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Commission approves McAllister family transfer and aggregation exemptions for property west of Reserve Street
Summary
The county approved family transfer and aggregation exemptions for a 3.99-acre parcel at 3912 South Seventh Street West, allowing two 1.44-acre parcels to be transferred to adult children with the claimants retaining a 1.11-acre parcel. Staff identified potential subdivision-evasion criteria but recommended approval after agency review.
Missoula County commissioners voted to approve a family transfer exemption and a related aggregation exemption for property addressed as 3912 South Seventh Street West.
Kevin Dantic, planner with the Department of Planning, Development and Sustainability, presented the request on behalf of claimants James and Laurie McAllister. Dantic said the parent tract was created by a recorded plat and is approximately 3.99 acres; the claimants proposed using the family transfer exemption to divide the parcel into two approximately 1.44-acre tracts for their adult son and daughter and to retain a 1.11-acre tract.
Dantic reviewed agency comments including a notation from the Clerk and Recorder’s Office about a historic underlying boundary recorded in 1966 and a Missoula County Building Division note that future development would require appropriate permits. He said staff reviewed the application against county zoning and the growth policy and found two criteria that could suggest evasion of subdivision review but determined the family transfer and aggregation exemptions were the most appropriate path given the application materials. “As proposed, all these tracts would be within the acreage range of geographically adjacent lots,” Dantic said.
James and Laurie McAllister confirmed the transfer intent and said the recipients intend to develop primary residences and to reside on the parcels in the future. Staff recommended approval; a commissioner moved and the board approved the family transfer exemption and subsequently approved the aggregation exemption.
The county record includes the application, affidavit, agency comments, and the staff investigation cited during the hearing.
