Aug 12 2011
For those of you who have been following the “greenbelt” zoning kerfuffle, the Hungry Horse News posted a brief report . . . A new zoning district proposed for county land along highways was unanimously approved by the Flathead County Commissioners on July 27. As proposed, development in the B-2HG general-business highway-greenbelt zoning district would [...]
Feb 15 2011
The Daily Inter Lake posted a surprisingly lengthy report on Monday’s county commissioner’s decision to reject the North Fork zoning “text amendment” . . . Agreeing it posed undo restrictions on private property rights, the Flathead County commissioners on Monday unanimously rejected a text amendment that would have banned temporary structures in the North Fork [...]
Feb 05 2011
The Flathead County commissioners are scheduled to consider adjustments to language for the North Fork Zoning District concerning setbacks on Feb 14th, 9:30am in their offices at 800 South Main Street, Kalispell. (A previous post discusses this in more detail.) John Frederick sent out this reminder earlier today . . . To North Fork Landowners [...]
Jan 03 2011
The Flathead County commissioners are scheduled to consider adjustments to language for the North Fork Zoning District concerning setbacks. The Daily Inter Lake has a good summary of the issue. [Note: The meeting date is incorrect; it should be Feb. 14.] . . . The issue of banning temporary structures in the North Fork Zoning [...]
Dec 23 2010
This is actually a pretty good article from today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . A zoning proposal to limit the size of extractive industries on private land in the North Fork has failed for a second time to win approval from the Flathead County commissioners. A motion made on Wednesday by Commissioner Joe Brenneman [...]
Dec 12 2010
This brief mention in today’s Daily Inter Lake belies a lot of work by the North Fork Land Use Advisory Committee . . . Prohibiting temporary structures from the setback area in the North Fork got a positive recommendation from the Flathead County Planning Board Wednesday night. The vote was 4-3 in favor of approval. [...]
Oct 20 2010
Despite broad-based support from North Fork residents and landowners, the Flathead County Commissioners decided not to decide on a zoning amendment that would restrict the size of “extractive industries” (gravel pits, basically) in the North Fork. The Daily Inter Lake has a good write-up, including a fair bit of background information . . . A [...]
Oct 17 2010
The Flathead County Commissioners will consider a zoning change for the North Fork District this Tuesday concerning “extractive industries.” For the North Fork, this amounts to regulating the size of gravel pit operations. The proposed zoning regulation would limit gravel operations on private land (the county has no jurisdiction over the feds) to five acres [...]
Aug 19 2010
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The Flathead County Planning Board last week recommended limiting the size of extractive industries in the North Fork, but took pains to disassociate itself from a much-publicized memorandum of understanding between Gov. Brian Schweitzer and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell. That memorandum, signed earlier this year, calls [...]
