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Planning Board Minutes - October 11, 2005KALISPELL CITY Y PLANNING BOARD & ZONING COMMSSION bE2MTES OF REGULAR hMETING OCTOBER 11, 2005 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL The regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and CALL Zoning Commission was called to order at 7: oo p.m. Board members present were: George Taylor, Timothy Norton., Rick Hull, Bryan Schutt, and Bob Albert. John Hinchey took his seat at 7:54 p.m. rani Gabriel was absent. Narda Wilson represented the KaUspell Planning Department. There were approximately 12 people in the audience. APPROVAL OF NMNUTIES Taylor moved and Norton seconded to approve the MM' tes of the September 13, 2005 regular planning board meeting. The motion passed unanimously on a roll call Grote. HEAR THE PUBLIC Don Hines, President ent of the Flathead Count Tanning Board said that a few weeks ago there was a project that carve before their board and during the board discussion, with some input from the applicant; a. letter was forwarded on to 3-M that he read to the Kalispell City Planning Board. (Copy is attached) Ines said one example where the city pursued expanding services across boundary lines is the subdivision that the city is putting in out on the south side of Three Mile Drive just north of Two Mile Tracts 2. Hines asked that city services be given an easement over the property line so the subdivision he lives in, Two Mile Tracts 1 & 2 could, in the future, hook on to city services, gaiter and sewer, without having to juggle with the landowners that were going to have their property disrupted if Two Mile Tracts needed services. Hines noted that there is a tract out on Three Mile Drive that is 100% surrounded y city annexations and there are no easements on it or any provisions for it. The Flathead County Planning Board wishes to address this issue with the Kalispell City Planning Board by discussing the applications before they get to the point that they are complete with no provisions for expanding services. Hines added that they intend to also contact the Columbia FaRs and mite sh City - County Planning Boards on this issue. Taylor yl or tanked Hines and said that they do want to work together, and added that it is rereshmng change from what used to exist 4-5 years ago. Taylor suggested joint work sessions be held to get a handle on these issues before the application process gets rolling. Hines said with he new director at the county level has his .ands fuH but he is interested in getting these issues on � Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of Omher 11, 2-00 Page lo 1 table before they become a challenge to both the city and the county. Taylor said that on behalf of the Kalispell City Plannmg Board they will make every effort to work together. RANDOLPH & LINDA A request by Randolph & Linda ' orger on for an ffiltial TORGERSON ANNEXATION or n designation of R- , Two Family Residential, upon REQUEST annexation to the city of Kalis eH. The property is located on the west side of 7thAvenue West, now of Sunnysid.e Drive and contains approximately 0.50 acres. ST"F REPORT IKA- - 3 Narda. Wilson, representing the Kahs eH Pla nm Department presented Staff Report KA-05- 13 for the Board. Wilson stated that this is a request for annexation of a. single parcel on the west side of f th Avenue, West and now of sunnys de. The property is a double frontage lot that has a house rear the eastern portion of the property and a~ detached garage and the property owner intends to subdivide this property and connect all the dwellings to city services. Currently the property is in the county and zoned R- , which s a two fanny district similar to the city R-4 zoning designation. Recently, r tly, adjacent properties have been zoned .-, which makes this request consistent with other activity m the area and consistent with the growth policy designation of urban r sidentia.. Filson added that the property is just over 2 acre M size and is part of Western Acres Subdivision. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board. adopt Staff Report KA-o -13 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the l'rtial zoning for this property upon annexation be - , Two Fly Residential. QUESTIONS BY THE Hull asked how many homes can be built on the property. BO , RD Wson said, cr th the assistance of the surveyor Rick re enxid e, that the existing single family home and garage wiff .r ma�.n on .dot I and a. duplex wil be constructed on Lot 2, for a maximum of 3 dwellings. " ' eAN/AGE 'CIES Rick Breckenridge, 1405 Highway 2 'Nest, and surveyor for Mr. Torgerson noted that he recommended this approach for initial zoning and annexation. r Breckenridge i that M1 `or erson's intention is that the existing house and garage as it is built will stay as one parcel and them a duplex will go on the ether lot. There is enough room with the R-4 setbacks to have a. lot that is 61,24 Bret wide by 155.93 Feet long so it does meet the minimum acreage requirements for the R- oning and will hook into city services coming off of 7th .venue, West. Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes tes of the incering of October 11, 005) Page ?o Norton asked if the entire property is beffig annexed are. Breckenridge a.' yes. PUBLIC HEARING No one else wished to speak are.d the public arm' g was closed. MOTION Norton moved and Taylor seconded a. motion to adopt Staff Report KA-05- 3 as fmdm'gs of fact and recommend men to the Kalispell City Council that the it tia zoning for this property upon annexation R- , Two F ly Residential. BOARD DISCUSSION Schutt said that this is a. simple cut and dried proposal and Taylor agreed, and added that it appeared to be are, impro ` rnent to the neighborhood. Hull meted that this is an area that Kalispell received some grants to bring in serer and it is gradually irr roving a. an area where the city has made a. positive change, Norton added that this area was stagnant for a p r of of tire'. without L lot of groom. Now it has attracted the attention o developers and it is growing,, ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call Grote. NORTHWEST request by NorthwesteT-n Investments, LP for are. inifial IN%MSTMENTS, LP Zonmg designation of R- , Two Family Residential, upon ANNEXATION REQUEST annexation to the city of Kahp H. The property is located on the north side of Sur nysi r , west of the Ashley Creek bridge and contw'ns app rom at ly 0.227 acres, STAFF REPORT KA- -15 Narda Wilson, representing the Kalispell Planning D epartment presented Staff Report KA-05-15 for the Board.. Wilson noted that this annexation is actually an abandoned W of Senn side r'.Ve that was acquired by the adjoining property owner and would be made part of an existing Lot 4. It is the property owner's intent to build a detached garage in that area. Wilson added that the property has already gore through the county road abandonment process and has been deeded over to the property owner. When the property ovmer came in with the . rig permit they noted that the lot would now be hair in the city and half in the county so the ogi al thing to do was to clean it up by bringing this portion of Lot 4 into the city, Wilson. continued that the lot that this abandonment will be incorporated into is already zoned R-. t is consistent with the zoning of the area and consistent with. the growth policy. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board adopt Staff Report K,-o 5- . 5 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kali ell City Council that the initial zoning.for this property Kalispell City Planning Board M rout sf the meeting of October 11, 2005 Page upon annexation e R-- , Two Family Residential. QUESTIONS BY THE Taylor asked if there are 2 residences on Lot 4 now. Wilson. BOARD said n • Schutt asked where Ashley Creek lies in relation to this property. Wilson said that this property o AshleyCreek. Norton said that they have oaten tallied about Sun side Drive being narrow with too much traffic. This is an abandoned road easement and if S rn side was ever widen is there a provision, that would include the potential V# for R f W acquisition with t F wide .il`..F. #.'J� of S ys i Drive. Wilson said that this is a county road and it would be more .ppropnate for the board to apply that provision with the subdivislon plat. There isn't a mechanism anisr to reserve any kind of future R W with are annexation. " C i N AGENCIES None. S IC HEARING No one wished to speak and the public axe was closed. MOTION Norton moved and Schutt seconded to recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the initial zoning for this property .pon annexation be R- , Two Family Residential. BOA DISCUSSION Hull said that he was relieved to see that there would only e u.F �\� . garage on property and not another rb ht duplex• sees o problem with the request. Taylor noted that he would like to see more of these .housekeeping items M the future. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. FLATHEAD VALLEY 1 request by Flathead Valley Community College for are. COMAUNITY COLLEGE initial zoning designation o -1, Public, upon annexation to ANNEXATION TION REQUEST the city of Kalispell. The property is located on the north side of Grandview Drive and east of Hwy 93 and contains approximately 63 acres. STAFF REPORT XA-os- 14 Narda Wilson, representing the Kalispell Planning Department presented Staff Report KA-05-1 for the Board. Wilson noted the owners of Hutton Ranch Plaza engaged m a land swap with the eofle e for appro.�U*r .ately 91 acres of the Hutton Family Trust property that lies to the north of the college and was not included in this annexation. What was included was the rema-ming 1.3 acres to the south of the Hutton Ranch Plaza and 52 acres to the east of the coUe e. The college intends to expand into t .is area with the bond. Kalispell City .Manning Boar Minutes of the m ectinf Octobe r 11, 2005 Page 4 of 1 that was passed a few years ago. Wilson said the proposed lard use for this area should be public. It is consistent with what would be anticipated by the college and also what would be anticipated through the groom policy. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board adopt staff Report KA - 5- 14 as findings of fact and recommend to -the Kalispell. City Co nci.l. that the initial zoning for this property should be P-1, Public upon annexation. Farther, the planning board recommends that the Kalispell City Council encourage the Flathead Valley Community College to initiate a zone change on the 40 acres that currently M the city limits from - i Suburban Residential, to P_ 1, Public, in order to provide consistency in the zoning for the college -owned property. QUESTIONS BY THE Taylor asked about the current zoning of R-1 for the college BOARD property. Jentz said at the time the zoning occurred they looked at the growth in the Master Plan and it was designated, agne lit re or residential. The zonmg that would e most compatible with the Master Plan designation was - I because it was shown as are agricultural residential fringe on the edge of the city. In the R -1 colleges are a. conditional. use. Norton read the intent of the P- I zone for the board which states "A public district to provide and reserve areas for public uses in order to preserve and provide adequate land for a variety of community facilities