McCall council OKs conditional use permit, rezoning to expand water treatment plant at 1240 Bitterroot Drive

The McCall City Council voted to approve the land‑use approvals that will allow expansion of the City of McCall water treatment plant at 1240 Bitterroot Drive, moving the project closer to construction.

The council approved the conditional use permit (CUP 25‑01) and a zoning map amendment request (ZON 25‑01) and directed staff to prepare findings and a zoning ordinance consistent with council deliberations and the Planning & Zoning Commission recommendation. Meredith Todd, the city and sustainability planner, led the staff presentation and said the applications include a CUP, rezone and design review to facilitate the plant expansion.

Todd told council the Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed the applications May 6 and recommended conditions that preserve setbacks and neighborhood character even if the property is rezoned to a civic designation. She said the proposed rezone is driven partly by how the city counts underground infrastructure for lot coverage and that the rezone would allow the project to meet dimensional standards. “The design team has submitted multiple revisions based on the…