4. Ordinance 1646 - Zoning Text Amendment - Matt Waatti - 2nd ReadingPlanning Department
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REPORT TO: Kalispell Mayor and City Council
FROM* Nicole C . Johnson, Planner 11
James H. Patrick, City Manager
SUBJECT, Kalispell zoning ordinance Text Amendment - Revision to
reduce setbacks in the RA-2 zoning district - second
Reading
MEETING DATE: October 20, 2008
BACKGROUND: This is the second reading of a request to amend the City
Zoning ordinance to reduce the setbacks in the RA-2 (High Density Residential
Apartment) zoning district.
The Kalispell City Council approved the first reading of the ordinance at their
regular meeting of October 6, 2008.
RECOMMENDATION: A motion to approve the second reading of the
ordinance would be in order.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None expected.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Council.
Respectfully submitted,
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Nicole C. Johnson
Planner II
Report compiled: October 15, 2008
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mes at rick
City Manager
Cc: Theresa White, Kalispell City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1646
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE KALISPELL ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE NO.
1460)9 BY REDUCING THE SETBACKS IN THE RA-2, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
APARTMENT DISTRICT, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
WHEREAS, Mathew Waatti petitioned to amend the Kalispell zoning Ordinance, by reducing the
setbacks required in the RA--2, High Density Residential Apartment zoning district, and
WHEREAS, the request was forwarded to the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission
by the Kalispell Planning Department after having been evaluated under 27.14.030,
Kalispell Zoning ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission recommended that the text of
the Kalispell zoning Ordinance be amended by reducing the setbacks required in the RA-
2, High Density Residential Apartment zoning district, from 20 feet in the front and rear
yards and 10 feet on the side yard to 15 feet in the front yard, 10 feet in the rear yard and
5 feet on the side yards, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the KPD Report and the transmittal from the Kalispell City
Planning Board and zoning Commission and hereby adopts the findings made in Report
#KZTA-08-3 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.1460, is hereby amended
by reducing the setbacks required in the RA--2, High Density Residential
Apartment zoning district, from 20 feet in the front and rear yards and 10 feet on
the side yard to 15 feet in the front yard, 10 feet in the rear yard and 5 feet on the
side yards.
SECTION IL All parts and portions of ordinance No. 1460 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 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2008.
Pamela B. Kennedy
Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clerk