which serve the public health, safety and. general welfare. Such public wises would include schools, public uildin s, parks, and open spaces, etc." Norton said however, the only permitted uses listed are lodges, office buildings, and .parks. He said that the intent is to have a. school and then it is listed a.s a conditional use which enforced the need for a. revision of the zoning ordinance. Norton said that he would rather see what they don't want in the zones rather than what is allowed. Wilson said she shared his frustration but added that would probably never happen in the zom*ng world. Wilson said that part of the reason . that the uses are listed as conditional uses in that zone are because they typically have e a. fairly high impact and so it is intended to create a forum for public comment by the propert�,T owners that would be most a..fected y the use. It does seem a little contradictory to have that listed as the specific intent and then make basically everything in that district a conditional use. Norton added then e 5 ��ing, whether it is perr .fitted or Kalispell City Planning Board M inutes of the rneetin a of October 11. 2005 Page 5 of 1 conditional, has to be reviewed. Wilson said no because if it s a permitted use all they need is a building pest, and a. review y the Site Development Review Committee for compliance nce for zoning and setbacks, acks, arking and building code eompha. ce. The plannmg board and council would never see mere provisionstate statutes that states that government agencies are exempt from zoning but it does require a pubhc hearing before the Board o Adjustment. ent. The hoard of Adjustment is intended to act as a forum for public comment but cannot deny or condition the use. It does require the notification of adJ*oi Mg landowners and provides a forum for information if there are neighbors who are co cem d and also to gather information. Hull said that when this area becomes a. topic of discussion regarding transportation orta.tion and streets the board wi-U want to have some say. Taylor said they have talked about a review of the growth policy and zoning ordinance and added there is a lot o redundancy in those documents that the board can elirm'na.te for future boards. Wilson noted that this review is already on the work program and something that the staff will be working on this winter. It could be reviewed chapter y chapter or issue by issue but they v�ilf obviously .sly reed the board to help with. that review before it goes to public hearing. APPLICANT/ AGENCY Jane Karas, President of the Flathead Valley Community College noted that she appreciates the board's consideration of the request for - I zoning and also would .d be very wiffig to initiate the recommended zone change for the remainder of the college property, but would request that the flee be waived for the college. Norton asked if the eo ege has drawn up a preliminary plan for the use of this area.. Karas said that they have a Master Pan that was put together about 4 years ago with community input that looked at all of the property that the college owned at that time which included this acreage- and they coo have some buildings that are a. part of the bond that will be going to the north including g the Occupational Trades building that they just broke ground for which should be completed next summer. Norton said that another issue that Mr. Hull touched on was that they are trying to incorporate for future growth and alleviate traffic problems and facilitate it for everyone and they would encourage the college to take this into consideration when this property is developed to make sure that it intertwines with other arterials in the area.. Karas said Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the tin g October 11, 00 'age that they wiH certainly be looking at all the transportation issues as they develop the property. PUBLIC HEAREN r No one else wished to seak and the public hearing was closed. MOTION Taylor moved and Albert seconded to adopt Staff report KA- 05-14 as findfgs of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the i.r tial zoning for this property should be - 1, Public upon annexation. The planning board further recor=ends that the Kalispell City Council encourage the Flathead Valley C o m muni.ty C oRe ge to ffiltiate a zone change on the 40 acres that is currently in the city limits from R- l Suburban Residential., to - 1 , Pubhc, in order to provide consistency r in the zoning for the college -owned property. BOARD DISCUSSION Hull rioted that in the Transportation ortati.on Plan there is a provision for a street rung behind Home Depot and connecting with Grandview. The plannmg board doesn't have the authority to require that, but as he understands it the wild during the conditional use pe=it process. Hull said transportation will be a key element in heir consideration otherwise this area ill create a block with no mar to het between West Reserve and Grandview without some kind o provision. He added it may not be are arterial but this board is adamant that there be a grid system and that there be a .terrxate gays to get around the city other than going through the stoplights on 93. Wilson said that as part of the bypass design off of Reserve Drive, they have actually core in with a. road that would go east of Reserve and would come south belted Home Depot and Hutton Ranch Plaza and correct with Hutton Ranch Road. The main interior road will go to the new light o Highway 93. She said that portion is already plaxmed and cor rr�.itted to 1� 'l' what fir. mull 1s rel` rri to is the continued extension of that road which would go from. East Hutton Ranch Road through the college property and down to Grandview Drive. Wilson said that is part of the KaEspell Transportation Plan, has been for 1.5-20 years and she sa d the college is aware of the necessity of the Grandview connection. Norton said he fully supports that if the city is asking the college to change the zoning on the current college property that the fees be waived. Wilson noted that this could be incorporated into the board's recommendation and for warded on to the city council. