North Fork Landowners’ Association


North Fork Land Use Advisory Committee

North Fork Neighborhood Plan provides
continuing support for zoning regulations

Updated June 15—On June 12, the Flathead County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to adopt the North Fork Neighborhood Plan. The action followed the May 1 passage of a unanimous resolution of intent to adopt the plan, and a 30-day protest period during which no letters opposing the plan were received.
     Preparation of the final draft of the plan required some four years’ work by the North Fork Land Use Advisory Committee. The plan incorporates elements of the 1987 North Fork Neighborhood Plan and its 1992 addendum, along with North Fork Zoning Regulations that were enacted in 1998 and 2003 with the overwhelming support of North Fork landowners.
     To view the final (March 19) draft of the North Fork Neighborhood Plan, click here (loads slowly).
     Neighborhood plans are being formulated all over Flathead County to comply with a state law requiring them. A neighborhood plan represents the vision a community has for its future, thereby supporting existing and subsequent zoning regulations for each zoning district (neighborhood).
     Director of the Flathead County Planning & Zoning Office is Jeff Harris. The office is in the Earl Bennett Building, 1035 1st Ave., West, Kalispell, MT 59901; telephone (406) 751-8200.

—LUAC Committee Chairman Jon Cole
 

Committee history, composition

The North Fork Land Use Advisory Committee was created by the Flathead County Board of Commissioners in August 1987 for the following purposes:

  • To formally provide a process among all North Fork property owners to allow active participation in shaping and guiding the future of the North Fork.
  • To encourage all land owners to become part of the land use planning process.
  • To act as liaison between property owners and all county offices.


Committee composition was specified by the county as follows:

  • All seven elected North Fork Landowners’ Association board members
  • Past president of NFLA
  • One North Fork Compact member
  • One North Fork Preservation Association member
  • One member-at-large appointed by the county

2008-2009 committee members

Current North Fork Land Use Advisory Committee members are:

  • Jon Cole, temporary chairman
  • Pat Cole, secretary
  • Molly Shepherd
  • Oliver Meister
  • Lynn Ogle
  • Steve Berg
  • Jan Caldwell
  • Frank Vitale
  • Ed Heger, NFLA past president
  • John Frederick, North Fork Compact
  • Mitch Burgard, North Fork Preservation Association
  • Randy Kenyon, member-at-large

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