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Council approves growth-policy amendment and preliminary plat to allow homes at 394 Railroad Street; rezoning cleared on first reading
Summary
Columbia Falls City Council approved Resolution 19-41 (growth policy map amendment) and Resolution 19-42 (preliminary plat for Railroad Park Homes) and gave Ordinance 8-33 a favorable first reading to rezone 394 Railroad Street to CR-5 for single-family homes with Habitat for Humanity involvement.
The Columbia Falls City Council approved a growth-policy amendment and a preliminary subdivision plat affecting 394 Railroad Street and advanced a related rezoning to a first reading during the council meeting.
The council voted to adopt Resolution 19-41, amending the growth policy map, and Resolution 19-42, a preliminary plat titled "Railroad Park Homes." Planning staff told the council the rezoning request would change the parcel from CB-2 (general commercial) to CR-5 (family residential) to allow homes to be built in coordination with Habitat for Humanity. The council then approved Ordinance 8-33 on first reading to change the official zone map at that address.
Planning staff said the subdivision report and findings of fact support approval subject to conditions and that the final plat is expected to be recorded once required conditions are met. The planning remarks included the property's legal description (Track Number 3D, Section 8, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, Flathead County) and confirmed the requested CR-5 zoning aligns with the growth-policy amendment.
Councilors Price, Robinson, Shepherd, King, Levering and Piper and Mayor Barnhart voted aye on the resolutions and the ordinance first reading. No public comments were offered before the roll calls.
Because the ordinance was approved only on first reading, final rezoning depends on subsequent readings and any required administrative conditions being satisfied.
