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Council approves conditional use permit for Mountain Prime Steakhouse with enclosed accessory casino

5327943 · July 3, 2025
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Summary

Council granted a conditional use permit for an 11,068 sq ft downtown restaurant with a 959 sq ft enclosed accessory gaming area, requiring conditions to maintain gaming as subordinate and enclosed; councilors debated the social impacts of casinos but approved the CUP unanimously.

The City of Kalispell on July 7 approved a conditional use permit for a downtown full-service restaurant that will include a small, enclosed accessory gaming area.

Donny Macbeth, Planner 2, presented the staff report outlining the request from Tony Tran to convert an existing downtown building at 214 South Main Street into the proposed Mountain Prime Steakhouse with a gaming area of 959 square feet within an overall 11,068 square-foot layout. "The proposed gaming area is well under the 20% maximum allowed for accessory use," Macbeth said. The B-4 zoning district allows restaurants and bars by right but requires a conditional-use permit for…

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