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a. roll caR Grote. ---------- Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of October 11, ? o Page 7 of 1 LIGHTING STANDARDS An amendment to the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance it tiated by ZONING TEXT the City of Kalispell to amend the fighting standards. This MENDMN S would amend the required full cut off standard from a. 70 degree angle to an 80 degree angle and would lower the maximum eig .t limit from 30 feet to 25 feet, and framer recommend an administrative change to place the standards under their own chapter in the zoning ordinance, which would make them easier to find. STAFF REPORT ICZ- -7 Nard . Wilson, representing the Kahspell Plannm*g Department presented Staff Report KZTA-05-7 for the Board. Wilson said that when they started working with the hg ting standards alter they were adopted they immediately found some problems. There are a few minor amendments to the lighting standards that will make them easier to administer, more reasonable, and easier for the public to adhere to. Wilson reviewed the amendments its for the board which are as follows: Revising the requirement for the full cutoff lens that does not shine 70 degrees above the horizontal plane will be changed to 80 degrees because of problems obtaining a. 70 degree cutoff' fixture. The maximum height of a light pole is proposed to be changed from a maximum of 30 feet in height to 25 feet in height. Non -conforming g cor=ercial lighting is required to replace the lens to a full cutoff lens not the light pole. Clarification regarding blow the light pole height and the level of light are measured. An exemption to the height limit for sports and recreation fields. Relocating the lighting standards in the zoning ordma.ce from their current place under "Supplemental Regulations" and plaice them in a separate chapter "Outdoor Lighting Standards" so that they are more easily accessible when using the document. Staff is recommending that the lanr ng Board adopt Staff Report KZTA-05-7 as findings of Fact and recommend to the Kalispell City council that the proposed amendments to the lighting standards be adopted. QUESTIONS BY THE Taylor asked if the target date of September 1, 2006, which BOARDis the deadline set for retroactive fixtures and lamps being Kalispell City Planning Board 'minutes of the meeting of October 11, 2005 'age 8 of 1 changed should be changed due to these amendments. Wilson said the board could do that if they felt that it was appropriate but added that the substance of the standards haven't changed and also clarified that the standards have already been adopted and these are ame dxne is to those standards. Norton said that they have discussed city owned lights and those provided by Flathead Electric and asked if they need to comply by those deadlines as well. Wilson said that these standards are for lighting on private proper not lights W r.tair the pubhc W. PUBLIC HEARING Michael Ble .d, 104 West Blue Grass said he is in favor of lighting ordinance to cut down on light pollution � the sky and added that he appreciates the work that went Mt putting these standards ds together. However he has concerns r .t .the requirement .eat that cor r�erciaa . and res .dential Lights conform to the regulations within the stated time period. Blend strongly feels that projects that have already been completed should be grandfathered in because those were the codes lr place at the time of construction. Blend referred to his project on Appleway that contains 5 units, each having two exterior lights that require photocells The cost of replacing those futures would be approximately $5600.00, not including the cost of the electrician and the re ar of the siding for each unit. He wasn't even certain that he could find full cut off lights with photocells M them, Blend said that he doesn't have a problem with the ordinance but he feels that emsting properties should be gra..dfathered and the standards applied to new projects or if lighting fLxtures were replaced. Blend added that this is going to place a huge financial burden on a . the residents of Kalispell. ell. Blend noted that if the standards do not apply to public R W, the Applicability section should be amended to read, "All residential and commercial lighting rhet xer on private property instaf.ed in the city limits of Kalispell shall comply with the requirements and specifications established with these regulations." The word public should be deleted. Blend had a. few other amendments that were already being proposed. Todd Foley said he is an electricai engineer for a consultin firm in town and has been practicing for about 11 years. He is a member of the U.S. Green building Council and a small business owner. Foley read the definition of a. full cut off fixture which is a. light fixture that emits o degrees of light above 90 degrees, and erce.t above 80 degrees Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes ofthe meeting of October 11, 2005 Page 9 of 18 horizontal, and noted it isn't quite low the amendment reads. Foley said regarding pole height his experience tells hirn that what the city is doing by lowering the poles is making this more of a problem in terms of light