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Tri-City Planning Office
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Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Kalispell Mayor and City Council
Narda A. Wilson, Senior Planner
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Second Reading - Amendment to the Buffalo Commons PUD
Agreement for Signs in the Medical / Professional Pods
April 21, 2003
BACKGROUND: This is the second reading on amendments to the Buffalo Commons
PUD development agreement relating to sign standards in the Medical Professional
development "pods" in the subdivision. This is related to Kalispell Regional Medical
Center's signage for the new hospital expansion and campus. A request has been
submitted concurrently with this change to the PUD agreement for a zoning text
amendment. The proposed text amendment has been considered as a separate item.
A portion of the hospital is located in the Buffalo Commons PUD and a portion of it
lies in the H-1, Health Care, zoning district as a consequence of the relocation of
Sunnyside Drive, hence the need for both amendments.
The changes establish allowances for parking lot entrance signs and for freestanding
signs as well as clarify allowable sign sizes. The staff worked with the applicants on
the language intending to provide greater clarity in the standards as well as providing
a reasonable approach to the needs of the hospital in providing signs for the campus.
The Kalispell City Council approved these changes in first reading on April 7, 2003.
There have been no changes to the language between the first and second readings.
RECOMMENDATION: A motion to approve the first reading of the ordinance
amending the PUD would be in order.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the city council.
Respectfully submitted,
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Narda A. 'WAson Chris A. Kukulski
Senior Planner City Manager
Report compiled: April 16, 2003
Providing Community Planning Assistance To:
City of Kalispell • City of Columbia Falls , City of Whitefish
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ORDINANCE NO.1450
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1226 (PLANNED UNIT
DEVELOPMENT, BUFFALO COMMONS) BY AMENDING THE SIGN STANDARDS FOR
THE MEDICAL/PROFESSIONAL FACILITIES POD, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Declarations of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions, Buffalo Commons, (A),
(B), (C),(D) and (E), Section I, Ordinance No. 1226, (Records of Flathead County,
Doc. No. 9527615080) were initially filed on January 26, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the Declarations of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions, Buffalo Commons, were
modified on September 29, 2001, by the First Amendment to Declaration of
Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (No. 2000-273-11080, Records of Flathead
County); and
WHEREAS, Article IX, entitled Amendment, reads:
"This Declaration may be amended by an instrument signed by the owners of
seventy-five percent (75%) of the land..."; and
WHEREAS, Northwest Healthcare Corporation owns at least 75% of the land of Buffalo
Commons, Medical/Professional Facilities, and desire to amend the Covenants.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That the Declarations of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions,
Buffalo Commons, Article VI, Section 8, Signs, is hereby amended as
follows:
Section 8. Sims. No signs, billboards or other advertising structure of
any kind shall be erected, constructed or maintained on any parcel for
any purpose whatsoever, except such signs as have been approved by
the Architectural Review Committee and the City of Kalispell.
Developed lots located in the Medical/Professional pods of Buffalo
Commons may be permitted the following types and sizes of signs.
Lots with 1,000 feet or more of frontage shall be permitted
entrance sign to parking lots providing shared parking or
multiple services. The allowable sign area per face shall not
exceed 14 square feet and the maximum height shall not
exceed six feet. Signs must be placed in such a way that they
do not block visibility of incoming or outgoing vehicles.
2. Lots with 1,000 or more of frontage shall be permitted one
freestanding sign not to exceed 60 square feet per face and a
height not to exceed six feet. Additionally, a marquee or wall
sign with an area not to exceed 20 square feet per use with a
total sign area not to 40 square feet total for such signs shall
be permitted in addition to a free standing sign if the
freestanding sign does not exceed 40 square feet per face.
Lots with less than 1,000 feet of frontage shall be permitted
one freestanding sign not to exceed 24 square feet per face
and a height not to exceed six feet. Additionally, a marquee or
wall sign with an area not to exceed 20 square feet per use
with a total sign are not to exceed 40 square feet total for such
signs shall be permitted.
SECTION II. All other parts and portions of Ordinance No. 1226, not amended
hereby, shall remain the same.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after 30 days of its passage
by the City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA, THIS 21 ST DAY OF APRIL, 2003.
Pamela B. Kennedy
Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clerk