06. Ordinance 1230 - Text Amendment - Parking - 2nd ReadingORDINANCE NO. 1230
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 27.26.050(22), CITY OF KALISPELL
ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1175.
NOW, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That Section 27.26.050(22), City of Kalispell
Zoning Ordinance No. 1175 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Grocery and supermarkets: 1 space per 200 square
feet of gross floor area."
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty
( 30 ) days from and after the date of its final passage by
the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL THIS DAY OF , 1995.
Douglas D. Rauthe, Mayor
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ATTEST:
Debbie Gifford, CMC
Clerk of Council
Flathead Regional Development Office
723 i Room 414
Montana59901
September 18, 1995
Bruce Williams, City Manager
City of Kalispell
P.O. Drawer 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903
RE: Kalispell Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment -
Parking and Cluster Development
Dear Bruce:
Phone: (406) 758-5980
Fax: (406) 758-5781
The Kalispell City -County Planning Board and Zoning Commission met in regular session on
Tuesday, September 12, 1995, and held a public hearing to amend the following Sections of the
Kalispell Zoning Ordinance:
Parking, Section 27.26.050(22), which currently requires: "one (1) parking space for
every 100 square feet of gross floor area of customer sales and service, plus one space
per 200 square feet of gross floor area of storage and office. "; and
Cluster Development, Section 27.35.030(1), which currently requires a: "Minimum area
of the development shall be not less than two acres. In the Redevelopment Area,
minimum area of the development shall be not less than 21,300 square feet. " .
John Parsons, of FRDO presented the staff report, which recommended the Text be amended
as follows:
Chapter 27.26 Off Street Parking.
Section 27.26.050(22). Grocery and supermarkets: 1 space per 250 square feet of
gross floor area.
Chapter 27.35 Cluster Developments - Dwellings.
Section 27.35.030(1). Minimum area of the development shall be not less than
21,000 square feet.
There was no testimony either for or against the request.
The Board voted 7-0 recommending the requested text amendments.
This recommendation for the text amendment is forwarded to the City Council for final action.
Council needs to wait for the minutes of the Planning Board meeting prior to taking final action
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Bruce Williams, City Manager
City of Kalispell
Re: Kalispell Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment - Parking and Cluster Development
September 18, 1995
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on this matter. However, this does not preclude discussion at Council workshop. Please contact
the Commission or the FRDO if you have any questions.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Phone: (406) 758-5980
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TO: KALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING
COMMISSION
FROM: JOHN PARSONS, SENIOR PLANNER
RE: ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT FOR: GROCERY STORE PARKING AND
MINIMUM SIZE OF CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
(FRDO #KZTA-95-3)
DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 1995
A public hearing has been scheduled for the September 12, 1994, Kalispell City -County
Planning Board and Zoning Commission to discuss a proposed amendment to the adopted
Kalispell Zoning Ordinance. Two amendments are proposed in different Sections of the
Ordinance.
The first is the parking requirements for grocery stores and supermarkets, Section
27.26.050(22), which requires: 'one (1) parking space for every 100 square feet of gross floor
area of customer sales and service, plus one space per 200 square feet of gross floor area of
storage and office."
The second is the minimum required acreage to be able to apply for a Cluster Development,
Section 27.35.030(1), which requires a: "Minimum area of the development shall be not less
than two acres. In the Redevelopment Area, minimum area of the development shall be not
less than 21,300 square feet."
CHAPTER 27.26 - OFF STREET PARKING:
The intent of this section follows:
The intent of this section is to reduce traffic congestion and the need for parking
on public streets and hazards caused thereby, and to provide off-street parking
adequate for each type of development in terms of quantity, location, and design.
ANALYSIS:
The first question involves whether or not grocery stores should be required to provide one (1)
parking space for every 100 square feet of public area, plus 1 space for every 200 square feet
of storage and office of the gross floor area or should that ratio be reduced? In my experience
with other jurisdictions and conversations with other planning agencies it is felt that a ratio of
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one (1) space for every 250 square feet of floor area is adequate for this type of use. While
there will occasionaly be times when a parking lot gets crowded, I have always been able to
find a parking space under the ratio of 1 to 250.
CHAPTER 27.35 - CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS - DWELLINGS:
The second question is whether or not a minimum of two acres should be required to begin
the process of developing a cluster development. It is staff s opinion that requiring two acres
(for reference to size, an entire square city block, 300'x300') is an excessive requirement in
an urban and urbanizing environment. It may work for areas of the county that are less
developed, however, in the urbanizing area of Kalispell it is felt that 21,000 square feet is more
reasonable. For reference only, this amount of land is approximately the size of three standard
City lots. The idea behind a cluster provision of the regulations is that it allows for a more
varied design of developments, i.e., townhomes and the location of open space, the transfer of
development density for the protection of environmentally sensitive areas, i.e., floodplain,
riparian areas, forested areas, and sloped areas.
It is recommended that the text of the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance be amended as follows:
Chapter 27.26 Off Street Parking.
Section 27.26.050(22). Grocery and supermarkets: 1 space per 250 square feet of
gross floor area.
Chapter 27.35 Cluster Developments - Dwellings.
Section 27.35.030(1). Minimum area of the development shall be not less than
21,000 square feet.
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TO: Johm Parsons, FRDO
FROM: Brian J. Wood, Zoning Administrator
DATE: July 5, 1995
RE: Grocery Store Parking
On behalf of the City of Kalispell I am requesting that a public
hearing before the Kalispell City -County Planning Board be
scheduled at their August 8, 1995, meeting to consider an
amendment to Ordinance 1175 (the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance).
Specifically, it is being recommended that Section 27.26.050(22)
be amended to read. "Grocery or Supermarket: 1 space per 250
square feet of gross floor."
The Kalispell Zoning Ordinance currently requires one parking
space per 100 square feet of gross floor area of customer sales
and service, plus one space per 200 square feet of gross floor
area of storage and office area. This requirement, I have found,
is two to three times the national average. industry standards
typically call for four to five spaces per one thousand square
feet of gross floor area. The proposed amendment would bring
Kalispell's requirements into line with both the national average
and the industry itself.
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