trespass and dark skies stay..stayffig dark. if you brig a light fixture closer to the ground you are going to have more light reflecting up in to the sky. The higher the pole is the less light that is gcfg to have to be reflected off the ground. Every surface is a reflective surface and it there are a. bunch of fixtures to accommodate for the lower poles there is a bunch of hg .t bouncing off the ground from. 25 feet v. 30 or 40 or 50 feet. The lS recommends a 1 o- 1 ratio of uniformity that is the point where a. distraction is noticeable to motorists and by lowering the pole you wil create more distractions than you wiR if you have a more diffused light from 30 or 40 or 50 feet, Foley said that it might be more effective if the standards were written to accommodate more or an amount of lumens per acre v. hrr ting the height. Wilson asked Foley for a copy of the definition of the full cut off fixture, which Foley provided. Mark Paulson, 1045 .mod Avenue, Nest and President of the Big sky Astronomy Club said that he works with Mr. Foley at Morn* son- -merle, in the civil department. Paulson said that he echoes Mr. 'ole is concerns about pole height. From a esthetic point of view, a. 25 foot pole is better than a 30 or 35 or 40 foot pole, but from a practicality standpoint restricting the height of the poles to a maxi -mum of 25 feet is the wrong approach. Paulson saaid he was glad that the city council approved the standards but felt that they were adopted too quickly. Paulson doesn't want to see amendments to these standards brought up to the planning board. every 3 or months for the next 3 or 4 years. He suggested forming a working group consisting of a. representative or 2 from the board, Tom Jentz, Narda Wilson, and some electrical engineers from around the valley, to rework some of the areas in the lighting ordinance. Paulson said that he shared the concerns of Mr. Blend but added that he found a full cut off ftture with a photocell on t for $30.00 at Lo e's . He added that the savings i electrical casts will eventually pay for the cast of the fixture. Paulson added the he also installed the full cut off fixture on his porch and he has more fight illuminating his front yard and walkway than he did with the 40 Pratt incandescent light. 'term Dahlquist, registered professional engineer practicing at Morriso-Maierle said that he also has concerns about the pole height.. Dah1quist stated that % of all pedestrian accidents that happen in parldng lots are trips and falls, and in the lots there is m1XM*of T)ed.estr is . and ve ic- .lair traffic alipeD City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of October t 1 Page 10 of 1 that you don't have anywhere else. He sees one of the problems s with having lour light on a short pole is that you are going to get more shadowing from the vehicles parked around the lot, which will increase the risk of hazard to people walking around. IES publishes the Recommended Practice #20 that recommends to nnnmuze s adow g, putting in taller poles. He has some real serious eoneems about the 25 foot pole, No one else wishing to speak the public hearmg was closed. BOARD DISCUSSION Norton asked if it would be appropriate for staff to withdraw this itera from the agenda before the motion is made and table it. Wilson noted that it would be appropriate to make a motion . first and have board discussion, then if the board is interested M holding a work session on the amendments it could be tabled to a specific date. MOTION Taylor moved ed. and Norton seconded to adopt Staff Report KZTA-05-7 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell city Council that the proposed amendments to the sighting standards be adopted. BOARD DISCUSSION Norton said that they knew that this would be a worms document and they had a lot of input and. tried to do their due diligence. He added the board members ers are not electrical engineers and the Mforr ation presented tonight he mks is pertinent. He suggested that a. work session be held to discuss this further, inviting the members of the audience who spoke and asked them to provide some additional documentation to the board for review. Taylor said that if there is a work session held, staff win contact the audience members to notify them, The board wou.d look forward to their input. Hull and Albert agreed that the amendments should be tabled and a work session be held. Hick ey said that he thinks that the lighting standards are a. good document t but he is Fnie with tabling it and working out the details. Schutt asked what is driving the charge from 30 feet to 2 feet. Wilson said that they did some research on some of the other ordinances that dealt with lighting and found that 2 feet was a. consistent pole height. Schutt said that he is satisfied with the amendments and would like to proceed with them as proposed tonight. Hinc .ey asked if this has been studied by other mum a i.ti s are we trying to re rent the wheel. He q ees . . . .......... ...... Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of October It 1, 10"W .gage 11 of 1 that they have a good document and suggested trying them out for 12 morns are.d see how they Fork. Taylor said they have nothing in to lose except maybe an hour of their time. The comments brought up tonight should be considered at a work session. Norton said that it wasn't just the pole height but also Mr. Blend mentioned the code aspect which is one tbing that he hadn't considered. Norton said that he agrees with Mr. Paulson that hedoesn't want to revisit these standards every 3 months. s . 