County Commissioners Review Subdivision, Boundary Relocations
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MT43 News Staff Reporter
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
County Commissioners Review Subdivision, Boundary Relocations
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Community Development and Planner Nichole Brown presented four preliminary plat approvals and one boundary relocation.
Commissioners approved a request to move a boundary between Broadwater Two, LLC parcels and the G/T Ranch. The land is located approximately 20 miles north of Townsend on Highway 284. Both corporations have the same owner. The request is to change the boundary so the present home is on the Broadwater Two property.
Broadwater Deputy County Attorney Kaylan Minor cautioned the commission about agreeing to new information presented in the Albe minor subdivision preliminary plat approval. The subdivision is located north of Townsend on Highway 287. Subdivision owners Steve and Dan Upton presented new information from an adjacent landowner who agreed a road could be built in the future to a current lot which currently has no access to a driveway.
According to Minor, the condition of road access in this preliminary plat application “is not concrete enough nor does it reflect new conditions in the document”. Brown weighed in saying the new information was significant. She gave the commissioners four options for deciding about the proposed subdivision: Adopt the application as is with amendments as presented; send the application back to the planning board for review, offer the developers an extension to gather more information, or lastly, deny the application. Commissioners opted to send the application back to the planning board for review.
Mary Heinimann, developer of the Juniper Ridge Minor Subdivision agreed to include “no build” zones on the plat after discussion about building on areas with a 25 percent slope. The planned subdivision is located seven miles east of Townsend on Montana State Highway 12 seven miles east of Townsend.
The Smith Minor Subdivision developers will have to build a school bus/ mail delivery turnaround in their subdivision and maintain the turnaround. The commissioners approved the preliminary plat with that condition. The subdivision is located on Montana Highway 284 east of Townsend.
The commissioners approved an extension for the Rolling Glen Ranch Estates minor subdivision preliminary plat application to March 29.
Chairman Darrel Folkvord read a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) release of information for farmers and ranchers to apply for value-added grants to generate new products or create marketing opportunities. Grant awards range from $75,000 to $250,000. The deadline to apply for grants is April 16, 2024.
