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Planning commission backs annexation, rezoning to create Ashley Creek parkland
Summary
The Kalispell Planning Commission voted Aug. 12 to recommend annexation of roughly 25.7 acres and rezoning of 10.55 acres to P-1 (public) to create a contiguous 36-acre public park and preserve the Ashley Creek corridor; the recommendations move to City Council Sept. 2.
The Kalispell City Planning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 12 to recommend that the City Council annex approximately 25.7 acres of land and rezone an additional 10.5 acres from B-1 (neighborhood business) to P-1 (public) to assemble roughly 36 acres for a park and conservation of the Ashley Creek corridor.
Planner Donnie Macbeth told commissioners the joint application from Biblar (Biblio) Resources Company and the City of Kalispell would create a contiguous public open space that spans parcels owned by the company and parcels already owned by the city but outside city limits. The annexation and rezoning together would reclassify the land to P-1 public, allowing parks, trails…
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