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Board reauthorizes Duff family transfer for 46.23‑acre property
Summary
After staff described groundwater monitoring and state review progress, commissioners reapproved a family‑transfer exemption to divide a 46.23‑acre parcel into five tracts for estate planning purposes, subject to routine permitting and monitoring requirements.
Planner Katie Reeder summarized the request to reestablish the county's prior approval for the Duff family transfer, explaining the parcel is approximately 46.23 acres in the Potomac Community Area and that the process was delayed while the Missoula County Health Department and state review completed groundwater monitoring requirements.
Ken Jenkins of Montana Northwest Company, representing the project, told the board, "We've been at this for about 4 years," and described groundwater monitoring work that has been completed under DEQ oversight. Reeder said the county's previous approval expired before final state review could be completed; the current presentation was to reauthorize the county approval so the family transfer process could proceed toward final state review and subdivision exemption recording.
A commissioner moved to approve Carrie Duff's request to use the family transfer exemption as presented in the subdivision exemption affidavit; the motion was seconded and carried with aye votes. Staff noted building, health and planning permits and any necessary future approvals will still be required for subsequent development on the divided tracts.
Next steps: reestablished county approval allows the application to proceed further with state review and final recording once required sanitary and monitoring conditions are satisfied.
