Planning Board OK’s Dollar General conditional use permit
A Dollar General storefront. (Photo courtesy of Dollar General)
Hungry Horse News
The Columbia Falls City-County planning board recently unanimously approved a conditional use permit for a new Dollar General Store.
Developers told the board they expect to break ground on the new store on Highway 2 this spring and should have it completed by fall.
The store would be built on a vacant lot across the road from Hanson’s Hardware.
The store needed a conditional use permit because it is more than 10,000 feet in CB-2 zoning.
The building is actually just over 10,000 feet — 10,640.
Dollar General has stores across the nation, including one in Forsyth.
Dollar General sells general household goods, typically at a discount. The city has had similar stores in the past, most notably a Pamida — which went out of business years ago.
The store will have 34 regular parking spaces and two wheelchair accessible spots. The building is relatively short — at its highest point it’s 18 feet.
The store will be served by city sewer and water.
The matter now goes before city council Jan. 3 for final approval.