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04-09-13KALISPELL CITY PLANNING BOARD & ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING APRIL 9, 2013 CALL TO ORDER AND The regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and ROLL CALL Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Board members present were: Chad Graham, Phillip Guiffrida, Rory Young, Richard Griffin, and Matt Regier. Charles Pesola and Ken Hannah were absent. Tom Jentz, Sean Conrad and P.J. Sorensen represented the Kalispell Planning Department. The applicant's representative was present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Guiffrida moved and Young seconded a motion to approve the minutes of the special March 26, 2013 meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission. VOTE BY ACCLAMATION The motion passed unanimously on a vote by acclamation. PUBLIC COMMENT No one wished to speak. BOARD MEMBER STEPPED President Graham recused himself from the discussion on the DOWN preliminary plat of Cliff View Subdivision noting that he has worked with the applicants in the past on another area of the subdivision, although not the one currently being reviewed, and he felt participating in this discussion would be a conflict of interest. Graham turned the meeting over to Richard Griffin. PRELIMINARY PLAT - A request from Skadi Properties, LLC to subdivide an existing lot CLIFF VIEW SUBDIVISION zoned R-3 PUD (Residential) into three lots. The existing lot, Lot 7 of the Amended Plat of Lots 4 and 7 of the Resubdivision of Lot 1 of Minor Subdivision Plat No. 117, is approximately 26,789 square feet in size and is undeveloped at this time. STAFF REPORT KPP-13-01 Sean Conrad representing the Kalispell Planning Office reviewed staff report KPP-13-01 for the board. Conrad noted this is a three lot subdivision zoned R-3 (Residential) and the project site is located on the west end of Mile High Court just off of Denver Avenue. Conrad reviewed the plat map and noted the lot sizes were 7900 sf up to just over 10,000 A The remainder of the subdivision is in the process of being built out with single-family residential homes and if this preliminary plat is approved single-family homes can be expected on these proposed lots. Conrad said condition #4 deals with a storm water report and engineering drainage plan and after discussions with the applicant and Public Works staff is recommending that the planning board consider amending this condition as follows: Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of April 9, 2013 Pagel of 4 "The developer shall submit to the Kalispell Public Works Department for review and approval a stormwater report and an engineered drainage plan that meets the requirements of the e ent eity standards for design and constraetion. Prior to final plat, a certification shall be submitted to the public works department stating that the drainage plan for the subdivision has been installed as designed and approved. (Kalispell Design and Construction Standards)" Conrad said the Public Works Department has met with the applicant and there is an existing engineered storm water report on file and public works has agreed to let the applicant's engineer use those numbers in calculating their storm water plan so that section of condition #4 can be deleted. Staff recommends that the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission adopt staff report KPP-13-01 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the preliminary plat of Cliff View Subdivision be approved subject to the 13 conditions as amended. Rory Young noted the subdivision regulations call for an environmental assessment (EA) unless they meet one of three criteria and which of those three does this project meet? Conrad said this subdivision is in an area that is already zoned. There are master facilities planned for water, sewer, storm water, parks and the subdivision is within the city's Growth Policy whose goals are met in relation to encouraging residential development in this area. Conrad added the subdivision also meets the requirements of other city regulations so staff did not require an EA. Young said the minimum requirement in an R-3 lot is a 50 foot width and asked how will they access lot 1 with a frontage of only 28 feet? Conrad said when you have a lot that is narrow you have to have a minimum width of 20 feet to make sure they can at least get a driveway approach onto the public street. Conrad continued because the width is not 50 feet at the street in this case, the building setback would start from a point where the width of the lot is 50 feet. Young asked if the Fire Department approved that access and Conrad said yes. Guffrida noted condition #3 talks about a snow storage easement on the south side of the hammerhead and when he visited the site he noticed a steep grade on the back side of that easement that could affect the properties on Santa Fe. Guiffrida asked if Public Works had requirements for a berm or any other mitigation and Conrad said the stonn water report will address where storm water will be collected on these three lots based on the engineering report Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of April 9, 2013 Page 2 of 4 that was required with the entire subdivision. Conrad explained further. Guiffrida wanted to add for the record that Chairman Graham recused himself and is it correct that he is not currently under contract for these properties and Conrad said yes, he is not. Griffin asked if the city would allow the owners of the homes on Sunny Court to grant an easement to the owner of lot 1 of Cliff View Subdivision to allow a driveway from their property to the Sunny Court cul-de-sac. Conrad said Sunny Court is a public street and if an easement was granted they would need an approach permit from the Public Works Department for the separate driveway. Griffin asked if off-street parking is required in an R-3 zone and Conrad said yes. Griffin said he is concerned about the driveway situation but it meets the standards and will be allowed. Further discussion was held. APPLICANT/TECHNICAL Noah Bodman, 269 Hare Trail, Whitefish stated he is with Skadi SUPPORT Properties and is available for any questions. Originally this property had been slated for a group home and the smaller homes will, in his opinion, reduce the storm water runoff issues. Larsen Engineering is working on the storm water report to make sure they won't have any runoff problems. PUBLIC HEARING Seeing no other citizens in attendance the public hearing was closed. MOTION Regier moved and Guiffrida seconded a motion to adopt staff report KPP-13-01 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the preliminary plat of Cliff View Subdivision be approved subject to the 13 conditions as amended. BOARD DISCUSSION None. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. BOARD MEMBER President Graham took his seat and continued the meeting. RETURNED TO HIS SEAT OLD BUSINESS: None. NEW BUSINESS: Jentz reported there will be a planning board meeting on May 14 and the June 1 lth meeting may have to be moved to June 4th if the proposed PUD project is submitted by the deadline. Sean Conrad announced that he has accepted a position on Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of April 9, 2013 Page 3 of 4 Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington. His last day will be April 19th. The board wished him good luck and added they enjoyed working with him and he will be missed. Griffin added Sean's calm demeanor, patience and tolerance is commendable. ADJOURNMENT I Guiffrida moved and Regier seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting at approximately 7:20 p.m. NEXT MEETING & WORK The next meeting and tentative work session is scheduled for May SESSION 14, 2013 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the City of Kalispell Council Chambers located at 201 1st Avenue East in Kalispell. APPROVED as bmitte corrected: 13 Michelle Anderson Recording Secretary Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of April 9, 2013 Page 4 of 4