Planning commission backs Reserve at Johnson Ranch growth‑policy change, annexation, PUD and preliminary plat

The Kalispell City Planning Commission on June 10 recommended that the City Council approve a growth policy map amendment, annexation, planned unit development overlay and preliminary plat for the Reserve at Johnson Ranch, a proposed mixed residential and neighborhood commercial development near the intersection of Old Reserve Drive and Stillwater Road.

The project, submitted by Spartan Holdings LLC and Whispering Trails LLC (files KGPA‑25‑01, KA‑25‑01, KPUD‑25‑01 and KPP‑25‑01), covers about 91.8 acres and would include up to 186 single‑family lots, two multifamily parcels (one with 237 units and one with up to 70 units), and a single commercial lot. The applicant proposed a 10‑acre neighborhood commercial B‑1 node with a 40,000‑square‑foot grocery as part of a maximum 110,000 square feet of building footprint for the commercial area, and a north–south 10‑foot…