1t was agreed that the work session be held on Tuesday, October 2 t . a .00 p.m. in the city council chambers. Wilson noted that the amendments is would then be placed under old usmess on November 8th, the board would take bhc comment on them at the beginning of the meeting, although it would not be advertised as a fo=al public hearing. Wilson added that there are others in the community m itt' y have a heightened interest in this issue, and she suggested that they M'Vite them to the work session, Wilson said that it would e good to get comments in Ming to be presented to the board ahead of time. MOTION TO TABLE Taylor moved and Schutt seconded to table the amendments to the Lighting Standards until November er , .�r 2005, d hold a work session on October 25, 2005 at :00 .m, in the city council chambers, not to exceed 2 hours. ROLL CALL The motion passed on a. vote of 5 to I with Hinchey prof rig in opposition. HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH An amendment to the Kalispell Groff Policy 2020 to be GROWTH POLICY known as the Highway 93 South Corridor Amendment that AMENDMENT would expand the potential uti ty service area boundaxy from its current location apprwd ate .y one mile south o Lower Valley Drive to a new location down to Rooky Cliff Drive. STAFF REPORT GPA - 5-1 Narda Wilson, representing the Kalis .. R Planing Department presented Staff Report KG -05-1 for the Board.. Wilson reviewed the amendment to the Kalispell Groff Policy 2020 that would expand the Potential Utility Services Area from its existing location to Rocky Chff Drivea.nd to the west and east of Highway 93 South., and. the other items i the planning beard packet. The area along the Highway 93 South corridor would be designated as light industrial ia.l on the map, the outlying areas would e designated as suburban residential with the exception of the areas within the 100 year f.00 . la1n, which would continue to be considered as a. Kalispell City Manning Boar Minutes of the meeting of October 11, 2005 Page 12 of I suburban agricultural/ ag,c .l tural use. Wilson reviewed Exhibit A which teals with the issues regarding .ti.li y extension, a gn�1 street system, design standards, and essentially continuing this process of looms at the Highway 93 South com'dor and phasingthat area into the Kalis e . Growth .policy as is warranted. Also continued collaboration with interested parties which would include the property owners, Flathead County Planning Board and the Lakeside Somers sewer District. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board adopt staff Report KG -05-1 as fmdings of fact and approve Resolution KGPA-05 -1. amending the Kalis e . Groff Policy for the Highway 93 South Area.. QUESTION'S BY THE Taylor said that he and Mr. Norton attended the Flathead BOARD County Planning Board meeting when they discussed this growth pohcy amendment and noted that he was glad that they went because they clarified the situation, and they want to work together. Taylor felt that the Flat -head County Planruffig Board appreciated their comments, Schutt said that they have e isc .sse i several locations .for the boundary beyond Old School Station, the first slough, the second slough, the Highway 82 cutoff. Scutt asked what the wisdom was for putting the Potential Utihty Services ,area at Rocky Cliff which is literally the city hmits now, pven Old School Station. He added they discussed the potential problems with. the unzoned county property that is next to the border which they don't have much control or influence ce over. Wilson said that they get into more sticky use issues are zoning issues once they foray into that unzoned area.. Wilson added that if the board wanted to change the boundaxy to one-half mile eyond Rocky Chi' or maybe to Auction Road so that the boundary is not right up against the city limits, she would gladly forward it on to the city council. Norton, reviewed the motes from the Flathead County Planning Board meeting for the board as follows: Jeff Hams, the .flathead Co nt y's Planning Director, sad that he wants the discussion to include the Lakesidel Somers sewer District, and his concerns were whether Kalispell would be able to handle the sewer there or were there other solutions that they hadn't thought of yet such as a private wastewater treatment facility, or ee creating a regional wastewater ciy jointly between Lakesidel sornrs & Kalispell. Harris wanted to make sure that the service boundaries were set * intIM, Kalispell City ,Manning Board Minutes of the meeting of October 11, 00 Page 13 of 18 and acknowledged that sewer is the correct wag to go for a. development in the county. Harris wanted to know if the city of Kalispell could handle the expansion and was the city making assumptions that they couldn't absorb the growth that might be happening in this area Norton interrupted Harr s (inaudible) year phase for the sewer treatment facility which is designed to add to it as is needed and the city is looking at impact fees to handle hooking up to city ser*ces. Norton said that Taylor talked about Highway 93 and traffic control and hour the board didn't want stop ig s every rile or half rile, and reiterated the grid street system.. There was a question about Boners seiner and what they were willing or able to handle. When Norton spoke o the President of LakesidelSomers sewer District at the joint meeting he said that they were basically interested in only going from where their facility is now south on the east side off ` the road and everything else they were not concemed about, but that is something that has to be discussed in the ,future. Norton continued that they talked about when the county is approtfing subdivisions they need to delineate the roads going to and ftom that subdiuisicr and look at them as part of a grid street system and then