Commissioners consider Evergreen senior housing project

The Flathead County commissioners will hold the final public hearing for a proposed senior high-rise project in Evergreen at 9 a.m. Thursday.

The hearing will be held in the commissioners’ chambers on the third floor of the main courthouse.

Curtis Lund is asking for a zone change to accommodate the 144-unit Evergreen Senior Condominiums project. The 11.36-acre tract between Shopko and Spring Creek currently is zoned general business with an Evergreen Enterprise Overlay and one-family limited residential. He is requesting community business zoning with an Evergreen Enterprise Overlay, according to Flathead County Planning Office documents.

The county Planning Board has recommended approval of the zone change and a planned-unit development that would allow a building height of 60 feet.

If the zone change and planned-unit development are approved by the county commissioners, the project then proceeds through the planning process to obtain a required conditional-use permit. Lund will be required to submit a site plan with the application for a conditional-use permit that would address the proposed land use in more detail, according to the planning staff report.