BLUAC recommends zone change

The Bigfork Land Use Advisory Committee unanimously voted to recommend a zone change for a grouping of properties near Parker Lakes Drive and Montana Highway 35.

Property owners Louis Schlegel, Mark Schlegel and Jeff and Danielle Boll requested the change from AG-20, or agricultural, to SAG-5, or suburban agricultural, on 42.48 acres.

Mark Schlegel originally approached Flathead County about the change because he wanted to do a family transfer of 5 acres to his daughter. Several properties in the area are more accurately one unit per five acres and were grandfathered in when the zoning took place, county planners said.

Read more about the change in the March 4 edition of the Bigfork Eagle.