Evergreen mobile-home park hearing rescheduled again

A repeat of a public hearing for a proposed Evergreen mobile-home park has been rescheduled to May 1 because the Flathead County Board of Adjustment will not have a quorum for its April 3 meeting.

The board is starting over on a conditional-use permit request from Michael V. Seaman and Garry Seaman to allow a manufactured home park on West Evergreen Drive. Although the board approved the permit on March 6, after reviewing the videotape of the public hearing, much of the board’s discussion was inaudible so the Planning Office opted to hold another hearing because of the procedural error.

The consensus was to err on the side of caution, in case of potential appeals of the board’s decision, according to Planning Director Mark Mussman.

Public comments received at the March 6 hearing were recorded on the videotape and in the written minutes, but more public comment is welcome at the May 1 hearing.

In addition to a conditional-use permit to allow a manufactured home park within the Evergreen Zoning District, the Seamans will be required to present the project to the county Planning Board for subdivision. The county commissioners will make the final decision on the proposed housing development. The proposal involves building a 122-lot mobile-home subdivision on 33 acres west of Evergreen Junior High School, off West Evergreen Drive.

A year ago the Seamans asked for and were granted a zoning-map amendment that changed the zoning on the property from suburban and one-family residential to two-family residential zoning.