CUP MT Commerce Town Pump/Casino & TavernReturn to:
Theresa White
Kalispell City Cleric 711 AP, T.,5
PO Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903 t caU�4
City of Kalispell
P. O. Box 1997
Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997
GRANT OF CONDITIONAL USE
APPLICANT: Montana Commerce, LLC
PO Box 6000
Butte, MT 59702-6000
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Assessor's Tract 5A in Section 29, Township 28 North, Range 21
West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana
ZONE: B-2, General Business, upon annexation and initial zoning
The applicant has applied to the City of Kalispell for a conditional use permit to allow the
construction and operation of a 2,721 square foot casino/tavern in connection with an existing Town
Pump convenience store and gas station.
The Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission, after due and proper notice, on
January 10, 2006, held a public hearing on the application, took public comment and recommended
that the application be denied due to the casino's proximity to a county residential zone.
After reviewing the application, the record, the Kalispell Planning Department report, and
after duly considering the matter, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, pursuant to the Kalispell
Zoning Ordinance, hereby adopts Kalispell Planning Department Conditional Use Report #KCU-05-
11 (Amended) as the Council's findings of fact, and issues and grants to the above -described real
property a conditional use permit to allow the construction and operation of a casino/tavern in
connection with an existing Town Pump convenience store and gas station in the B-2, General
Business zoning district, upon annexation and initial zoning, subject to the following conditions as
amended by the City Council at a workshop:
1. The proposal will be developed in substantial conformance with the approved site plan and
other application materials. That the conditions associated with this permit shall be met prior
to use of the building addition and operation of the tavern/casino.
2. If the applicant has not secured a building permit from the State of Montana at the time of
annexation, the applicant will be required to secure a building permit from the city of
Kalispell prior to the commencement of work on the structure.
3. The applicant shall comply with all building and fire codes prior to occupancy of the building
addition and operation of the tavern/casino.
4. An additional 27 spaces shall be added to the overall parking plan to bring the total to 50
assuming 23 existing parking spaces. These spaces shall be designed in accordance with the
city parking standards as found in the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance. The parking plan shall be
submitted to the city Site Review Committee for approval prior to issuance of a building
permit.
In order to address pedestrian circulation and in lieu of a sidewalk, the applicants shall
extend a minimum 10 foot wide bike path along the frontages of both Cemetery Road and
US 93 and provide the necessary extensions to accommodate a crosswalk at Cemetery Road
to connect with the pedestrian features on the north side of Cemetery Road. A R/W permit
will be required from the Flathead County Road Department and MDT should the applicant
place these structures in the R/W.
6. The applicant shall be required to hook up to city sewer and water prior to occupancy of the
tavern/casino.
7. The pylon pole sign with the electric reader board sign (and all other similar signs at the time
of annexation) shall be brought into compliance with the city sign code for flashing/blinking
and color within one year of annexation to the city. (Section 27.24.060 (1,2) Kalispell
Zoning Ordinance)
S. The conditional use permit is valid for a period of 18 months from the date of authorization
after which time if the commencement of activities has not occurred the permit shall be void.
A continuous, good faith effort to design the building, obtain financing and other activities
shall be considered a commencement.
9. This project shall be submitted to the Kalispell Architectural Review Committee for review
prior to approval of a city building permit. Conditions of the committee shall be complied
with and incorporated into the design of the project prior to the start of construction on the
tavern/casino.
!0. Neon lighting shall not be incorporated into the total building or signage design.
11. Not more than 15% of the total signage allocation of the entire convenience store/gas
island/tavern and casino property shall be allocated to:
a. The casino business name;
b. Any terms such as casino, gaming, gambling, cards, dice, chance, etc;
C. Any reference to any associated activity or any symbols or words commonly
associated with gaming;
d. Any words, terms, figures, art work or features intended or designed to attract
attention to the fact that a casino is on site.
12. A minimum S foot landscape buffer as provided for in the zoning ordinance shall be
incorporated into all new parking areas and this condition is extended to include any existing
and all proposed parking areas along the eastern border of the property abutting US 93.
Should it prove to be determined by city staff that it is not feasible to place the proposed
landscaping on private property along the US 93 frontage because of limited space to
accommodate the required parking, the applicant is allowed to negotiate with MDT to allow
the required landscaping to occur in the R/W of US 93.
13. A dense vegetative screening consisting of shrubs/bushes/trees is required to be planted and
maintained along the west and south boundaries of the applicant's property abutting the
casino so as to obscure the casino from view of the adjacent property owners. This
vegetative screening hedge shall grow to a minimum height of 6 feet at maturity and is
intended at planting to serve as both a deterrent to trespass and visual and noise obstruction.
14. The applicant shall completely screen any outside garbage containers using a combination of
fencing and vegetation so that such containers can not be viewed from any public R/W or
adjoining property.
Dated this 6th day of February, 2006.
STATE OF MONTANA
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County of Flathead
On this day of , 2006 before me, a Notary Public, personally
appeared Pamela B. Kennedy, Mayor of the City of Kalispell, known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same on
behalf of the City of Kalispell.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, the
day and year first above written.
Notary/ Public, State of Montana
Residing at Kalispell, Montana
My Commission Expires ,2 G' �j