Lakeside Neighborhood Plan 2010 Lakeside Neighborhood Plan Committee Lakeside Neighborhood Plan Committee Debra Spaulding, Chairperson John Ulrich, Vice-Chairperson Barbara Miller, Secretary/Project Manager Bob Berreth, Treasurer Eric Giles (through March 13, 2008), & Andrew Hagemeier (after March 13, 2008), Primary Advisors, Flathead County Planning & Zoning Department Lona Santana Trevor Schaefer Mark Tanburg Rich & Jan Williams Bruce Young Special Thanks to Contributors: Dave and Liberty DeGrandpre Charles Lapp Steve Rosso AN ADDENDUM TO THE FLATHEAD COUNTY GROWTH POLICY AND MASTER PLAN ADOPTED BY THE FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION NO. 2274A 12/01/2010 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Background, Authorization, and Revision Process............................................................... 1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Authorization ................................................................................................................................ 3 1.3 Revision Process .......................................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 Lakeside Community Boundaries ......................................................................................... 9 Chapter 3 Lakeside Community Vision .............................................................................................. 10 3.1 Lakeside Community Vision ...................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Community Survey Input ........................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Chapter 4 Lakeside Community Demographics & Characteristics ..................................................... 15 4.1 Demographics & Characteristics – 2000 U.S. Census ............................................................... 15 4.2 Demographics & Characteristics – 2008 Community Survey ................................................... 18 4.3 Observations & Conclusions ...................................................................................................... 23 Chapter 5 Existing Conditions, Issues & Opportunities, Goals & Policies, Implementation Strategies 25 5.1 Commerce .................................................................................................................................. 25 5.2 Roads & Highways..................................................................................................................... 35 5.3 Parks, Lake, Recreation .............................................................................................................. 47 5.4 Emergency Services (fire, rescue) .............................................................................................. 53 5.5 Water, Sewer, and Solid Waste .................................................................................................. 60 5.6 Law Enforcement ....................................................................................................................... 73 5.7 Schools ....................................................................................................................................... 79 5.8 Lakeside Community Council .................................................................................................... 82 5.9 Natural Resources ...................................................................................................................... 88 5.10 Housing ................................................................................................................................... 96 Chapter 6 Land Use ........................................................................................................................... 107 6.1 Existing Conditions .................................................................................................................. 107 6.2 Issues and Opportunities .......................................................................................................... 116 6.3 Land Use Goals and Polices ..................................................................................................... 124 6.4 Future Land Use ....................................................................................................................... 129 6.5 Implementation Strategies ........................................................................................................ 140 Chapter 7 Monitoring of the Plan and the Goals / Policies ............................................................... 146 Chapter 8 Revision and Amendment Procedures .............................................................................. 147 8.1 Revision Process ...................................................................................................................... 147 8.2 Map and Text Amendments ..................................................................................................... 148 Chapter 9 Coordination Statement .................................................................................................... 149 Appendices .............................................................................................................................................. 150 A. Authorization and Process Review Letter ................................................................................ 151 B. Community Survey .................................................................................................................. 153 C. Public Community Workshops ................................................................................................ 154 D. Census Data - 2000 .................................................................................................................. 155 E. Historical Background of Lakeside .......................................................................................... 158 F. Mixed Use Trail System in the Island District of the Flathead National Forest .......................... 161 G. Renderings of Attractive Downtown Areas ............................................................................. 163 H. Time Lines for Revision Process ............................................................................................. 164 I. Evolution of the Plan Document .................................................................................................. 166 List of Figures Figure 2-1: The Neighborhood Planning boundaries and existing zoned areas within the Community. ... 9 Figure 4-1: Geographic area covered by the 2000 Census CDP: 7 miles across .................................... 15 Figure 4-2 Year-round residence in Lakeside – Local versus Non-Local ................................................ 18 Figure 4-3: 2008 Lakeside Community Survey – Age Distribution ......................................................... 19 Figure 4-4: 2008 Lakeside Community Survey – Type of Residence ...................................................... 20 Figure 4-5: 2008 Lakeside Community Survey – Local – Number of years in Lakeside. ....................... 21 Figure 4-6: 2008 Lakeside Community Survey – Non-Local – Number of years in Lakeside. ............... 22 Figure 4-7: 2008 Lakeside Community Survey – Location of Property .................................................. 22 Figure 4-8: 2008 Lakeside Community Survey – Prior or Other Current Residence ............................... 23 Figure 4-9: 2008 Lakeside Community Survey – Travel Mode in Lakeside ........................................... 23 Figure 5-1: Commercial enterprises located within the Lakeside community boundaries - a “snapshot” as of the fall of 2008. In total 77 enterprises were identified. ................................................................. 26 Figure 5-2: 2008 Lakeside Neighborhood Survey– Use of Lakeside Businesses .................................... 28 Figure 5-3: 2008 Lakeside Neighborhood Survey - Should the community support Lakeside business by spending dollars locally. ........................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 5-4: Other aspects of commercial development. ........................................................................... 30 Figure 5-5: Traffic on Adams Street at the end of the school day. .......................................................... 37 Figure 5-6: MDT map – Highway 93 is the only MDT managed route in the plan area, covering 9.04 miles from the Lake County boundary to Spring Creek Road.................................................................. 38 Figure 5-7: Rendering of safe, attractive pedestrian walkways along a highway. .................................. 43 Figure 5-8: Example of signage. .............................................................................................................. 45 Figure 5-9: Example of overhead sign. .................................................................................................... 45 Figure 5-10: Improved signage at pedestrian crosswalks .......................................................................