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Planning commission recommends zone change for Lazy Dade Mobile Home Park parcel

Columbia Falls Planning Commission · November 20, 2025
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Summary

The Columbia Falls Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the city council approve changing the north half of 2155 9th Street West from light industrial to CB-2 general commercial, consolidating a long-standing split zoning; the council will consider the recommendation July 7.

The Columbia Falls Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council approve a zone change for the property at 2155 9th Street West, commonly known as the Lazy Dade Mobile Home Park, converting the north half of the parcel from light industrial to CB-2 general commercial.

Planner Eric Mulcahy told commissioners that the property has been split-zoned for decades, with the southern half already designated CB-2 and the northern half I-1 light industrial. He said the city’s growth policy designates the parcel for commercial use and that consolidating zoning would align the site with the policy and the city’s preference to avoid split zones. “This property is currently split zone... the southern half is…

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