everything attaches together. The county has funds set aside for a Transportation Judy and the road pattern, and also have a Watershed Management Plan o see inhere the ground and surface water resources are, what the availability is. The impression that Norton got is that Harris felt the city is rushing the county by discussing these standards and they want to go at their our. pace. Norton said that he can totally respect that. Norton said they asked the county when they were going to start their design standards, and incorporate Highway 93 South into their growth policy that they are developing now. The county wanted to wait until that was done (grouch policy) and then add the 93 south corridor amendments into it. Norton said they talked about design character s ics along the highway, ay, the property setbacks, the landscape buffers and the county should look at any growth they have along the 93 south corridor to incorporate the standards, and they could lock at our standards for architectural review and such.. Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of October 11, 2005 Page 14 of 1 Harris said that the draft for the county growth policy would not be out until January; so that they couldn't expect o do anything r .an what they are doing now until that cute. Norton added that his boundary was chosen because this was the Kalispell planning boundary at one time and aU the discussion to date has been to this lire. He said at the meeting the County reiterated that they wanted a neighborhood plan before they went any further and it would be a phased approach. Wilson thought there was a misunderstanding about the relationship between. Ka .ispe 's Growth Pohcy and the county's growth po sy. These boundaries and lard use designations are only here if the landowner wants to correct to utilities and annex to the city. The county can adopt something different, certair l y it would be nice if they would recognize those boundaries and say we would anticipate that at some point these areas would be on city sewer and would be annexed to the city. This shouldn't impact their groom policy,, it is not going to require an amendment to their groom policy, and it d.oesn t obligate there in any way to what the city does. Wilson, continued that Kalispe .'s pliant investment Fees W.R allow the wastewater treatment plant to continue to expand and it concerns her when she hears "Does Kalispell have the capacity to serge this property or this area.." Wilson sair.d that capacity is really not an issue for the city. As fair as a rei .al craste rater facility, it has beep. out there since the Kalispell plant was converted back in the early o's. The utility services boundary really doesn't mean anteing for the county's groom policy and their timeline. Wilson said she thinks that Auction Road would be a. more prudent line in the sand for the purposes of this amendment, and the light industrial designation can continue on down. Taylor said he supports drawing the boundary at Auction Road and if there is any resulting friction they can take care of it with the county. Taylor said that he thinks anything that the board does would be regarded as in good faith. Norton said that his only concern is that it ties in with the Rocky Cliff Subdivision which is mostly residential with a commercial strip along the highway. Norton doesn't necessarily want to see all commercial along this area and doesn't wit to see car lots or something like that. Norton feels that the boundary should be left at Rocky Cliff because e doesn't art to hurt any rapport that has already been created. Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the -mee i n g o f October 11, 200 Page 15 of 1 PUBLIC HEM G No one Wished to speak and the pubhc hearing was closed. MOTION Taylor ino 'ed and Hinchey seconded to adopt Sty Report KGPA- 05-1. as findings of fact and approve Resolution KGPA- 05-1 arendmg the Kalispell Groff Policy for the Highway 3 south Area. BOARD DISCUSSION Schutt said that if we drams' this line at Auction Road or 2 sloughs down or at the ate oak intersection, all that hne brings with it is our take to what the underlying zoning and uses will be when and if these properties are annexed to the o ity. Wilson said that arid. the eit r s saying they are willing to provide services to that area. Schutt said that as a planning board member they should share their vision as to There the board thins the growth 1s going to be. if the propel owner to the: south of that line doesn't want t annex to the city of Kalispeli he doesn't have to. Schutt said that he understands the concern of causing problems with the county planning board, but it seems that their job as a planning [ 1i f ig board d is to do some nn g. AAWNDED MOTION - Schutt roved seconded by Hull to amend the original motion POTENTIAL UTILITY to move the boundary line of the Potential Utility Services SERVICE AREA BOUNDARY Area to Auction Road. AWN MIEN BOARD DISCUSSION Norton said that he agrees with what Schutt is saying and there is only one reason why he doesn't wart to amend the boundary and that is this boundary was already discussed with the county. Taylor said it 1s not as though they don't have the vision but we want to do it with the cooperation and input of the county. The only sk is if they take this line at Auction Road as some sort of betrayal of what we have alrea.d.y represented to them. Question was called.. ROLL C."