Silverbrook gets final approval from council

On Dec. 4, the council unanimously approved the zoning.

The Kalispell City Council gave final approval Monday to a mix of residential and business zoning for a 325-acre development site 2.2 miles north of town.

Kalispell is annexing Silverbrook Estates, owned by 93 and Church LLC. The site is southwest of the Church Drive and U.S. 93 intersection.

The city and the developer contend that other annexations likely would connect Silverbrook with Kalispell.

The developer wants to build 446 houses, 120 townhouses and a 3-acre commercial district in two stages.

The first stage will be to build 249 houses, dig two wells in the northwestern corner and donate that land for a city fire station, and construct an arterial from Church Drive to connect with U.S. 93 across from Tronstad Road.

The second phase is to build the commercial district and the townhouses in the northeastern corner of the site, plus 217 houses in the site's northern half.

The developer wants to begin construction during spring 2007.