILS. Policies: 1. Recognize the need within the community for high paying, high quality industrial based jobs and business. Promote and encourage those businesses in this area. 2. Create incentives for development of industrial based businesses, including e- commerce based businesses, along the Highway 93 South Corridor. 3. Avoid a pattern of one lot deep linear commercial and industrial development along the Highway 93 South Corridor; instead encourage development patterns that extend horizontally back from the highway creating commercial or industrial centers and parks. 4. Require high quality development as it relates to the provision of services, utilities, facilities and amenities. 5. Additional accesses onto Highway 93 shall be limited and a grid street system shall be developed when possible. 6. Frontage roads shall be developed as part of a grid street system to avoid additional accesses onto Highway 93. 7. Provide alternative north/south roadways parallel to Highway 93 on both the east and west sides of the highway. 8. Environmentally sensitive areas shall be avoided and protected when possible 9. High quality design standards shall be applied to new development along the corridor related to architecture, parking lot layout, lighting, landscaping, setbacks and signage. 10. All parking lots shall be paved and landscaped. 11. Recognize the need for the provision of fire and police services to the Highway 93 South Corridor area. 12. Ensure that there is a well informed public and property owners along the corridor regarding the implications of the extension of public services to that area. 13. Avigation easements should be required for all new development or redevelopment in the Highway 93 South Corridor area. 14. Whenever a property develops or changes ownership the developer/owner should be alerted that the property is in the airport affected area. 15. Because of the presence of the municipal airport, residential uses are not deemed to be appropriate within 1/4 mile of the easterly 1/2 mile of Cemetery Road (the south end of the proposed runway). 16. Height of personal, commercial or public communication towers or antennas should be restricted to reduce conflicts with the existing and proposed Kalispell Airport expansion. 17. Development around the city's 40 acre biosohds land application site located on the south side of Cemetery Road should take into consideration mitigating measures such as fencing, extra setbacks and an acknowledgement that they abut a sludge injection site. In addition, in the event that this site becomes surplus to the city, some provision should be made to provide for access to the site from the east, south and west to provide access for future development at that time. 18. The following design standards are intended to enhance the gateway entrances to Kalispell a. Access control should be the norm along the 93 corridors. b. Access should be coordinated so as to allow only collector or arterial streets to intersect Highway 93. 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. Areas planned for commercial development along Highway 93 should occur as an integrated development utilizing and enhancing the property back from the highway 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. d. Monument signs are preferred over pole signs. e. Four sided architecture should be the norm for all properties abutting the gateway entrances. f. Billboards should be prohibited in the commercial and residential zones. Existing billboards in these zones should be considered a primary use. Such existing billboards should be phased out in these zones under the following schedule: at the end of their current lease or when another primary use is proposed on the same parcel or tract of land. g. The scale of any commercial development should be sized to serve the immediate neighborhood (i.e. Somers, South Kalispell) as opposed to regional in scale. 19. Development in the commercial areas should be mixed use in nature creating an overall integrated neighborhood as opposed to linear strip commercial development fronting the gateway entrances. 20. Additional setbacks along with fencing, berming and landscaping should be used to buffer new residential and school development adjacent to existing land zoned for industrial uses. 21. A vehicular/pedestrian connection should be provided connecting properties to the north and south of the proposed Highway 93 Bypass to provide the following: a. Offer a parallel route to Highway 93 b. Reduce traffic on Highway 93 c. Provide options for internal travel within developments to the north and south of the Highway 93 Bypass d. Reduce the need for additional access points on Highway 93 22. Advocate the design and site layout of new residential development adjacent to industrial zoned property, Highway 93 and the future bypass to incorporate noise reduction techniques so that the new development will not be affected by noise that exceeds 60 dBA at the property line. 23. Encourage the use of setbacks and earth berms as noise reduction techniques in residential development to mitigate noise impacts and discourage the use of sound walls. 24. A future fire station site should be provided in the area. The site should include an area no less than 2 1/2 acres. 25. Park and trail locations should be located and developed in accordance with the parks and recreation comprehensive master plan. Recommendations: 1. New development along the Highway 93 South Corridor shall be required to connect to public services and utilities. 2. The City of Kalispell shall explore incentives to encourage appropriate industrial development and expansion of existing businesses in this area. 3. Architectural design standards should be adopted that require high quality design in architecture including four sided architecture, landscaping, lighting, signage and parking lot design. 4. Coordinate an overall access plan with the Montana Department of Transportation to avoid the haphazard placement and approval of new access onto Highway 93 South. 5. Ensure that large scale developments adequately mitigate impacts associated with traffic and the provision of services to the area. 6. Avoid inappropriate development of general commercial type uses along the highway corridor south of the Four Corners commercial POD and favor the development of light industrial and e-commerce based businesses instead. 7. Continue to coordinate land use policies with Flathead County and Lakeside Sewer District to insure that new development along the Highway 93 South Corridor is served by public water and sewer. 8. Plan for the future provision of fire and police services and facilities for the Highway 93 South Corridor area. 9. Continue to review, revise and update standards, policies and regulations that will insure high quality development that meets the needs of the local and regional economies and communities. 10. Continue working on a phased approach to the expansion of the potential utility service area with the Lakeside/Somers inter -governmental bodies as well as the local community.