Commissioners lift agricultural covenant and approve Placid View one‑lot subdivision with wildfire, sanitation conditions

Missoula County commissioners on March 3 approved the Placid View one‑lot minor subdivision, which removes an agricultural restrictive covenant placed on Tract A‑1 in 2002 and allows the owners, David and Karen Castle, to create a single residential lot on just over 6.5 acres on the east end of Placid Lake.

Planner Patrick Swart reported that the property lies inside Zoning District 8 and the Seeley Lake regional planning area with a low‑density rural residential land use recommendation (one dwelling per five acres). The parcel is largely forested and subject to steep slopes; Swart said proposed no‑build zones cover steeper portions of the parcel and would restrict residential and accessory structures on much of the western half of the lot.

Swart explained staff reviewed the required variance from the county…