MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2004 - Flathead County, Montana

MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2004
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Karen Hintze) which northwest corner is contiguous with the northeast corner of Section 32, Township 27,
Range 21, Parcel 4 and Parcel 4C (Present owners Willard (Bill) & Maria (Patti) Oftedal) which is contiguous
with Parcels 4B, 4A, 1 & 1B (present owners O.T. Green) where the annexation ends.
AUTHORIZATION TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: LEWIS FAMILY TRUST ZONE CHANGE/ECHO LAKE
ZONING DISTRICT
Present at the June 28, 2004 9:30 A.M. Meeting were Chairman Gipe, Commissioners Hall and Watne, David Scheschy, and
Clerk Eisenzimer.
Commissioner Hall made a motion to authorize the publication of the Notice of Public Hearing and authorize the Chairman to
sign. Commissioner Watne seconded the motion. Aye - Watne, Gipe and Hall. Motion carried unanimously.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, hereby gives notice pursuant to Section 76-
2-205(1), M.C.A., that it will hold a public hearing to consider a request by Lewis Family Trust to change the
zoning designation in a portion of the Echo Lake Zoning District from AG-40 (Agricultural) to SAG-5 (Suburban
Agricultural).
The boundaries of the area proposed to be changed from the AG-40 classification to the SAG-5
classification are set forth on Exhibit "A".
The proposed change would generally change the character of the zoning regulations applicable to the
property from a district intended to protect and preserve agricultural land for the performance of a wide range of
agricultural functions and to control the scattered intrusion of uses not compatible with an agricultural
environment, including but not limited to residential development, to a district intended to protect and preserve
agricultural land for the performance of limited agricultural functions and to provide a buffer between urban and
unlimited agricultural uses, encouraging concentration of such uses in areas where potential friction of uses will
be minimized. The AG-40 classification has a minimum lot size of 40 acres; a change to SAG-5 would result in a
minimum lot size of 5 acres.
The regulations defining the AG-40 and SAG-5 Zones requirements are contained in the Flathead
County Zoning Regulations, on file for public inspection at the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder,
Courthouse, Kalispell, Montana, in Permanent File No. 93270 13500.
The public hearing will be held on the 13th day of July, 2004, at 10:00 o'clock a.m., in the Office of the
Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Courthouse, West Annex, Kalispell, Montana. At the public
hearing, the Board of Commissioners will give the public an opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed
change in the regulations for the described portion of the Echo Lake Zoning District.
DATED this 28 th day of June, 2004.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Flathead County, Montana
ATTEST:
Paula Robinson, Clerk By /s/Howard W. Gipe
Howard W. Gipe, Chairman
By /s/ Monica R. Eisenzimer
Deputy
Publish on July 1 and July 8, 2004.
EXHIBIT A
LEWIS FAMILY TRUST
REQUEST FOR ZONE CHANGE FROM AG-40 TO SAG-5
The property proposed for rezoning Is located on the east side of Highway 35 approximately 2 miles down
McCaffery Road. The property can be described as Assessor’s Tracts 1BA and 1C in the West ½ of the
Southwest ¼ of Section 7, Township 27 North, Range 20 West P.M.M., Flathead County.
CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION REQUEST: SIA/FLATHEAD CROSSING #2
Present at the June 28, 2004 A.M. Meeting were Chairman Gipe, Commissioners Hall and Watne, David Scheschy, and Clerk
Eisenzimer.
Commissioner Watne made a motion to grant extension of Subdivision Improvement Agreement until July 30, 2004.
Commissioner Hall seconded the motion. Aye - Watne, Hall and Gipe. Motion carried unanimously.
CONSIDERATION OF POSITION VACANCY: TREASURER’S OFFICE
Present at the June 28, 2004 9:30 A.M. Meeting were Chairman Gipe, Commissioners Hall and Watne, David Scheschy, and
Clerk Eisenzimer.