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Kalispell council adopts CUP revocation rules after heated public testimony
Summary
The Kalispell City Council approved Ordinance 19-48, a zoning-text amendment clarifying the process to revoke conditional use permits, despite public testimony from the Flathead Warming Center urging delay and additional guardrails; the vote was 6–2.
The Kalispell City Council on Dec. 15 approved Ordinance 19-48, a zoning-text amendment intended to clarify the city’s process for revoking conditional-use permits (CUPs). The council adopted the ordinance after a second reading and roll-call vote.
Tanya Horn, executive director of the Flathead Warming Center, told the council she supported rewriting city code but urged the council not to ‘‘rubber stamp’’ the amendment and to add ‘‘guardrails’’ that would prevent future councils from making subjective revocation decisions. ‘‘I don't want…
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