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Commission approves Lariat Industrial Park preliminary plat with 26 conditions including 17,000-gallon fire cistern
Summary
After a public hearing and planning-board recommendation, the commission approved the Lariat Industrial Park major-subdivision preliminary plat creating 14 industrial lots in the I-1 district, subject to 26 conditions including access permits from MDT, a 17,000-gallon fire cistern, HOA CCRs and RSID waiver provisions.
The Cascade County Commission approved the preliminary plat for Lariat Industrial Park (Lot 3, Shoemaker Minor Subdivision), a proposed 14-lot light-industrial subdivision in Section 36, Township 21 North, Range 2 East, subject to 26 conditions recommended by the planning board.
Planning staff described the proposal and supporting materials: the property (parcel number 3069400) is zoned I-1 (light industrial) and would be accessed via Vaughn South Frontage Road, which is maintained by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT); the applicant must secure MDT approach permits. Staff said the project's traffic-impact analysis estimates an additional 978 vehicle trips per day from the 14 light-industrial lots. The site is outside FEMA-regulated flood hazard areas and is partly listed in USDA soil-survey categories but is not currently irrigated or used for agriculture.
The planning board recommended conditional approval with 26 conditions to address roads, access, maintenance and fire protection. Key conditions include: recording a waiver on the final plat obligating lot owners to participate in any rural special improvement district (RSID) for road reconstruction or maintenance (waiver expires 20 years after final plat), construction and certification of internal private roads to county subdivision standards, providing MDT-approved approaches, HOA covenants and restrictions to fund maintenance, a requirement to install a fire-suppression cistern of at least 17,000 gallons with required appurtenances and perpetual maintenance provisions in the HOA CCRs, and a 40,000-gallon water supply requirement if a residential dwelling is placed on the remainder lot.
Applicant Glenn Berkey testified at the public hearing; planning staff reported no written agency comments were received by the time of the staff report. The commission adopted the staff report and findings of fact and voted to approve the preliminary plat subject to the listed conditions. Commissioners recorded approval by voice vote; the motion carried with all present signaling aye.
