Board of Adjustment approves youth rec facility without traffic study
Traffic on Highway 83 Monday. (Avery Howe/Bigfork
Paul Henion spoke to the Flathead County Board of Adjustment during their June 4 meeting, rebutting a condition set by the Bigfork Land Advisory and Use Commission that would require he conduct a traffic survey at the intersection of his private road easement and Highway 83 in order to build a youth recreation facility on his property outside of Bigfork.
“I do not believe this burdensome task should be attached to my property and tabling my application. Even at full capacity in the parking lot for an 8-hour period, the [average daily traffic] numbers do not trigger the threshold to require one,” Henion explained.
Henion's application for a conditional use permit on his SAG-5 Suburban Agricultural land would allow him to build a 150 by 72-foot indoor youth sports training facility, serving volleyball, basketball, soccer and baseball players. It would be run on an hourly reservation basis with parking for 27 cars in the main lot, 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. during the school year and starting at 8 a.m. in the summer.
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