- POTENTUL The motion passed on a vote of 4 to 6 with Taylor and Nor -ton UTILITY SERVICE AREA voting in opposition. NARY AMNMEN BOARD DISCUSSIONWilson asked, if the hoard would like to discuss are appropnate land use designation for this new area that his been included in the growth policy amendment, Schutt asked. if they could designate the two areas of the new county subdivision at Rocky Cliff and 93 separately. Wilson said that they could recognize the residential portion as suburban an residential, with commercial along the h 4�yayv on Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes the mwi ng of October 11, o Page 16 of 1 - -- the west side and then light M ustr a l that ailgns with Old School Station with suburban residentiai on either side. Taylor agreed. that what Is already there should be acknowledged. MOTION - LAND USE Taylor moved and. Schutt seconded to designate the laird use DESIGNATION for this area as suburban residential on the merest of the higjiway, with commercial along the highway, ackno rl ed g' g the new count' subdivision, and then light industrial. that aligns with Old School Station with suburban residential on either side. ROLL CAL - LAND USE The motion passed unanimously on a roll ca.l1 vote. DMIGNAIN ROLL CA — ORIGINAL The original motion passed on a. vote of 5-1 with Albert voting MOTION n opposition. BOAR DISCUSSION Hull asked when the neighborhood meeting would be held and should 1t be part of the recommendation. Wilson said that is something that the board would have to decide how they want to handle the future meetings and future co srderatrorr of the Highway 93 South area, and whether or not they want to look at the area now of Kalispell where they are also eeling some groom pressure. It Is a matter o r� 'ties, and the council r ay e the one to decide those priorities for the board if they think that the north area is more important. OLD BUSINESS: Wilson noted that she provided the board with a status report and reported, that. Autumn Creek was denied by city euucr . Wilson said that the first reading of the sign regulations was approved by the city council on October 3rd with amendments to include balloons as a Permitted sign, and also to allow streamers and strings of pennants. Also there was an amendment .dment to alloy some additional sig a. e M the hospital zone. The second reading is on October 17th and here may be another amendment or two. NEW USINESS:Jentz reported that Kelsey Subdivision on Reserve is coming before the council a am' . There is a. good chance that couricil will approve allowing Evergreen to extend. utilities to serge the entire site. The 50 lot subdivision was in the final stages of getting are on -site treatment facility but the Flathead County Health Department Director is opposed to having those proliferate throughout the county so he spoke before city council to request that they consider" allowing Kelsey, which is ply in the Evergreen Serer District and artly out,, to use the Evergreen. sewer collectro system. to Kalispell City Planning Board M inutes'of the meeting of October 11, 2005 Page 17 of 1 ADJOURNMIENT George Taylor President transport its sewage down to Kalispell. It will stiH be a county subdivision. The city wifl have the option of annem'ng that subdivision at any time and if the city were to extend a trunk line M that area they could hook up Kelsey and take over the subdivision without any contest or questions. Then the lines and the entire system would be in the city of Kalispell and their collection system. Ownership of the lines is what is bogging down the project. The meeting was adjoumed at approximately : 20 p.m. work session will be held on October 25, Zoo , at 7:00 p.m. M the City Council Chambers to discuss amendments to the lighting standards. The next regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission will be held on Tuesday, November , 2005. Micelle Anderson Recording secretary APPROVED as submitted/corrected: / /05 Kalispell City Planning Board 1n utes of the meeting of October 11, 2005 Page 18 of IS � biz , 2005 Mr. Don President, Ia.W Cow Pknning Board mil, MT 59901 Dear Mr. Hines, W With � �� all three city omits. at a very rapid pace, sever p g and z0vang Lssues = becormng more and more prevalent which nzucessitaws the r� for all wee bonds to work closer in Oqiages of plaming aod review, -Many of the &ecis=de by the city boazds are leaving voids county Jurisdictiou became the mview processes are only ducted at the � sts off city and not a=wmodaflng nor nwkir.z conditions with ftiture expansloa in mind, Case ha point; Glaci r Umwns was a sabdivision atmxed approved ved by the City of Kalispell off Whitefish Stagy Road. In the w arse of review, no aveme was made forany 'Luther expamion to the wesT on Cunt Way Beath to hook up to any exisfina services. hr, City of KalispaE overlook conditio=9 the plat for easements to access any of The city rvice!i wtich the wunly pLaimingand zoningf office wow Imve req develop to do. This overslight is not wed w just Vices. Street plugs wow be a mew by wtich the itf could condition plats for road access � probe the �cs� mt�cti to Re bring neighborhood plans together and allow flow thro I suburban WaTic, These issues are aLso flock r} g parcels in county jurisdict ion in zo M'TIg desi gnat im ftt are not coati� with surrounding uses. The Throe Mile Drive area ther ex,ample. There is an AG-80 designation of county iuxisdiction w-kh the C'dv of K�dispcll aroma four sides. The city � could ' ion those � bdi i t , i the eventuaUty that those AG-80 parcels arreed to hook up to city sc , the elements an in pl� whcn. ffic mie comes, r No one on Uiis board would Wve ever prodicted thgrowth oa TIr= IvIlile eve. The Quarter Rom E=cs project that is board reviewed five ysg , could lmve been m l bdi isR for io � frcounty �l r - ;�ehad a closer �vr ing reiatiomp existed betweem ptanniingids. N� t # � but r�� � Y �.�� issues tbat wt�d, in rnvD,[)M-iOr4 ani=tionthe bond lev L,